As we rush through our day-to-day lives at Townsend Harris High School, running from class to class, bounding up the stairs from the basement to the sixth floor, we tend to overlook a seemingly minor--yet...

With high winds blowing at 35 mph and a brisk temperature of 42 degrees, the Townsend Harris Outdoor Track season began at Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island. Despite the chilling weather factor and overall...

With the Manhattan skyline looming in the background, the Boys Varsity Baseball team opened their 2013 campaign on April 4 against American Studies at Whitey Ford Field. The Hawks’ 7-4 victory was the...

The UEFA Champions League has been one of the most prestigious soccer tournaments in the world since 1955. Each year, the top European clubs face off in the tournament, organized by the Union of European...

I remember how moving it was to see Oscar Pistorius complete the 400 meter dash at the London 2012 Olympics and for Grenadian victor Kirani James to switch numbers with him out of respect. At this moment,...

I’m the girl that holds up the AP exam with her request for a new desk. I’m the girl that you dread sitting next to in chemistry lab. I’m the girl with questionable blotches of ink on the perimeter...

When someone asks a question with an obvious answer, sometimes people respond with a rhetorical question: “Is the Pope Catholic?”  This is essentially another way of saying “duh.” With Pope Francis...

It is no secret that after the birth of a child, parents often struggle to balance their professional responsibilities with the demands of parenthood. For this reason, many developed nations require that...

Even without the much anticipated release of The Great Gatsby film, anyone would have wanted to attend one of Gatsby’s dazzling 1920s parties. Safia Jama Cross’s English classes recreated the mystery...

“Your own greatest enemy is yourself,” goes the famous adage. This may be true, but for us high-schoolers, our own greatest enemies are ourselves...and procrastination. There has been many a night–or...

When we think of “Italian food,” all kinds of pasta, pizza, cheese, seafood, and meat dishes come to mind, flavored with creamy white sauce or tomato sauce. These defining elements of Italian cuisine...

While Adam Mansbach’s Rage is Back grips readers with a story of colorful vengeance, it also reveals the remote and underground world of New York City.  The narrative style and content may require some...