Women soccer champs deserve fair pay
At the U.S. Women’s Soccer World Cup Victory Parade in New York City on July 10, 2019, United States Soccer Federation (USSF) President Carlos Cordeiro was interrupted during his speech as loud “Equal Pay”...
Let’s talk impeachment
On July 25, President Donald Trump called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss U.S. military aid in Ukraine. A memo later released by the White House hinted at a “favor” Trump had asked of...
ARHS grad opens banh-mi restaurant
Omi Omy, a great new Vietnamese restaurant currently in the Big Y plaza in Amherst Massachusetts, is run by ARHS grad (class of 2000) and father Chuong Son, who hails from Vietnam. Son described...
After mass shootings, Australia, New Zealand transformed gun laws. Why can’t we?
In Australia, in 1996 a gunman opened fire on shop owners and tourists with two semi-automatic rifles in what was later dubbed The Port Arthur massacre. Thirty five people were left dead and 23...
Climate change: time to act
Imagine a world in which sea levels rise to the point that places like Cape Cod and much of Florida become submerged, a world where people have to evacuate from coastal cities such as...
Kaiju: Ramen. Barbecue. Monsters.
When most people hear the word “ramen,” bright red and orange packages stacked in supermarket aisles appear in their mind. However, a new and authentic ramen restaurant recently opened up that takes those noodles...
Gamer girl fights back against online harassment
There’s nothing like sitting down at my computer chair after a long school day, turning on my computer and waiting to hear the sweet buzz. I pull my hair back into a hairtie, so...
Artists bemoan STEM pressure
The first four months of my senior year were dedicated to stressing about the Common Application, visiting schools I wouldn’t end up applying to, applying to schools I wouldn’t visit, and frantically writing essays...
Protecting the wallet: AP tests not worth it
As a junior in high school, I’m all too familiar with standardized testing. I’ve taken the MCAS, the PSAT, the SAT. All the acronyms start to make my head spin. By the end of...
“A Quiet Place”- a 17 million dollar sci-fi indie with thrills like no other
When you’re like me, you enjoy watching a movie that keeps you entertained without becoming an endless multi-million dollar CGI-ridden, stereotypically written, and generally over-hyped movie. I find that most of my movie discussions...
Spring musical a success
This spring’s musical, The Putnam County Spelling Bee was performed by the ARHS theater department to rave reviews. A huge number of students from all over the school were involved. It was performed four...
‘Black Panther’ inspires, awes audiences
The Disney-Marvel hit superhero movie Black Panther was released Friday, February 16, and made a historic, estimated $387 million in its opening week, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time by a black director,...
Strike a pose: a power pose, that is!
Holding a power pose for two minutes has been scientifically proven to improve your ability to accomplish an important task, big event, or busy day. Holding a power pose increases your ability to accomplish...
Helping the wealthy: a ‘taxing’ issue
One constant issue in the United States is the primary way in which the US government gets money: taxes. Many people believe that the current way that taxes work is less than ideal, but...
Star Wars: a multi-billion dollar bridge connecting generations
We live in a world of great separation between generations. Few things have been able to bridge that gap; love and religion are a few of them. However, one glue that binds many generations...
Menstruation emergencies call for tampons in every bathroom
The other day in the bathroom I noticed a tampon wedged in between the wall and stall divider. At first I was just thinking that it was just another wacky girls bathroom sighting to...
DC nails Wonder Woman but fails women with Justice League
Superhero movies and television shows are more popular than ever. The most recent Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok made 121 million dollars in its opening weekend domestically. People of all genders are embracing the world...
Bathroom pass system burdens the bladder
Imagine this: one person really needs to go to the bathroom, so they take the pass and are gone for 15 minutes. While that person is gone, the amount of time that you have...
‘Going in Style’: great heist flick
Going in Style, originally made in 1979, directed by Martin Brest, and now the 2017 version, directed by Zach Braff, was a comedy with a bit of adventure, that at the same time had...
Guardians of the Galaxy
Three years ago, Marvel’s first Guardians of the Galaxy movie broke the mold of the typical superhero movie. This year, the five unlikely heroes returned to prove that superhero movies are more than just...
Les Miserables: gorgeous
The Starlight’s Youth Theater has pulled it off once again. They brought Les Miserables to the Academy of Music and knocked it out of the park, earning multiple standing ovations during the Saturday night...
Mr. Burns: a pop-fueled villain
I have been highly involved in the theater world since my freshman year of high school, starting with the show 39 Steps. At school, I have worked on many shows, ranging from full-scale musicals,...
Lockers old, sizes unfair
As the times have changed at the high school, various large building projects have taken place. In 1993, an addition was made to the building. As of recently, the gym is being renovated. Lighting...
Gendered classes: why the breakdown?
In the first semester of the school year, I had two social studies classes, Economics and World Religions. On the first day of school, I walked into both classrooms and was startled by the...
Light Girls documentary perpetuates colorism instead of challenging it
“I think the impact that colorism has on young girls—light girls and dark girls—leave scars on the soul that follow them well into womanhood,” said author Iyanla Vanzant at the beginning of Light Girls....
If you haven’t watched Game of Thrones, you’re missing out
If you haven’t heard of Game of Thrones, you are missing out. This TV series on HBO is based off of the epic fantasy novel series by George R.R. Martin called A Song of...
1980s Polish TV drama, Dekalog, still powerful
In 1989, with the decades-old communist state on the verge of collapse, the people of Poland faced a question crucial to their national identity: what does it mean to be Polish? The same year,...
Time to listen to “outsider views”
Perhaps the greatest strength of the Amherst school system is its record of encouraging the development of its students into precocious, politically-aware young people, strong in their convictions and uncompromising in their search for...
Hidden Figures: uplifting
Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures is an inspiring movie, reconstructing the true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), three black female mathematicians who were employed...
Get Out: a horrifying wake-up call about racism
I would like to start by saying that everyone should see Get Out at least once. Not because it’s scary and entertaining, but for the fact that it has a very important message embedded...
