What is Democratic Socialism?
Buster Scheuer, Blogger
April 15, 2019
In our nifty fifty United States, there has been a growing fear of “socialism” in the political climate as it relates to the policy platform of Senator/2020-hopeful Bernie Sanders. In talking to many of my friends about what socialism and democratic socialism are, I find that not too many fully ...
Their Story: Christy Nicandri
Kishan Mangru, Blogger
April 10, 2019
Gold Key tours, revisit days, and reviewing applicants. These events are among the admission tasks that Christy Nicandri has undertaken during admission season for the past two years. Before her life at masters, Nicandri worked for five years at an academy in Florida. There, she worked with...
Greta Thunberg: How a teenager changed the climate debate
Emanuel Adamiak, Blogger
March 31, 2019
August 20th 2018 was a pivotal day in Greta Thunberg’s life. On that date, she started a movement that would soon spread all across the world. What she did was simple. She skipped school and instead protested in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, having only one goal in mind: getting po...
The EU’s biggest problem? A change in attitude
Emanuel Adamiak, Blogger
February 7, 2019
As the New Year’s celebrations are slowly falling into oblivion, we are brought back to reality. For Europe, more specifically the European Union, it is a harsh one. In 2018, it faced the Brexit drama, mass protests against reforms in France and a rise of authoritarianism in most parts of the Union. Th...
Representatives of Masters Students Range Across Nation
Eli Emery, Sports Design Editor
January 8, 2019
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY 13): Represents 7 students as a member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and House Select Committee on Small Business. Albio Sires (D-NJ 8): Represents 3 students as a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affair...
Their Story: Sydney Kadiyala
Kishan Mangru, Blogger
December 10, 2018
You may see her in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center teaching one of her engineering classes or helping out the robotics team. She is Sydney Kadiyala, an engineering teacher and dorm parent at our school. Although she is relatively new, Sydney Kadiyala has become familiar with the ways o...
France in shock as chaos hits Paris
Manu Adamiak, Blogger
December 6, 2018
Paris is known as Western Europe’s cultural hub and an inimitable metropole. The city offers museums with world-renowned pieces, many little cafes that create the unique French charm and many prominent sights, from the Notre Dame Cathedral to the Eiffel Tower. But the city of lights, as it is so oft...
From a Dem: The “kinda”-left won’t beat the far-right
Buster Scheuer, Blogger
December 3, 2018
With the midterms behind us, soon there will be announcements of people who will try to face Donald Trump in the general election. Hillary Clinton has already implied that she’d run again, as well as Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris. As all of our knowledge of the political ...
Their Story: Robert Fish
Kishan Mangru, Blogger
November 13, 2018
You may have seen him walking out of the History Commons in Masters Hall. He is a teacher, father and an avid Mets fan. He is Dr. Fish, a History and Religion teacher at The Masters School. Many may not really know Dr. Fish. He grew up in New Jersey and participated mostly in athletics. He conside...
Merkel withdraws from chairmanship contention
Emanuel Adamiak, Blogger
November 3, 2018
In the past few years populism has been on the upswing not only in the United States, but also in many parts of Europe such as Italy, Hungary and Poland. But in this time of a global political shift to the right, one major political figure has been unalterable, seemingly untouched by the developments ...
CAM: Why It Matters
Annie Rubinson, Blogger
June 11, 2018
Celebration, support, collaboration, comradery. These are the words to describe each club at Masters (CAM); whether old or new, big or small. While seemingly insignificant to many, the discussions, the drills, and of course the jam sessions provided by CAM play critical roles in the individual growth ...
Dr. West listens to the daffodils
Nora Fellas, Blogger
May 27, 2018
How did an engineering student become an English teacher? Surprisingly, Dr. West was actually always a lover of math and science. West went to college to become an engineer but found himself enjoying his English electives more than his math and science courses. In high school most of his exposure to ...