Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

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Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

The Spokesman

Uplifting the Voices of Princeton Day School

The Spokesman

Why the Abortion Bans Are Objectively Bad for Women

Hannah Choe, Staff Writer May 31, 2019

Over the past week, the abortion debate in the United States has dramatically re-emerged, as restrictive bills have been introduced in multiple states in an attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Supreme...

The Green New Deal: An Impractical Attempt to Save the Environment

Yishi Wang, Staff Writer April 15, 2019

The Green New Deal (GND) has recently been the talk of the town. Connected to environmentalist groups, such as the Sunrise Movement, and sponsored by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York’s...

New Zealand Shootings: Xenophobic and White Supremacist Culture Needs to STOP

Nikita Bhardwaj, Opinions Associate March 25, 2019

“Hello brother.” Daud Nabi, a 71-year-old former Afghan refugee, uttered these peace-bearing last words to a newcomer at Nabi’s place of worship, seconds before the newcomer brutally massacred him...

Banning Guns: Is It Worth It?

Thomas Sarsfield, Staff Writer June 4, 2018

This article is in response to a previous gun control article, “Why Condolences Are Not Enough,” that was published in the March Issue of Volume 54. One look at America today and someone can immediately...

The Right to Dream

Nikita Bhardwaj, Staff Writer June 2, 2018

Is it fair to be held accountable for another person’s actions? Is it right to uproot a child’s life over something they had no control over? These questions are at the center of the raging debate...

Vaping: A Dangerous Trend?

Athena West, Staff Writer June 1, 2018

You are at a party and one of your classmates hands you their Juul. Do you reject the e-cigarette and feel like an outsider, or do you give into the emerging trend of vaping? Unfortunately, the marketing...

Con: The Misconstrued Meaning of Valentine’s Day

Anjali Bhatia, Print Copy Editor February 27, 2018

Valentine’s Day should be a holiday to celebrate and cherish the people we love. However, companies have commercialized the holiday in pursuit of profits. St. Valentine's Day originates from the festival...

Pro: The Warm Sentiments of Valentine’s Day

Grace Marshall, Opinions Associate February 27, 2018

Valentine's Day was first defined as a day of romance during the Middle Ages, as February 14 was believed to be the beginning of birds’ mating season. Written valentines began to appear in 1400; the...

What the Las Vegas shooting means for America

Katie Jain, Contributing Writer October 10, 2017

Picture laughter. Dancing. Music. Joy. Now, picture the laughter turning into screams, the dancers suddenly crumpling to the ground, the music becoming the sound of gunfire, and the joy melting out of...

Nashleen Salazar, Staff Artist

Has the “Not My President” Movement Gone Too Far?

Nina Kanamaluru, Opinions Associate May 17, 2017

On November 9th, 2016, the future of America changed forever. This may sound like hyperbole, but that is by no means the case. When Donald Trump was elected to the office of President of the United States,...

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“That Boy Who Got Into Stanford”

Nate Jones, Opinions Editor May 17, 2017

The Ziad the media knows is not the Ziad I know. The Ziad I know recently came home from Russia after giving his second TEDx talk, his first being in Panama. The Ziad I know had dinner with President Obama...

Has Saturday Night Live Become Too Political Lately?

Spencer Knerr, Staff Writer May 17, 2017

Political satire in the United States dates all the way back to the colonial period. The first mainstream political cartoon was published in Ben Franklin’s newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754....

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