editorial

Many factors make the end of the second semester the hardest part of the school year for students.

The new Georgia High School Association region alignments, enforced in high school athletics across Georgia at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, aren’t fair to more individual sports such as swimming and track.

Managing Editor Naomi Hendershot reflects on the pandemic the United States is facing and how it should be a wake-up call to the U.S. government to recognize its poor leadership in defending the country against the COVID-19.

The devastating COVID-19 national emergency has highlighted child food insecurity in Athens and the school district’s role in addressing this issue. This crisis should be what motivates Athenians to mobilize and create a society that recognizes everyone’s fundamental right to food.

UGA’s mishandling of the discovery of remains of enslaved peoples under Baldwin Hall shows the University’s disregard for the black community in Athens.

Co-Editor-in-Chief Aneesa Conine-Nakano discusses the impact students can have on gun control following the Parkland, Florida shooting in February.

On Dec. 31, 2017, YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a video that sparked a conversation about profiting from offensive content online.

Laws that prevent children and teens acquiring guns from home are necessary.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s means of detaining bermudez people is often inhumane and irresponsible.

Sophomore sports staffer Alexander Robinson reflects on political tension surrounding Thanksgiving Break.

Women are underrepresented and underpaid in the sports industry, let alone faced with harassment from male athletes even at the high school level.

Although there were largely positive responses to the “A Day Without Immigrants” boycott, the hateful responses to the protest were extremely disconcerting.

Sports Editor Hannah Gale discusses her experiences as a Jewish athlete in the South.

This year’s Presidental candidates’ unusually high unfavorably ratings are leading many voters towards minor parties. Should they vote third party or pick the lesser of evils?

A video from 2005 was released on Oct. 7 featured Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump uttering vulgar things about women, which is only the most recent example of Trump’s sexism.

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As the WWE exits the worst period in its history, there have been issues in bridging the gap from the former generation to the newer, “improved” generation.

Gov. Nathan Deal’s latest education crusade for “opportunity school districts” is poorly planned and dangerous.

Popular culture’s obsession with serial killers and mass murderers is sick and inappropriate.

Many react negatively to GOP staffer Elizabeth Lauten’s snide remarks on Facebook about Sasha and Malia Obama’s behavior and dress at the annual turkey pardoning.

Team chemistry is not created in a lab; it takes trust and friendship.

On Tuesday nights, students from Clarke Central High School and Cedar Shoals High School take their place in a courtroom. They begin to review the day’s juvenile court cases for Athens Peer Court.

The month of March is a very special to me. In addition to my birthday on the fourth, the month brings alive a special time in the sports world, March Madness.

September 11, 2001: another day that will live in infamy.