If you ever feel inclined to disagree with someone, now would be a very easy time to do so. Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, there is no shortage of differences of opinion: when should the country reopen, how best should we allocate limited resources, how many feet of separation is acceptable… the list goes on. If,…
Will the College Board’s COVID-19 Plans Help or Hurt Over-prepared AP Students?
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, students and teachers alike worried whether classes would be able to continue outside of a classroom setting. Amongst those speculators were students enrolled in Advanced Placement classes, who feared that the hard work they’d poured into their studies this year would not culminate in an end-of-the-year exam for college credit. Students…
A Tale of Three Countries and Their Responses to the Pandemic
Everyone has been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in one way or another. Some countries have taken unique approaches to deal with the virus, while others adopted mainstream policies and rules to manage outbreaks. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Italy and England decided to manage the outbreak within…
Social Justice or Just a Marketing Scheme?
In an era of social media vigilante justice and the increasing integration of advertisements into everyday lives, it’s time to reexamine the ways that advertisers use social justice to sell products. Generation Z, at least through internet mediums, is a politically active generation. During our young lives, we have seen the rise of social movements…
High School “Superheroes” Help Out Marblehead Kids
Nowadays, everyone stays at home all the time, stuck inside with our families, the mountains of work that we must do online, and this collective feeling of restlessness for real life. Now imagine that you are a six year old in quarantine, a six year old with limitless energy for the monkey bars at recess,…
The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few
As we all know, the coronavirus has now spread to every corner of the world, and in one way or another, we have all been affected by it. Around half of the states in the United States are in a shelter-in-place, but people still seem to just not get it. Too many people are ignoring…
Common Misconceptions About Climate Change and Extinction
Each day, we are inundated with news from different sources. Sometimes, it is hard to know what to believe–especially concerning such a highly debated topic as climate change. As a volunteer at the New England Aquarium, I see firsthand from the public how much misinformation there is about climate change and extinction. In order to…
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy D’Amelio
As you have probably heard by now, Charli D’Amelio has surpassed 40 million followers on TikTok, and I dare say, it was one of the most (if not the most) monumental moments of this Millenium. Not only has Charli proven herself a wonderful dancer, influencer, and Dunkin’ coffee drinker, but she is also a prophet….
Tips for Pod Dating: When Reality TV Gets Real
Americans were enthralled with the recent Netflix reality series, Love is Blind, which featured a group of hopeful singles trying to find the loves of their lives. Unlike most reality dating shows, the singles dated each other in “The Pods,” where they were separated by a thin wall and couldn’t see the face of the…
Pandemic Promposals
It’s the night that every teenage girl dreams of and every teenage boy dreads. Since the beginning of the school year, students have scoured the hallways for the perfect date, scoured the internet for the perfect dress, and scoured their hearts for the emotional fortitude to take on what Zac Efron once famously referred to…