Opinion

We don’t negotiate with terrorists.

Although the U.S. has repeated this mantra for years when dealing with hostage situations, the policy’s effectiveness has come into question recently.

Events such as the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011 only intensify the need to stop increasing the amount of nuclear power the world uses.

There should be more requirements for receiving merit-based scholarships than a single test on a single day.

It sucks things in, and gives nothing out. The victim is forced go into it, and their chances of escaping are slim. This is not a black hole, but rather the failing public education system. 

NASA reported that the hole in the ozone layer looming over Antarctica is actually shrinking. This news is monumental since scientists thought that it would take hundreds of years for the damage to even come close to recovering.

The school's newly expanded open access policy allows students to make any choice they want about their schedules, letting them sign up for any class regardless of whether they have taken the prerequisite. While this freedom sounds tempting, pressure to be competitive for college and summer program applications, from both parents and peers, often overrides students’ better judgment in course selections.

Four male undergraduates from North Carolina State University have created a nail polish line that aims to allow women to report men's ulterior motives. Their nail polish line, called Undercover Colors, changes color when it comes in contact with one of the three most common date-rape drugs: Xanax, Rohypnol, GHB, in addition to other unnamed ones.

In order to improve problems with the Benny Pierce Football Field, the school launched the “Red Pride” campaign that involved the construction of the new Sports Plaza, which includes new restrooms, a more glamorous entrance to the field and other additions.

Here in the USA, we have a booming gun tourism industry. A family vacation can be a trip to a shooting range. We can legally hand children of any age a firearm and teach them how to shoot, without too many eyebrows being raised. Is this not problematic?

We just don’t recognize minority cultures enough in the adult world. And we don’t at Saratoga High either, especially in our humanities curriculum. In order to provide students with a more balanced education, we need to put more emphasis to minority cultures and religions.