FAIR Act- Adding the History of Gays to the Middle School Curriculum

Since its passing on January 1st, the FAIR Act has made it legal for middle schools to incorporate the teaching of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender history in social studies classes. The issue has been in the media as the center of controversy. Some parents oppose teaching LGBT history in schools because they assume that [...]

Chinese New Year: The Forsaken Holiday

We’re set to welcome in the Year of the Dragon earlier than usual this year; Chinese New Year falls on January 23, 2012 rather than during February.  With the stress of studying for finals and SATs, the holiday seems to have been dwarfed by heavy workloads and sleep debts.  It’s hard to notice all the [...]

How to Study for Finals When They Are Less Than Three Days Away

Sometimes procrastination takes over our lives like a virus does to its host cell. Of   course, we face the consequences in moments of despair and cramming. Of course, if you had started studying three weeks ago, it would have been beneficial; but since you didn’t you are now desperate for any ways to save [...]

SOPA, and Why It Needs to Fail

SOPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act. Proposed in October, the act is meant to stop the illegal downloading of online content – movies, music and all other things high school students like us don’t pay for. It sounds fine, right? Wrong. “It’s basically the worst thing ever,” says FVHS student Meagan Faller (’13). Backed by [...]

‘Time’ Person of the Year: The Protestor

Time magazine’s Person of the Year title is awarded to a person, group, or idea that “for better or for worse …has done the most to influence the events of the year.” This year, Time chose for its Person of the Year, “The Protester.” The award focuses on the influence, rather than positiveness (or lack [...]

Top 10 Worst Gifts

We all know receiving gifts  are awesome;  but some as much as others and this is that unfortunate list of the not- so- awesome ones that just sit next to the Nintendo 64, old floppy disc PC, and old tv in the closet in descending order from worse to worst. 10. The Wii – Let’s go Back [...]

Why Group Projects Are a Load of Malarkey

If you’re like me, the end of the semester means not only finals, but a barrage of projects you’ve barely started. And some of those are inevitably group projects. Here’s the thing about group projects: they are utterly useless. At best, they are fun but inefficient: a group of really great people get together to [...]

Hectic Holiday Greetings

Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Happy Kwanzaa. Happy Festivus. With all these different holidays in one season, how do we know what to say? Here’s my policy for getting through winter without offending anyone… Instead of being totally insensitive of individual beliefs by saying, “Happy Holidays,” greet others with your own holiday greeting. For [...]

Finals Before Break?!

The week before winter break. Most people have implied a negative connotation towards this week. There’s an abundant amount of work, teachers are cramming in last minute tests, and students are frankly too hyped up about winter break to do well. This, along with the fact that students are still losing hours of sleep, leads [...]

College Decisions: Public vs. Private

For most students, winter break is a time for relaxing, chilling (excuse the pun), and spending time with family. However, the more ambitious minded individuals choose to enter into another round of college applications, this time, for private schools. Some may ask, why would people place that extra burden on themselves for more expensive schools? [...]

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