By Ryan Deal ’16 A sickening story emerging from a Minnesota forest last year grabbed headlines across the globe. Two twelve-year old girls, in an attempt to impress Slender Man, a fictional character created on the website Creepypasta, led their friend into the woods and stabbed her 17 times in an attempt to kill her. The two girls, who are … Read More
By Tyler Ruth ’16 “The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.” With that, let’s talk about “Fight Club.” The unparalleled film came out in 1999 and is directed by David Fincher. The narrator and main character, played by Edward … Read More
By Jacob Golomb ’16 A Texas teenager named Ahmed Mohamed made headlines last month when, in an effort to impress his teachers, he rebuilt a clock inside a pencil case. One of Mohamed’s teachers, because she thought it looked like a bomb (and maybe also because Mohamed is Muslim), sent the student to the principal. Even though Mohamed had explained … Read More
By Kayla Cohen ’17 Many teens are in the process of getting their driver’s licenses, and they will be asked whether or not they would like to be an organ or tissue donor. Most young people likely have not given the issue much thought and might say no to being a donor. Each day, 79 people get an organ transplant, … Read More
By Meghan Proctor ’16 By now, many seniors have applied to some colleges. Some may have already finished the process. Whether someone has applied to one college or 10, that student likely had to pay an application fee, usually around $40 – $50. This payment may not seem like much individually, but they can add up to become a problem, … Read More
By Christopher Sung ’17 “We believe in America,” but now the American public doesn’t believe in them. In the latest fiasco that has plagued the Republican Party, the unruly House Freedom Caucus—the Tea Party radicals—have somehow managed to plunge the Republican Party back into turmoil, as a series of selfless acts to unite the embattled faction by both former Speaker … Read More
By Megan Werden ’17 In the action and sci-fi movie “The Martian,” Matt Damon plays Mark Watney, a determined astronaut who is presumed dead after a storm hits Mars while he and his fellow crew are on a mission there. Some debris hits Watney during the storm, and he suffers a gruesome injury. The rest of crew escapes from the … Read More
By Will Van Gelder ’16 As this country slowly gears up for the long 2016 Presidential election, Republican voters have a plethora of candidates to choose from. There are too many governors, former governors and senators to count and the number of candidates had ballooned to seventeen before Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and former Texas governor Rick Perry dropped out. … Read More
By Jacob Golomb ’16 As all music students at Sherwood know, Alex Silverbook is a dedicated and very talented band teacher. One of the ways he shows his love for music education is by inviting well-known musicians to Sherwood to perform and work with students. The workshops that these guests do include working on musical pieces with students, sharing what … Read More
By Kira Yates ’16 Food waste in the United States is an increasingly serious problem. Each year, 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is never consumed, but rather thrown away by grocery stores and restaurants. This converts to wasting about $165 billion every year, from resources used to grow the food, to the manual labor, to … Read More