Standardized testing has long been a hallmark of the college admissions process. Regardless of gender, race or ability, most high school students share the experience of preparing for these grueling exams.
However,...
Originally mandated to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have become a topic of political debate. Like many other issues, Americans have unnecessarily mixed politics with general welfare...
First period has a distinctive atmosphere — stifled yawns, sluggish shuffling, dead-eyed stares. Students are tired.
There is no shortage of evidence proving that early school start times correlate...
Advocacy on social media has played a major role in the Black Lives Matter movement, which sparked a wave of social media posts intended to inform the public through platforms such as Instagram, Twitter...
As president of the United States, Donald Trump has many responsibilities concerning the well being of the citizens and safety of the country. However, one of the president’s latest concerns has garnered...
Senators introduced the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN-IT) Act in early March, which threatens to undermine end-to-end encryption. This encryption technique encodes...
Slavery. Prejudice. Brutality. Things of the past—supposedly.
They say slavery is a blemish upon the glorious history of America, the land of the free.
Free—what a joke.
In...
The Class of 2020 has lost our prom, our senior game, our graduation, our picnics, our ditch day. We’ve put on a brave face and let it go. As everything around the world has ground to a halt, we are...
Dear Class of 2020, where do I begin? I guess there’s no better place to start than in Fall of 2016, when our Viking journey began. Scratch that, try the Summer of 2016.
Our Homecoming theme was “Into...
Silicon Valley. With beaches to the west, mountains to the east, a bay to the north and plains to the south — not to mention the glowing summer sun that stretches for nine long months — who could ask...
It is undeniable that these are trying times. Many aspects of our lives are being tested in extreme ways for the first time, from our healthcare system to our motivation to do homework. Despite misinformation...
“This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.” – “The Hollow Men,” T.S. Eliot
For Lynbrook students, the...
