As student council elections and spirit week approach, students brace themselves for a torrent of appeals aimed at increasing school spirit. Pleas from sports captains to attend their games are often met...

Ireen Wust, a speed skater, recently won the gold medal in the 3000 meter race for the Netherlands. This impressive 27-year-old woman also won gold medals in Vancouver and Turin. ''Seventeen million Dutch...

The Cleveland Browns are considering former Louisville Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater in this upcoming draft. However, there are many reasons that Cleveland should draft Johnny Manziel from Texas A&M...

In sixth grade, as part of a series of anti-drug programs, a school nurse told my classmates and me that we should stand in front of a mirror and practice saying no. This only happened once, but it was...

This fall, the school district adopted a new one-to-one Chromebook program in the high school. Students have found these devices useful for collaborative work. They allow teachers to provide easy access...

The fact that we even reached the year 2013, let alone are nearing its end, proves that Dec. 21, 2012 did not bring the end of our world as we know it, though in some ways, this year could have fooled...

(By Grant Gravagna, News Editor) As December descends upon us yet again, we experience what is touted to be the most joyous season: the winter holidays. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,”...

As the first quarter comes to a close, students are seeing the full effects of new educational policies. The new Common Core curriculum, already being implemented in math classes, is designed to make classes...

Derogatory language. We’ve all used it. We all understand its implications. We all understand the impression it gives... how it makes us look and feel. Of course, therein lies the problem—a person...

“The time has come to fix the system. Let there be no misunderstanding. Ohio’s public school-financing scheme must undergo a complete systematic overhaul,” wrote Ohio Supreme Court Justice Francis...

Benjamin Franklin once said that an investment in education pays the best interest. But currently in the state of Ohio, not every child is receiving the educational investment they need to succeed. That’s...

In virtually every election season, a populist candidate proposes to change the way Ohio schools raise money. Typically, the proposal involves a large pool of money raised by state taxes and doled out...