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School calendar should observe more than just Christian holidays
On Friday, April 19, there was a non-attendance day for students and staff. While there is no given reason behind this absence, Good Friday coincidentally falls on this day. Similar to this...
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College Board makes changes to the SAT
For several years, the College Board has been making changes to the SAT that they believe are beneficial in order to get students to score higher on their standardized tests. They’ve been testing the...
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Teachers discuss grades with parents during conferences
Parent-teacher conferences took place on Thursday, Oct. 24 in the field house from 6-9 p.m. and on Friday, Oct. 25 in teacher’s classrooms from 8-12:30 p.m. In alphabetical order, families got to meet...
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The cafeteria fails to cater to the tastes—and health—of students
On any one day at Central, hundreds of kids stream into the cafeteria, still reeling from the tests, projects, presentations, and discussions they participated in throughout the morning. These students...
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Disney+: Is it worth it?
I remember when my parents would order DVDs to the house from Netflix and we still watched cable. Blockbuster still existed and my family owned The Princess Diaries on VCR. Now, Netflix has turned into...
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Questions raised after Iranian general’s assassination
2020 is off to quite the start, to say the least. At first, we were all excited for the new decade, until on January 3 President Donald Trump launched a missile strike that killed Iranian General Qasem...
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The Hype House brings famous creators together to make TikToks
Tiktok, formally known as Musical.ly, is an app where people lip-sync to songs, make dances, and post funny videos. . Tiktok has become a very popular app that is popular around the world with some...
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The surprising victories and controversies of the 2020 Oscars
The 92nd annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, took place at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California. “Parasite”, a Korean thriller about class discrimination, swept...
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Students question whether diversity is celebrated during Black History Month
The month of February marks the start of Black History Month. The primary goal of this celebration is to recognize the central role of Black Americans in U.S. history and honor their greatest...
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The United States fails to aid Puerto Rico after natural disaster strikes
A large series of earthquakes have struck Puerto Rico these past few months, mainly affecting the southwest portion of the island. These earthquakes have left Puerto Rico in complete devastation, and...
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Trump abuses power of presidency in Roger Stone controversy
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, four federal prosecutors withdrew their jail sentence recommendation for former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone and suggested a revised, shorter sentence. Stone was accused of...
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Top overrated movies and shows
We’ve all spent a wasteful amount of time watching a show or movie that never got to the point or failed to keep us entertained. Here’s a list of some of the most overrated movies and television shows...
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Outdated gym requirements should be updated
Physical education. When we hear those words, a certain image comes to mind: scrawny high school students adorned in ugly uniforms straight from the 1980s halfheartedly playing dodge ball, while an...
View ArticleBattleground: Democratic presidential candidate
As the Illinois primary quickly approaches, Democratic voters debate which of one of the three candidates will receive their votes: Joe Biden, Tulsi Gabbard, or Bernie Sanders. With the polls showing...
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Is e-learning an effective substitute for a traditional classroom?
Ohio public schools were the first to shut down until April, and Illinois followed suit not long after. Colleges across the country have also closed their doors, some indefinitely and some have already...
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Schools should remain closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, schools, ranging from elementary schools to colleges and graduate schools across the nation have been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus. Some schools, including...
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Government’s response to coronavirus exacerbates the crisis
December, January, February, March. For four months, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has steadily spread from its original epicenter, Wuhan China. It has affected 196 countries, threatened the health of...
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Students need to maintain social distancing to shorten quarantine
We’ve been in quarantine for weeks now. No school, work, friends— virtually no remnants of a normal life are still intact. It can be difficult, perhaps even depressing to remain in isolation for so...
View ArticleEarth Day, Then and Now. Why you should take action on the 50th anniversary...
April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day. Twenty million people across the United States mobilized in schools, universities, streets, and parks to demand action on environmental issues like air and water...
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Michigan protests counter weeks worth of health precautions
A couple of hundred protestors stormed Michigan’s capital on Wednesday, April 15 in Lansing protesting Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s extension of the coronavirus stay-at-home order. “Reopen America”...
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