It’s not uncommon to hear the sentiment that animation is for kids. To many, the medium is simply a way to churn out television shows and movies for children: content entertaining enough for its intended...
The day is June 22nd, 2023, the afternoon before the highly anticipated 2023 NBA draft. There is a clear consensus first overall pick: star big man Victor Wembanyama out of France. The next couple of picks,...
Naomi Segel, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• December 15, 2023
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dating is the greatest thing to happen to this country since the moon landing. And, because of the end to Swift’s pattern of dating scrawny British men, it is the greatest...
“Modern schools are prisons without bars”, is a sentiment I’ve heard from students in regards to life in our modern school systems.
To many, this is an expression of hyperbole that often evokes...
Using the bathroom between periods, under most circumstances, is uncomfortable for a majority of people. You walk in, and there’s a crowd of students using it like Allderdice’s own smoking lounge....
Schools began to assign homework during the early 1900s to students who didn’t show a good understanding of the material taught in class. Nowadays, schools utilize homework almost every day to give students...
On Monday, August 28, students at Allderdice began their 2023-2024 school year. Every school year comes with a new adventure and a whole new class of students. As a senior, I wasn’t particularly excited...
Dune took me nearly a year to read. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve allotted less time to reading for pleasure, but that wasn’t the reason I read the book close to real-time (the several hundred-page...
It is so hard to believe that this is the end.
I still remember the day I decided that The Foreword was something I wanted to pursue. In my sophomore year, at the start of my second semester, I sat...
I have been thinking a lot about endings lately. As a senior, my final weeks at Allderdice were weeks of “lasts.” My last full day of school, my last half day of school, my last time making the long...
Everything about Spare is bold, from the revelations that Prince Harry drops about William’s hairline to his startling cover. A debate has been raging over several controversial points in the book including...
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is no stranger to controversies or human rights violations. Countries ruled under dictators still get the honor of hosting the biggest sporting...
