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MD does not prepare students enough for UD workload

MD does not prepare students enough for UD workload

Lily Sussman , Contributing Writer November 10, 2022

As someone who has been at Horace Mann for most of their life, I know how high the expectations are. For all my years here, I have to succeed as that “ideal student” — high grades and lots of extracurriculars....

Americans can benefit from a collectivist mindset

Americans can benefit from a collectivist mindset

Elise Kang, Staff Writer November 10, 2022

This summer, I traveled to South Korea for six weeks through the Lembo-Sperling (LS) Grant. The foundation believes that summer travel experiences open students to new ways of seeing the world and funds...

School should reinstate remote option for sick students

School should reinstate remote option for sick students

Ava Lipsky, Staff Writer October 27, 2022

The school’s decision to remove the Zoom school option has had a negative impact on our community. At the height of the pandemic, any student who tested positive was mandated to attend classes on...

Nikolas Cruz and other mass murderers deserve the death penalty

Nikolas Cruz and other mass murderers deserve the death penalty

Josh Shuster, Staff Writer October 21, 2022

On February 14, 2018, 19-year old Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It was the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S....

Destroying art is not the right way to protest

Destroying art is not the right way to protest

Theo Gingras, Contributing Writer October 21, 2022

Last Friday, two young activists under the organization Just Stop Oil threw a can of tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at London’s National Gallery. They performed this stunt to...

Hot (Sports) Takes

October 8, 2022

Avi Kumar (12) The Eagles are the best football team. No question. Ana Aguilar (12) Dance is a sport that requires more skill than most other popular sports Divya Ponda (12) We should be able to pick...

Lions’ Den Editorial

Lions’ Den Editorial

Max Chasin , Staff Writer October 7, 2022

Horace Mann athletics are vastly underappreciated. Each day, after hours of solving calculus problem sets, analyzing Toni Morrison readings, and transcribing chemical formulas, student athletes persevere...

Where’s the respect? Take student athletes seriously

Where’s the respect? Take student athletes seriously

Aden Soroca, Contributing Writer October 7, 2022

Imagine this: it’s the night before the biggest game of your team’s season, and you don't have a place to practice. The Boys Varsity Basketball team didn’t have to imagine this scenario. It happened...

Hot (Food) Takes

Hot (Food) Takes

September 23, 2022

Divya Ponda (12) and Andrew Ogundimu (12) Tendy Tuesdays NEED to be abolished. Chicken tenders should not be consumed on a weekly basis: they are bad for your health, and should not be an entree.  Peter...

Students should prevent plastic waste by using reusable water bottles

Students should prevent plastic waste by using reusable water bottles

Ariella Frommer, Staff Writer September 23, 2022

Eliminating plastic water bottles in the cafeteria is essential to make the school more eco-friendly. Prior to eliminating plastic bottles,  the cafeteria produced an immense amount of plastic waste....

Jackson, Mississippi water crisis is a systemic issue

Jackson, Mississippi water crisis is a systemic issue

Allyson Wright and Ashleigh Connor, Contributing Writers September 23, 2022

For the last seven weeks, residents in Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, have not had access to clean water. In late August, severe thunderstorms and flooding overwhelmed the city’s poorly maintained...

What would it take for a culture shift?

Volume 120 Board September 23, 2022

If you didn’t hear it at the opening assembly, your grade meeting, or senior college night, here’s the deal: Horace Mann has a culture problem. A competitive, cutthroat, “what did you get on the...

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