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...

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...

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...