By Celina Jackson, Anya Deering & Aaron Schechter

Hear what the staff think of sad animal commercials, juice bottle caps, and Valentine's Day.

By Celina Jackson

There exists a huge difference in PTA funding between schools with wealthy students and schools with low-income students, but not enough attention if given to the growing responsibility that is falling on the shoulders of schools’ PTAs to make up for the cuts to state funding.

By Ben Woletz

CollegeBoard is an organization that all high-school students will come to know at some point: the puppeteer of our educational system and the self-appointed bridge to college admission.

By Caitlin Chambers

While we celebrate banned books and overcoming other censorship, the school district and other organizations continues to censor freedoms on the Internet and in print.

By Anya Deering

Whether you were prompted to discuss themes of a novel, causes of a war, or simply an ethical question posed by a teacher, class discussions almost invariably lead to debate of personal beliefs and morals, and ultimately religion.

By Mohammad Adan

There are some things you just don’t deny other human beings, period: reasonable access to bathroom facilities is one of them.

By Opinion Staff

By Anya Deering

Created in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, Teach for America (TFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing schools in impoverished areas with recent college graduates who are selected, trained and hired under a two-year contract.

By Chauncey Neyman

The taking of a human life is an unparalleled crime which defies any conventional “eye for an eye” scheme of justice. And by enforcing the death penalty, we are as guilty of that crime as anybody else.

By Caitlin Chambers

Some people might say that they deserve what they get, but I’m not for the death penalty, I’m for reforming it.