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Apple vs. Samsung

Apple vs. Samsung

Ashar Farooq, Opinion Writer March 8, 2016

If you own an iPhone, how do you feel about it? Is it the best thing in the world? Perhaps, you own a Samsung phone and love it. The debate over Apple vs. Samsung is not new at all. Many people, perhaps...

One Step for Women, One Plus-Size Leap for Mankind

Rebecca LaManna, Opinion Writer March 7, 2016

In today’s society, plus-size men and women face many challenges in their daily lives, but discrimination should not have to be one of them.  People of all shapes and sizes deserve to be seen as...

Are Men and Women Equal in the Workplace? (You Should Say No)

Are Men and Women Equal in the Workplace? (You Should Say No)

Ashar Farooq, Opinion Writer March 7, 2016

The constitution of the United States of America says that all men are created equal. What do you think? Are all men created equal? It’s a question that not even the Socratic method can answer. It has...

Gendercide Epidemic Ravages Indian Domestic Life

Gendercide Epidemic Ravages Indian Domestic Life

Taylor Fox, Editor-in-Chief March 7, 2016

“I just strangled it soon after it was born. Why keep girls when raising them would be difficult?” In this excerpt from the 2012 documentary It’s A Girl, an Indian woman describes a practice long...

Common Sense: Not That Common

Common Sense: Not That Common

Ashar Farooq, Opinion Writer February 24, 2016

Imagine you're in class. The teacher is checking a thing labeled as a “review sheet” that was due today. Suddenly, someone asks, “Do we have a test soon?” Now imagine there was a hazardous...

Has Technology Become a Hard-Working Person’s Savior?

Has Technology Become a Hard-Working Person’s Savior?

Ashar Farooq, Opinion Writer February 22, 2016

Answer this simple question: Can you live without the device you are using to read this article? Chances are, you can’t. This is a known fact to almost all of us. We are truly dependent upon our technology...

Humans and the Environment: A Disturbing Correlation?

Humans and the Environment: A Disturbing Correlation?

Ashar Farooq, Opinion Writer February 22, 2016

Humans are obviously dependent upon the environment. We interact with our surroundings in various ways. For example, we adapt to our environment. People use umbrellas when it is raining and wear warm...

After School Programs: Our Next Line of Defense by Shelbi Wuss

After School Programs: Our Next Line of Defense by Shelbi Wuss

Shelbi Wuss February 22, 2016
Do you know what it feels like to have an intense fear of going home because you don’t know what mood your parents are going to be in? Do you know what it feels like to have pain constantly reminding you that you haven’t eaten dinner in two days? Do you know what it’s like to live in a house that makes the Warsaw Ghetto look like the Palace of Versailles? Do you know what it feels like to cry yourself to sleep because you don’t know if your dying dad will ever call you his “little angel” again? If you’ve ever gone through any of these things, I am truly and deeply sorry. If you haven’t, consider yourself lucky. Consider yourself lucky that while you might not get the pair of boots you wanted, someone else might be working sixty hours every week just to put food on the table. We should consider ourselves lucky that we have parents who support our decisions. It is proven that parental encouragement can improve grades and raise self-esteem. Abusive or absent parents don’t encourage their kids. So where does that leave those kids?
Crossing The Poverty Line: A National Priority by Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan

Crossing The Poverty Line: A National Priority by Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan

Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan February 20, 2016
3.8 trillion dollars: the national budget. 711 billion dollars: the national defense budget. America has the highest military spending in the world. Its defense budget exceeds that of 13 countries combined. As if this isn’t enough, Congress wishes to another 600 billion dollars for national defense. So, is there any question why we can’t help impoverished families?
Efficient Spending Means Efficient Power by Kathleen Dugan

Efficient Spending Means Efficient Power by Kathleen Dugan

Kathleen Dugan February 20, 2016
Have you ever stopped to really think about how much electricity our school uses on a daily bases? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. I posed the same question to fifty students, from all different grades and backgrounds. A resounding 70 percent of my respondents said they never worried about it. As busy students, we oftentimes forget just how much of our school lives are powered by electricity. We take for granted our brightly lit hallways, our illuminated classrooms, and our fully charged tablets and computers. Our school relies on electricity in order to thrive, so wouldn’t it be great if Whitman could produce its own electricity by harnessing the power of the sun?
Strict Road Rules Are Driving Students Mad by Marcus Zaiff

Strict Road Rules Are Driving Students Mad by Marcus Zaiff

February 20, 2016
May I ask: who here can drive? Who here has taken those monotonous hours of a driver’s education course? Who here passed their road test and has a junior license? Who here drives to school? That’s what I thought. None of us can, for it is illegal. Most people share the common misconception that once you get your junior license, you can drive to school. Sounds familiar, right? Well, it’s not true. According to New York State DMV laws and regulations, students with a junior license cannot drive to school in neither Nassau or Suffolk Counties nor in any of the five boroughs. However, upstate New York, it is perfectly acceptable to drive to school with a junior’s license. Why is this?
What Are We Missing Inside the Classroom? by Nicholas Miata

What Are We Missing Inside the Classroom? by Nicholas Miata

Nicholas Miata February 20, 2016
Everyone in this room intends to succeed as a high school student, yes? As a fellow AP student, I understand and share the pressures being put on you as well as the stress schoolwork can bring. Succeeding in school is difficult. And the education system in place today increases that difficulty by preventing us students from fully understanding concepts that we are being taught and by hindering us from realizing our full intellectual potential.
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