Unexpected Backlash On February 4, 2025, not one, but two Facebook posts were made about my article, “Students Should Have a Say on Board Policies.” This article discussed the ramifications of students...

You hear a distant train rumble. Ashen veils of clouds have been brewing all day, finally deciding to release their thrust of rain during the evening. The wind has picked up, but the sound of the storm...

History The Bill of Rights was not initially in the Constitution, but Anti-Federalists thought that more individual rights needed to be stated so that way they could not be taken away. Before America...

What do people in Mentor, Ohio think about political ads? How could political ads improve their effectiveness? To answer these questions, we created a survey to determine how teenagers and adults felt...

As the nation grapples with changing immigration policies, one executive order by President Donald Trump is stirring deep constitutional and ethical concerns. The Fourteenth Amendment states that all those...

Three years of war—three years of sorrow, pain, despair, and hope that it will all end soon. In these three years, everything has changed: Ukrainian lands, the Ukrainian people, their way of thinking,...

Early June 2024 - My older brother, Andrew, has not even left yet, but I am writing him his first letter. I want one waiting for him when he gets there. If the P.O. Box is open, my hand is writing. Soon,...

On Tuesday afternoon, Mentor City Manager Ken Filipiak addressed the city with his annual State of the City Address. Detailing the happenings in the city over the past year and announcing future plans...

I am what some would call a news junkie—I consume news almost constantly. I read NPR (National Public Radio) every single day and the New Yorker once a week. Additionally, I regularly engage with scholarly...

Twenty-five new presidential cabinet selections are set to make their way into public office following the election of Donald Trump in 2024. Of the 25 positions, 22 will require confirmation from the Senate....

On Day One, the 47th President of the United States got busy. Throughout Inauguration Day on January 20th, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, memorandums, and proclamations. According to the...

The State of the Schools address is an annual outline of the challenges, success, goals, and intended outcomes of implementing programs. In doing so, the Mentor Schools District is able to create a more...