Reflections on a vibrant three years at Masters
Jacob Strier, News Design Editor
May 26, 2019
My first Morning Meeting left me in awe. It was on my first day at Masters as a new sophomore, and my heart was pumping out of my chest as I was ushered into the theatre. The next 30 minutes would forever change my view of education, and what student engagement can look like when actually applied. ...
Gun violence in America: an international perspective
Alexandra Bentzien, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2019
Whether you read this as a supporter of gun rights or gun control, there are certain facts which mark gun violence an undeniable problem permeating our day-to-day America. It is impossible to ignore the horror of senseless killings in settings from nightclubs to music festivals – and most pertinen...
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 ...
Child abuse and sexual assault allegations plague the Australian Catholic authorities
Casey Li, Columnist
March 8, 2019
Please be aware this article contains graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. George Pell, once one of Pope Francis’s advisers, is now the most senior member of the Catholic Church to be convicted of child abuse. In Dec. 2018, Cardinal Pell was found guilty of five charges of abuse against two choirboys in the 1990s....
Showing Harkness Discussions Helps Display The Masters Student Experience
Drew Schott, OpEd Design Editor
February 14, 2019
In 1930 at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Harkness method was adopted as a learning style which emphasized student discussion and learning from other peer’s observations while seated around a large, oval table. Named in honor of oil magnate Edward Harkness, the creator of the learning style, the Hark...
Federal government must direct attention to the environment… now
Annie Rubinson, Features Design Editor
February 7, 2019
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. is the leading producer of greenhouse gases (GHG) having emitted more carbon than the entire European Union as of 2011. Based on this statistic, the United States could become a leading combatant of climate change worldwide we...
Students respond to R Kelly’s actions
Yasmine Pascal, Accountability and Ad Manager
February 5, 2019
Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known by his stage name “R. Kelly,” is a popular R&B singer whose name made headlines following the airing of the Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, on Jan. 3, 2019. The documentary detailed the sexual abuse allegations against R. Kelly and featured accounts ...
Perspectives on a declining industry from Central Taxi employees
January 9, 2019
Taxi driver Donna Albanese used to spend her busy weekend nights driving teenagers from party to party: now her weekend business at Central Taxi in Scarsdale, NY, is all but dead since the rise of apps like Uber, mirroring a larger decline throughout the taxi industry. A cab driver for ...
Gold Key policy is distracting harkness
Shawn Farhadian, Lead Sports Editor
December 22, 2018
This year, Gold Key, Masters’ admissions and tour guide club, has been instructed and trained to show prospective families the Harkness method up-close by entering classes taught by History and Religion and English department members in Masters Hall and Science and Math department members on the first...
Signing of Reuben Foster proves how little NFL teams care about domestic violence
Gabriel Keller, Staff Writer
December 18, 2018
The San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Reuben Foster following a domestic violence arrest. Two days later, Foster was signed by the Washington Redskins. In the same professional sports league that hasn’t given Colin Kaepernick, a player with no criminal offenses, a job in over 19 months due to ...
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 ...
Dress Up Days Distract from Purpose
Emma Luis, News Editor
May 22, 2018
When the dress code was finally scrapped in 2016 for the all-inclusive “dress philosophy”, students donned their ripped pants, flaunted their finest t-shirts and expressed their individuality through their clothing. Because of the philosophy, students can wear whatever their hearts desires under...