Stop mocking repressive tyrant
When most Americans think of North Korea, we do not usually picture work camps or atrocious torture, or the state of poverty and impressment in which their people are living; rather, we think...
Category: Cover
Hactivism: admirable, but futile
Anonymous recently struck again. After the horrific shooting in Paris in which terrorists attacked a controversial French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, Anonymous retaliated by attacking Twitter accounts of various terrorist organizations, according to an...
Student shares selected text from original oratory “CAUTION: THIS IS A LIE”
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue…and proceeded to enslave some 250,000 men and women and make them work in his gold mines. But, some two years into this process, he worked nearly half...
Changing music landscape precipitates death of albums
On Nov. 3, 2014, Taylor Swift declared war on the music streaming website, Spotify, by pulling her music from the site, following suit behind other artists, such as Beyonce and The Black Keys. ...
Ohio considers cuts to arts programs
In early November, the Ohio Board of Education proposed new Ohio Operating Standards, much to the dismay of the media and the public. On Nov. 10, Patrick O’Donnell wrote for The Cleveland Plain...
Pep band returns to basketball games
As surrounding schools suffer cuts to music and the arts, music at WHS continues to thrive. The WHS Music Dept. recently decided to bring back pep band. Music Dept. member Doug Bennett explained that...
Incarceration rate gap between white and black men grows
There is a growing divide between the incarceration rates of black and white men in the United States, according to “The Black-White Gap in Incarceration Rates”, a 2014 report published by the Pew Research...
Feminism is the new f-word
When I was in fourth grade, I was Hermione Granger from Harry Potter for Halloween. Not only because, at the time, we had matching bushy hair, but also because I always wanted to be...
Companies still fail to address paid paternal leave
While companies in the United States have made significant progress in offering mothers paid parental leave, new fathers do not necessarily receive the same benefits as mothers from their employers. Most fathers are...
Writer’s two cents on the ‘myth’ of the wage gap as discussed by the AAUW
The wage gap is the single largest myth purported by women’s rights activists. For decades, major American corporations and local industry held women underneath a crippling glass ceiling of wage discrimination. ...