Kathy Hopkins, Guest Writer
March 29, 2015
Filed under Community, Letters to the Editor
Dear Editors,
It is essential to the mission of Friends School that students are encouraged to think critically and to ask challenging questions. But it is also essential to our mission that students are encouraged to support...
Emilio Ergueta, Freelance Columnist
March 29, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
With seniors getting acceptances and juniors having their preliminary meetings with their college guidance counselors, college seems to be on everyone’s mind. All Friends students are aware of how the college process works here in...
Jodi Lessner, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2015
Filed under Community, Editorials
Every 30 seconds a person becomes a victim of human trafficking, also known as modern day slavery. According to the US Department of State’s Trafficking Persons Report, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across intern...
Shannon Skibicki, Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
The Sandy Hook Massacre of 2012 marked the largest shooting incident in a high school or grade school in United States History, killing twenty students and six faculty members. This event forced many schools and their environ...
Brian Zittlau, Freelance Columnist
March 29, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
After 9/11, President Bush urged Congress to pass the Patriot Act. This piece of legislation, which was passed over a month after the attacks, was designed to provide tools for law enforcement to help them prevent further intru...
Brian Zittlau, Freelance Columnist
February 12, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
Imagine 180,000 fresh goats grazing along the West African plains. For small African villages, goats provide food, fertilizer, and sustainability. The cost of 180,000 goats, which would save hundreds of lives and provide a hig...
February 12, 2015
Emilio Ergueta, Freelance Columnist
February 12, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
“We are a free people who do not give in to pressure, who are not afraid, because we embody an ideal which is greater than us, and we are able to defend it in every place where peace is threatened.” It was with these wo...
Javier Ergueta, Guest Columnist, History & TOK Teacher, Club Sponsor
February 12, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
Why should we care about the torture issue?
Like genocide, torture is a crime that defines a society. Certainly, the American Founders thought so, which is why they banned "cruel and unusual punishment" in the Bill of Rights....
Brian Zittlau, Columnist
January 4, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
This past election was a huge success for the future of this country. President Obama’s policies, especially within the past two years, have set our country on a course for failure. President Obama’s foreign policy, his p...
Brian Zittlau
January 4, 2015
Filed under Columns, Community
On November 4th, President Obama’s nightmare came true. The Republicans gained complete control of Congress. The Republicans had seven senators elected in key battleground states, gaining enough seats in the House for them to h...
Shannon Skibicki, Editor-in-Chief
January 4, 2015
Filed under Community, Editorials
To many of us, British actress, Emma Watson will always be known for her iconic role as Hermione Granger in the beloved Harry Potter series, not for her work as a gender equality activist. This past July, Watson earned a new honor...
