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The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

Opinion

Reverse Racism is a myth

Reverse Racism is a myth

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist December 18, 2015

As a person of color, when I witness sadly mistaken students who believe that it’s not fair for people of color to “be racist” against white people just because of skin color, I find it 100 percent...

Take your time to find your path

Lydia Melnikov, Opinion Editor December 18, 2015

What do you want to be when you grow up? Maybe you’re pursuing your passion - music, science, art, math - or maybe you just don’t know. If you’re in the latter situation, this may be tough to explain...

Living in liberal areas blinds us from problems outside our community

Jane Mather-Glass, Opinion Editor December 18, 2015

It’s not over. Any problems that seem like they’ve been fixed in Evanston aren’t necessarily fixed everywhere else, and it’s time for us to pay attention. Evanston has a supermajority of democrats,...

We must implement free college tuition

We must implement free college tuition

Annie Keenan, Opinion Editor December 18, 2015

It is imperative that we sup- port federal action for free public education. College is treated like a mandate but priced like a luxury. According to the College Board, the average price for a student...

Bringing in refugees is worth the risk

Bringing in refugees is worth the risk

Eli Baum, Opinion Editor December 18, 2015

Despite fears that Syrian refugees may pose a threat to Americans through Islamic State (ISIS) infiltration, the risk is small and overshadowed by the benefits of helping refugees. The civil war in Syria...

We Walk the Line: Our adolescence and the technological revolution

Annabel Paulsen, Online Writer December 6, 2015

Humans and technology coexist. We’ve watched the metamorphosis of Macintosh laptops from blue and white, pseudo-modern bricks into sleek slivers of machinery. Cell phones are now hardly recognizable...

Three performers sit at a news ask for one of YAMOs most popular skits.

Honest reviews deserve recognition

November 20, 2015

Dear Editor, I am writing in order to pass on congratulations from myself, an ETHS alum, and another ETHS and YAMO alum to Viveka Herzum for her well-written, honest, and brave review of this year’s...

Student voices deserve priority at school board meetings

Student voices deserve priority at school board meetings

Rena Newman, Guest Opinion Writer November 20, 2015

Our school board doesn’t want to hear student voice — not even when students are speaking out about racial injustice in Evanston. The board’s begrudging attitude towards hearing public comments is...

The Pledge of Allegiance serves no real purpose

The Pledge of Allegiance serves no real purpose

Jane Mather-Glass, Opinion Editor November 20, 2015

Stay seated. The Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t mean anything to most students and shouldn’t be mandated in Illinois schools. At the age of five, we learned the 31 words of the pledge...

Female-fronted groups’ success proving gender equality in music

Female-fronted groups’ success proving gender equality in music

Annie Keenan, Opinion Editor November 20, 2015

Who run the world? Girls. For the first time since the mid-’90s, all-female bands have risen to the top of the charts. As boy bands have mainly dominated the music industry, it’s refreshing and empowering...

Paleo diet is half-baked and unrealistic

Paleo diet is half-baked and unrealistic

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist November 20, 2015

Me Gabby. Me love junk food. Me hate vegetables. Followers of this “caveman” paleo diet should be extinct because its approach to eating is unrealistic. The paleo diet only includes foods that would...

Technology and Teens: A guilt-free coexistence

Technology and Teens: A guilt-free coexistence

Annabel Paulsen, Online Writer November 12, 2015

Humans and technology coexist. We’ve watched the metamorphosis of Macintosh laptops from blue and white, pseudo-modern bricks into sleek slivers of machinery. Cell phones are now hardly recognizable...

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