Two months ago, Mr. Mooney’s classroom became the riveting epicenter of a game. The Game. With an elaborate map of clues flourishing on one wall of Room 223 and one loose end after another unraveling,...
On March 25th, Elon Musk took to Twitter to broadcast a poll.
“Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy,” he wrote. “Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?”
In...
In May of 2019, the College Board made a controversial announcement. It unveiled the Environmental Context Dashboard, colloquially known as the adversity score, to address widespread racial and socioeconomic...
The district announced plans on Friday that the first-floor trophy room—in the southeast corner of the building, next to the cafeteria—will be converted into a virtual reality studio over the summer,...
A receipt from JOANN Fabrics is taped to the wall of Room 223. It details the purchase of one item: red yarn. $4.49, plus tax. To the left, the yarn connects a mosaic of paper documents—cryptic printouts...
NASH Student Council is running a drive to collect personal care items such as shampoo, deodorant, shaving cream, and toothbrushes, all of which will be donated to North Hills Community Outreach. Students...
The college admissions process has become a cutthroat game for many American high school students. Elite universities have crafted a brand for themselves, promising to offer accepted applicants a top-notch...
Craze. Mania. Fever.
Not only could these words serve as guesses in the hit game Wordle, but they also describe how the phenomenon has swept the halls of NASH—along with the rest of the country.
Wordle...
Last Thursday evening at the Benedum Center, comedian Hasan Minhaj (pronounced HA-sun MIN-haj, not Hasaaan Minhaaaj) stepped onstage and was met with wild applause. Gazing up at the packed theater, situated...
When COVID began rapidly spreading in the US in the spring of 2020, alarm and paranoia kept people inside. Stay-at-home orders seemed like the reasonable course of action as we watched a new and mysterious...
“Cheerleading isn’t a sport.”
It’s a phrase that’s been thrown around school hallways and locker rooms for some time now, much to the frustration of many cheerleaders who, understandably,...
With an influx of early decision letters rolling in this week, seniors are seeing the light at the end of the admissions tunnel. But during the last few months, most students have churned out essays and...
Math teacher Mrs. Volpe’s room houses countless objects from her years of teaching. The corner by her desk is especially jam-packed with decoration, but one image sticks out: the face of Albert Einstein,...
The August 25th school board meeting was a pressure cooker of community tension.
I entered the NASH auditorium that night intending to write an article on what would normally transpire, but I left...
Pick a NASH senior at random and look at the tabs open on their laptop—chances are, you’ll find commonapp.org, collegeboard.org, and the ever-popular Reddit thread r/applyingtocollege. College application...
What extracurricular activities are you involved in?
My favorite and most formative commitments include Pennsylvania DECA, Rotary International, the NASD School Board, TigerTHON, Science NHS, the World...
“Football is the lifeblood of our country.”
Those are the words of Louisiana State University coach Ed Oregeron, and they resonate with many Americans. Since the sport’s beginnings in the late...
I had my first brush with civic engagement in third grade, when I walked into the makeshift polling booth at my elementary school and proudly cast my ballot for whichever candidate my parents told me to...
A fear of commitment is in the air.
As the seniors begin their final year at NASH, they’re tasked with making one of the biggest decisions of their lives: where to pursue their college career. Choosing...
George Floyd.
Millions of people have protested in his name. During one week last June, Floyd’s name was searched more than “coronavirus” or “Donald Trump.” Protestors have set up an autonomous...
A few months ago, I had never heard of Brandon Bernard. But over the course of just a few days, I learned his story, familiarized myself with his case, his crime, and his punishment.
Brandon was sentenced...
Sam Podnar, Contributing Writer
• November 18, 2020
The civil unrest that has marked much of 2020 has provoked pundits on both the left and the right to declare that civil war in America may be imminent. But a wider view of history may suggest otherwise,...
