The Institute for Political and Legal Education (IPLE) class found out three months ago, after competing at the statewide “We the People” competition, that it would be going to nationals for the […]
IPLE team travels to D.C. for national competition
Gabriel Yoder Shenk
Fourth-year English major at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Aspiring high school English teacher. Lead singer/guitar player for the indie rock band, "Wisteria."
Boys’ basketball team looking for first win
“All of our games have been very close,” senior boys’ basketball captain Kevin Murphy said. The Knights started the season 0-10, and have struggled to find success thus far. But the score in […]
Bill Corgan’s voice electrifies Monuments to an Elegy
I consolidated pretty much every Smashing Pumpkins song on a Spotify playlist and listened to it for three days. The band’s new album, Monuments to an Elegy, is not at all a […]
Selma makes the civil rights struggle feel real
1965…that’s 50 years ago. I’ve learned about the Civil Rights Movement in American Studies, engaged in class discussions, written essays, and taken tests, but it never felt real until I saw Selma, […]
How Superintendent Aderhold decides whether to call a snow day
The bright red text on the ww-p.org homepage is the text of triumph, of relief, of salvation, of snow days. It appears during grueling weeks of school, or after long holiday weekends, […]
Why does North ban playing cards? No good reason.
Remember when you used to pace in circles around your mom and repeat, “I’m BOOOOOOOOREDDDDDD!” And for some reason you used to expect a helpful response but would only ever hear, “Honey, […]
Humans and zombies get even scarier in season five of The Walking Dead
Walking Dead Season FIVE. Wow, we’ve come a long way since the apocalypse began. Where to begin? Season four ruthlessly left us with the cast locked in a train car, and Rick […]
