Home (not so) sweet home

Asha Khanna, Editor-in-Chief

September 28, 2017

My biggest worry the two weeks before Senior Year began was cramming in my summer reading. My dad’s — just over 30 years ago — was immigrating to America. A year prior to moving, his parents, brother and he filed their immigration request forms, adding their names to the infinitely long waiting list ...

Immigration ban threatens human rights

Editorial Board

February 1, 2017

Freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity, success and an upward social mobility for families and children achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers. It is not a mere opinion — it is the American Dream. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday indefinitely barring all refugee a...

Inauguration triggers school-wide response

Lisabelle Panossian and Claire Kosewic

January 20, 2017

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Alumna makes waves at US Naval Academy

Claire Kosewic, Senior Reporter

February 5, 2016

As her alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. each day, Maya Melrose (’15) climbs out of bed and into her clothes for an early morning workout, knowing that she must be back on deck ready to start the rest of her day in an hour. Melrose does not live on a boat, but is a Fourth Class Midshipman, also known...

Alumnae use service backgrounds in both military and civilian careers

February 15, 2013

As seniors weigh various factors like financial aid options or a suburban vs. an urban campus in their college decisions, a small few look for unique programs specializing in military service. Lenka Fejt (’97) and Juliana Rotter (’05) decided to pursue an education with a military focus. Fejt a...

Exchange builds community

May 26, 2012

Elizabeth Smith News Editor After hosting a student from the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, sophomore Paige Biderman decided to reciprocate and make the journey to Omaha, Neb. as a part of the Network exchange program to experience living in the Midwest. “My host family really focused on religion, and being Jewish, I had never seen how thi...

Obama deserves Nobel honors

October 30, 2009

Caroline Hearst Reporter Although President Obama’s efforts to end conflict and encourage diplomacy and nonviolence are in their early stages, his notable advances on a peace agenda merit the Nobel Peace Prize. Publicly remarking on the award on October 9, Obama said, “I do not feel that I d...

Americans need better manners

September 24, 2009

Jovel Queirolo Managing Editor Eighty-three percent of countries in 2002 had a plurality of citizens judging the United States favorably, but by 2006 only 23 percent of countries had a plurality saying that United States influence is positive, according to a 2008 report by the House Committee on Forei...