A 1974 commission of inquiry into high school journalism found that “Censorship is the fundamental cause of the triviality, innocuousness and uniformity that characterize the high school press.” The...
The culminating courses of Haldane’s advanced English curriculum are the junior and senior year Advanced Placement English classes: AP English Language and Composition, off ered for juniors, and AP English...
Capital punishment is one of the most fiercely contested issues in modern politics. Advocates hail it as a vanguard of public safety, while critics question whether an age that professes to be as enlightened...
Included in a recent defense policy bill passed by Congress and signed into law, young men will be automatically included in the military draft starting this December. The structure of the policy change...
When more than 200 students, roughly a third of Haldane's total population, cut their ninth-period classes on February 6, the atmosphere was charged but uncertain. What the high school students of Haldane...
Student athletes are often told that “championships are won in the weight room," but how are athletes supposed to accomplish this when their weight room is a glorified closet? Haldane’s weight room...
The senior pranks are bland. I’ll say it. At the end of the year, our oldest students are finally granted a chance to stick it to the man, except they don’t, because the man has to approve the prank.
The...
I was given a homework assignment some time ago. It required me to watch a video and answer questions based on it. I watched the video a total of three times, but I couldn’t fully answer the questions....
I was going to apply Early Decision to a college on November 15. I was all prepared; my Common Application was done, I had finished the college's supplemental essays, and I had filled out the financial...
Every year without fail, the question of enrolling in chemistry freshman year looms over rising 9th graders. But for current sophomore Frederica Geppner, the choice was a no-brainer. “Earth science was...
A recent survey was conducted among 30 Haldane High Schoolers to evaluate students' opinions regarding the sufficiency of the time between classes. Currently, students are allotted a four-minute interval...
