Mueller report finds Trump innocent, America must learn to respect this decision
Abby Keene, Staff Writer
May 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Background Nov. 4, 2016. Election Day in the United States. Millions of Americans are glued to their favorite news outlet following the election, waiting patiently for the results from each state to be projected. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote, but loses the presidency, devastat...
EDITORIAL: Look out for each other
May 13, 2019
Filed under editorial, Opinion, Showcase
Eight tests, two games, a club meeting, band. Extra help, work, youth group. Endless things to do, and somehow, all of them need to be done by the end of the week. Now, multiply that by the 1,450 students that fill the halls of Algonquin. Understandably, we have a tendency to get wrapped up ...
Christmas lights season needs to be shortened
Macey Poitras-Cote, A&E Editor
May 9, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Driving through my neighborhood, I see light up candy canes lining the paths to front doors, twinkling snowflake lights hanging off of dirty gutters and brown withering wreaths on doors. Everything has a time and a place; Christmas decorations are for December, not spring. The holiday season is my fa...
Crowning Palvin as ‘plus-size’ perpetuates major body image issues
Liza Armstrong, Online Editor
May 5, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Victoria’s Secret (VS) announced that Hungarian model Barbara Palvin would become the newest VS angel on March 14, 2019,. Palvin, who was given the honor alongside English model Alexina Graham, was intended to add diversity to a typically controversial line up of unrealistic body types. For Graham, she i...
Stop supporting unethical fashion
Mariam Ibrahimi, Assistant Online Editor
May 4, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Zara. H&M. Forever 21. Their show windows and racks are filled with stylish and surprisingly inexpensive clothing that make shopping feel almost like a steal. But when we swipe our cards at the register and happily walk out of the store with a bag full of clothes, rarely do we consider that thes...
Caught in the middle of two generations, current high schoolers find themselves in Lost Generation
Maria Tand, Photo Editor
May 3, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Having the internet increasingly at our fingertips as we grew up, technology switched from almost nonexistent to essential in a matter of years. Truthfully, being born in 2001 has given me and all the others born in this year a lot of positives. However, there is one thing that has bothered me for a very...
What I learned from the college process
Mariam Ibrahimi, Assistant Online Editor
May 2, 2019
When you enter high school as a freshman, everybody tells you that junior year is the hardest year. But no one really prepares you for the six months of hell and torture that senior year brings. While junior year forces you to stay on top of your work and maintain grades and a good GPA all while ...
Think before commenting on the internet
Aaliyah Yan, Opinion Editor
May 1, 2019
Filed under Opinion
It’s late at night, as I open up Instagram to scroll through my feed and I see a video of a young girl doing her makeup. Impressed, I think to myself ‘Wow I wish I could do that.’ But when I click on the thousands of comments, some people seem to be thinking a completely different thing. They say t...
Future generations must combat wage gap
Katrina Liu, Opinion Editor
April 30, 2019
Filed under Opinion
In 1963, John F Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. In short, this law states that no employer may discriminate and pay workers differently based on their sex. Men and women have to be paid the same amount for doing the same job. Although our country has made significant progress regarding the...
The Great Debate: Is ‘College T-Shirt Day’ a good idea?
April 29, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, The Great Debate
Students, clean up your table when you finish
Liza Armstrong, Online Editor
April 27, 2019
Filed under Opinion
At the beginning of each day, all the cafeteria tables shine with the kind of shimmer that can only come from a laborious cleaning job, all the thanks to our hardworking custodians. However, by the time third lunch comes around, my friends and I experience the daily pain of waiting until our “mom” ...
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