Opinion: Feminism – Start Embracing the Word
Clara McWeeny, News Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Feminism, as defined by Merriam Webster, is the theory of political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. A feminist, also as defined by Merriam Webster, is any one who believes in political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. And I believe, as does Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, that we sh...
Opinion: Joe Biden Scandal Shows Progress
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
April 10, 2019
Filed under Opinion
On March 29, Lucy Flores, former member of the Nevada State Assembly, published an essay on The Cut telling of a time when, as she was running for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 2014, then-Vice President - and now likely candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2020 - smelled her hair...
Letter: MCAS Scores “Lacking in Validity” to Educators
April 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Re: "Students, Teachers Protest MCAS Question" To the editor: We are deeply disappointed that the recent 10th grade ELA MCAS included an essay question that required students to write a journal entry from the perspective of a character who is openly racist and betrays slaves trying to escape. We see ...
Opinion: Don’t Lose Hope
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
March 31, 2019
Filed under Opinion
On Friday March 22, Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel who had been investigating the President for coordination with Russia to influence the 2016 election and for obstruction of justice, submitted his report to the Justice Department. The report has been much anticipated by Democrats hoping for more ev...
Opinion: On MCAS
Charlie McWeeny, News Editor
March 30, 2019
Filed under Opinion
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is a series of standardized tests given to all students in Massachusetts public schools from third to tenth grade. You probably know it as MCAS, or better yet, the Massachusetts Child Abuse System. While this alternate definition may be used in jest,...
Opinion: Read!
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
March 15, 2019
Filed under Opinion
In general, I feel that New Year’s Resolutions are kind of a scam. If you want to change your lifestyle, you shouldn’t feel like you have to wait for some day that’s been arbitrarily assigned as the first of the year. Worse, the nature of New Year’s Resolutions sets you up for failure: if you...
Media Trust and Consumption
March 4, 2019
Filed under Opinion
In mid-January, BuzzFeed released a story that, if true, would have had enormous implications on the Trump presidency’s legitimacy. If true, it would have meant that Trump told lawyer Michael Cohen to lie under oath. If true, the story would have proved that the president had obstructed justice - in other w...
Opinion: Radical Does Not Mean Misinformed
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
March 2, 2019
Filed under Opinion
A few weeks ago, I was one of several students who went to Representative Richard Neal’s Pittsfield office to meet with a staffer about the Green New Deal proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey. We had a productive meeting in which we shared our fears about clima...
Opinion: We Need to Sleep
Saville Keyes, Staff Writer
March 2, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Ever since I can remember, I have dreaded getting out of bed in the morning, as many do. However, (in most cases), it isn’t because of a lack of motivation or interest in starting my day, but rather due to a lack of sleep. I chronically press snooze on my alarm and, more often than not, find mysel...
Opinion: Lay Off the Emails, Colleges
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
January 26, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Since the beginning of 2018, I have gotten 1,373 emails from colleges, which works out to be about 3.5 emails a day. I know this because that’s when I began putting emails from colleges in a separate inbox folder so I wouldn’t have to look at them every time I checked my inbox. Any high schooler who...
Opinion: Trump’s Shutdown is Abhorrent and Disingenuous
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
January 17, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Over the course of the past two and a half years, I’ve been outraged about a lot of things. I've been outraged that the media coverage of Clinton focused on her email scandal and not her qualifications or policies. I've been outraged that Trump bragged about sexual assault - and then won the election. I'...
Opinion: Kavanaugh Confirmation a National Disgrace
Maddy Art, Staff Writer
October 9, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court has shown, yet again, the willingness of elected officials to disregard what is best for the country in favor of what is best for their party and their own reelection. This is no surprise. Conservatives hold their noses at Donald Trum...