O Corpo Cai No Chão
Victor Cardoso, Staff Writer
January 27, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
“Bala perdida” is a common phrase in Brazil, which means stray bullet. It’s when someone shoots a gun and the bullet flies and does not hit the desired target. In Brazil, many people die from stray bullets. Gun violence in the country of Brazil is a serious problem and it affects all citiz...
Funding for Planned Parenthood in jeopardy
Jillian Ginty, Staff Writer
January 27, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
For exactly 100 years as of October 2016, Planned Parenthood's services have included tests and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases, breast examines, affordable contraception, pap tests, abortion services, etc. However, the new administration is planning to deny their right to governmental fun...
College athletes want pay for play
Matthew Polek, Staff Writer
January 27, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
The best college athletes are going to school for free. A free college education is something many dream of and would love to have, yet so many athletes in college complain about it, because they want even more money. For years college athletes have argued that they should be paid, while receiving a 50,0...
The faultiness of neutrality in political journalism
Christian Nandoum, Staff Writer
January 26, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
Democrats and Republicans are not equals--neither in policy, nor governance, nor in rhetoric--because--the banishment of an entire world religion, the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrant families, the militarization of the police, the perception of the criminality of African-Americans and Latino...
Many women fear that Trump will attack abortion
Sollange Pinto, Staff Writer
January 11, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
Abortion is one of many controversial ideas our country has. One reason abortion is so controversial is, according to the National Review, the 14th amendment states that we cannot deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Due to it being an amendment it is quite...
The sins of the music industry are many
Jared Aponte, Staff Writer
January 6, 2017
Filed under Op-ed
Imagine taking raw clay into your hands and trying to shape it into a beautiful vase over the course of a long and fatiguing year. As the year ends and your vase is coming together nicely, a man in a suit approaches you and tells you he that likes your vase. “I want to make you and your creation known...
Millennials kill golf
Jared Aponte, Staff Writer
October 5, 2016
Filed under Op-ed
Golf, the sport of kings and America’s one true pastime, is a noble sport that originated in 15th century Scotland and was only introduced to America during the turn of the 20th century when two bored Scotsmen dug a hole in an orchard and used it as golfing hole instead of working their shifts. Eve...
Civic Study: should high schools start later in the morning?
Kerstin Eitapence, Staff Writer
May 13, 2016
Filed under Op-ed
Feeling tired, cranky, and “out of it” in the mornings? Does it last at least half the day before you feel any better? This can easily be from a lack of sleep. Being a high school student with 6 hours of academic work, and then hours of after school job or athletic work it can really take a toll ...
The despair of a future voter
Pedro DeSouza, Staff Writer
April 5, 2016
Filed under Op-ed
Today's politics are filled with drama and constant conflicts among the presidential candidates, but recently it's been getting a little out of hand and just simply unprofessional. The most recent example of this has been between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The arguments between these men are not even...
Should teachers be armed in the classroom?
March 21, 2016
Filed under Op-ed, Uncategorized
Is the answer to the gun problem in this nation to add more guns? Some people think so. After multiple tragic school shootings since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, including the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, many Americans believe that arming school teachers with guns may b...
Bittersweet Senior Year
Brianna Durante and Kailey Gelada, Staff Writers
January 22, 2016
Filed under Op-ed, Uncategorized
It is bittersweet. Now as seniors, we have many emotions about leaving high school next year. Before we know it, we’ll be going our separate ways and high school will be a memory. However, there were many things about high school that we will take with us for the rest of our lives. Ac...
The Falling Man of 9/11
Pedro DeSouza, Staff Writer
September 17, 2015
Filed under Op-ed
What are your emotions when you see this picture? This iconic picture of an anonymous man falling to his death invokes many strong emotions for those who experienced live the events of 9/11. But for others, who are younger, this picture is simply an artifact of history. I showed the picture of t...