Category: Opinion/Analysis

“From Backpacks to Briefcases” by Kailey Serrao ’25

Students often say that they work hard now for their “future”, as an excuse for the minimal sleep they get almost every day. Students put in all of this work because it’s supposed to help them go to a “good” college, but what exactly is the point? To go to a college where the admissions…

October 23, 2023
“Transit Talk: The MTA Isn’t ‘Fare’” by Kyle Mackelburg ’24

For a system that just increased its fare by $0.15 a couple months ago (and one which will increase it again by $0.10 in the coming year), it doesn’t seem like the extra money is being put to good use . Where is the better service? Why are the stations and cars so dirty? Why…

October 23, 2023
“Amazon Faces the Music; Now it Must Pay the Piper” by Max Negbaur ’24

Amazon has been accused of improper and illegal conduct often in its relatively short corporate lifespan, primarily for its treatment of employees (making them pee in bottles is a popular cost-saving strategy). Yet it has easily avoided consequences since it first started killing independents in 1994. Legal charges slide off Amazon like rainwater off Jezz…

October 23, 2023
“Walnut Grove High: America’s Unrealistic Education Dream” by John Dean ’26

Already considered by some to be “the most luxurious school in the world,” inside and out it resembles a first class resort. So what is it, exactly, that makes Walnut Grove High so special, and what can its extravagance tell us about the current state of education in America?

October 23, 2023