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We Need a New Cannon. Let’s Start with ELHS.

We Need a New Cannon. Let’s Start with ELHS.

Opinon of: RUBY THOMS
March 22, 2024

James Joyce. F. Scott Fitzgerald. John Steinbeck. How many of those names did you recognize? J.K Rowling. Steven King. John Green. How many of those names did you recognize? This first batch are...

Letter to the Viking Saga Editor: Political Discourse in the Viking Saga

ERIC YANG
March 18, 2024

This letter concerns the political opinion article, “The U.S. Must Continue Supporting Ukraine”, published in Volume 56, Edition 12 of the Viking Saga and authored by Web Editor-in-Chief Alex Salerno...

Aiming Beyond May: Reframing Education for Sustainable Learning

Aiming Beyond May: Reframing Education for Sustainable Learning

Opinion of: IZZY PAGGIOLI
December 6, 2023

Enrollment in Advanced Placement (AP) courses has become so normalized at ELHS, that it is unsurprising for students to juggle several of these demanding classes within their schedule. After eight months...

Is a Four-Day School Week Worth Trying?

Is a Four-Day School Week Worth Trying?

Opinion of: RUBY THOMS
December 6, 2023

Every student loves the sound of it. Every teacher questions it. Every administrator fears it. Businesses across the globe are converting to a four-day workweek after seeing the productivity and...

Christmas From a Jewish Perspective

Christmas From a Jewish Perspective

LILA BRIDGMAN
December 6, 2023

When I was growing up, my dad worked at the North Pole Express at the Essex Steam Train. The train was like a winter wonderland, and I used to ride it every year. Mrs. Claus served homemade cookies, reindeers...

Which Class Will Win Spirit Week?

November 1, 2023

Class of 2024 - Seniors Student submission by: Georgia Anglin WITHOUT A DOUBT the seniors will triumph in the most anticipated week of the school year. Our sustained victories with commons decorating...

Donald Trump is Single-Handedly Ruining the Republican Party

Donald Trump is Single-Handedly Ruining the Republican Party

ALEX SALERNO
October 12, 2023

The Republican Party is a mess. This disorder is mainly caused by one lying and self-interested former president and current Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump.  On Oct. 3, 2023, the...

Toss the Tan

Priti Chaddha
October 5, 2023

Fake tanning is a multi-million-dollar industry built on insecurity. The pressure to use fake tanning products to look “put together” is understandable when the tanning bottles are actively insulting...

The G.O.P Needs to Throw Out Trump, and Bring in Haley

The G.O.P Needs to Throw Out Trump, and Bring in Haley

ALEX SALERNO
September 13, 2023

Starting Jan. 15, 2024, the Republican party has to make some tough decisions on who they want their presidential nominee to be. The Iowa caucus, which is how Iowa chooses who they want the Democratic...

AI is the Thief of Human Innovation

Ruby McMahon, Editor in Chief
May 25, 2023

     This year alone,  the functionality of AI has exploded. ChatGPT, AI generated Drake songs and fake images of Pope Francis clad in Balenciaga are experiencing  unmatched virality. These...

Organ Donation art by Kath Correa

I am an Organ Donor, and You Should Be Too

I am an organ donor, and you should be too. But I didn’t always believe that. I got my license in August 2022. I had spent the past few months taking Eyes On The Road, like many kids at ELHS. I had...

Eve Slemp

College Admissions Process is a Broken System

opinion of: EVE SLEMP
May 23, 2023

After years of observation, conversations, and now my own perspective as a graduating senior, I believe the college admissions process is deceptively precarious. What was once a solid way to lead students...

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