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 […]
Summer preview: music and movies
With summertime comes a surge of trips to the beach, sleep-away camp sessions, and ice cream eating, but this time of year also boasts a bunch of new film and […]
Pop Psychology provides lively mix for the summer
Summer is just around the corner, and what more could anyone ask for than a fresh set of songs to listen to over the vacation? Neon Trees released Pop Psychology […]
Cookie cutter chick flick surprises no one
If you have a difficult time finding humor in the suffering of others, The Other Woman may not be for you. Leslie Mann (17 Again) is once again acting in […]
Boring and predictable, Maleficent underwhelms
Like many of those familiar with the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty and its 1959 Disney movie, I was eager to see some light shed on the villain’s backstory in this […]
Brick Mansions Burns Out
Brick Mansion strolled to the top two in the box office the week it came out, but that bar dropped very quickly, and for a good reason too. Brick Mansions […]
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