Don’t let humor die: Robin Williams’s death exposes the truth about suicide
Our friend, our hero, the funniest man in the world. On August 11th, we broke down in shock at the news that Robin Williams had committed suicide. There were tweets […]
A knight, errant
Achievement: that singular attainment of glory, the validation of talent and diligence, the subject of our peers’ coveted admiration. But what qualifies as achievement? Does it need to have a […]
Pass it around
Heads rolling off moving bodies with one slash of the sword. Blood seeping out from cavities spotting the body. Horses wailing in pain, brutally forced to continue a painstaking endeavor. […]
The World At His Fingertips
A $2.5 million fine and a lifetime ban later, former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been thoroughly exiled from the National BasketballAssociation. Following the release of his racist […]
College Board tests public patience with change for the worse
College Board’s recent Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) overhaul has sparked an uproar from parents, students, and SAT instructors. Since College Board failed to publish the anticipated new version of the […]
To those interested in Bleak College
To those interested in Bleak College, In the rare event that a student at Bleak College in Short Comings, PA, graduates, he will have a 3 percent chance of getting […]
College Mail: twelve ways to be worthless
I’ve never walked down the hallway and gotten kissed by the girl that I’ve had a crush on for six years, only to turn around and watch her kiss every […]
U.S. and Russia continue a new Cold War
The Cold War never really ended—recent developments in Crimea show that the U.S.-Russia rivalry is still alive and well. Russian-American relations can be characterized as a cat-and-mouse game. From the […]
Why Our Generation Needs a Cause
Just over half a century ago, college campuses across the country were erupting in protest and indignation over issues such as the Vietnam War draft, Civil Rights, and corruption in […]
Ban banning bossy
As a teenage girl with hopes and dreams of becoming a successful and independent woman, I am exhausted of Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, telling me how […]
To morning announcements, with love
Somebody once told me that morning announcements are a lot like the Occupy Wall Street movement: both are dead, but it doesn’t really matter because nobody listened to them anyway. That broke my heart. You see, it’s entirely true that morning announcements are supposed be painless, simple ways to get information out to large numbers of students, and I’d say […]
What are the free expression rights of students in public schools under the First Amendment?
Our Op-Ed page features an article which opines that school administration (and school administrators) should have no control over the content of student publications under the auspices of free speech. Principals argue that school publications are curricular activities and thus subject to an increased level of control. In a contrasting essay, I’d like to illustrate the Supreme Court decisions that […]
A plea for the rights of a student journalist
On October 15th, a reporter for The Knightly News walked into class to find that his article about the well-publicized controversy surrounding sexually suggestive at this year’s Homecoming had been […]
Morning announcements cause more harm than good
Every morning at approximately 7:40AM, the day’s special events are presented to us in our homeroom classes. They remind us of upcoming sporting events, themes of the week, and every […]
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