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Editorial board
Ash Woerner, Opinion Editor
Avery Ramsey, Editor
Claire O’Connor, Editor
Enaya Bokhari, News Editor
Lilly Hall, Campus & Features Editor
Sophia Serice, Reviews & Arts and Entertainment (A&E) Editor
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Major headlines tend to shift more towards his shakeup of the bureaucracy with “shutting down” the DOE, ending USAID, or the havoc wreaked with the erroneous deportations.
However, not as much light has been shed on Trump’s foreign policy which is in response to an international system that is shifting before us.
Such shifts in perceived global threats and the position of the United States then begs the question of the world’s most prominent military alliance: NATO — and what its future entails, if there should be any.
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Enaya Bokhari | News Editor
Major headlines tend to shift more towards his shakeup of the bureaucracy with “shutting down” the DOE, ending USAID, or the havoc wreaked with the erroneous deportations.
However, not as much light has been shed on Trump’s foreign policy which is in response to an international system that is shifting before us.
Such shifts in perceived global threats and the position of the United States then begs the question of the world’s most prominent military alliance: NATO — and what its future entails, if there should be any.
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Enaya Bokhari | News Editor
The emergence of AI chatbots, notably Chat GPT, has brought forth various debates on the legitimacy of this tool in the space of academia.
First launched in late 2022, Chat GPT has a generally notorious reputation in academic spaces as it has only made cheating much more accessible and easier. Don’t get it twisted, the concerns AI presents to students are very real and valid.
But how far do these concerns stretch to where the very essence of using AI at all is erroneously demonized?
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Enaya Bokhari | News Editor
The emergence of AI chatbots, notably Chat GPT, has brought forth various debates on the legitimacy of this tool in the space of academia.
First launched in late 2022, Chat GPT has a generally notorious reputation in academic spaces as it has only made cheating much more accessible and easier. Don’t get it twisted, the concerns AI presents to students are very real and valid.
But how far do these concerns stretch to where the very essence of using AI at all is erroneously demonized?
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Enaya Bokhari | News Editor
Theater teacher Diego De La Espriella and senior Ben Demase speak on Demase`s original musical, "The Gunslinger."
See the rest of the video and article by Ash Woerner at the link in our bio
Theater teacher Diego De La Espriella and senior Ben Demase speak on Demase`s original musical, "The Gunslinger."
See the rest of the video and article by Ash Woerner at the link in our bio
The description of the senior CAS project is simple: develop a plan for an activity that allows for creativity, activity and community service. Nearly every senior chooses to do a CAS project, many seeing it as a simple way to get out of school early without doing all that much work.
For Ben Demase, however, his CAS project is a chance to make Valley history by writing, composing and directing his own original musical, “The Gunslinger.”
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Ash Woerner | Editor
The description of the senior CAS project is simple: develop a plan for an activity that allows for creativity, activity and community service. Nearly every senior chooses to do a CAS project, many seeing it as a simple way to get out of school early without doing all that much work.
For Ben Demase, however, his CAS project is a chance to make Valley history by writing, composing and directing his own original musical, “The Gunslinger.”
Read the rest at the link in our bio!
By Ash Woerner | Editor
