Recently costume supply staples, such as Party City, as well as the consumers themselves are promoting costumes that many deem as cultural appropriation. These exploitive costumes have received backlash...

By Yasmin A. Hasan, staff writer She sees an exhausted freshman head into the locker room after running a mile as she, ready to give it her all, steps into the gym for the first time that day. Looking...

By KaiQi Liang and Diya Vanjani, staff writers  Tomorrow, vampires will roam the halls and zombies will shuffle to class as Townsend Harris students and faculty celebrate Halloween. As students make...

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, recently came out with a new documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, in collaboration with Netflix where Gaga lets fans into her life “beyond...

By Danielle Amster and Tanisum Halim, staff writers Houseparty, a video-chatting app that was launched in September 2016, has become popular amongst adults and teenagers alike. Unlike the creators of...

By Samantha Alzate, Reshma Deonarain, and Victoria Kuzma, staff writers Adrianna Romanowski, a current sophomore, stands out among the bland walls of Townsend Harris High School with her on-trend, unique...

Representing important political figures, more than a dozen seniors face off in the 2017 mayoral election simulation. This year’s candidates are Bill de Blasio (Shahidul Abedin), Nicole Malliotakis...

By Maimunah Virk, staff writer Townsend Harris High School students, faculty, and family members volunteered to donate at the annual Fall Blood Drive on October 6. In total, 83 volunteers donated 39...

Harrisites know Charlene Levi as the vibrant Social Studies teacher with a ruler always at hand - and now you can add one more title: assistant dean. At the start of the 2017-2018 school year, Ms. Levi...

By Kelly Casottana and Cleopatra Elshiekh, staff writers Pumpkin spice lattes have been around at Starbucks for 13 years, appearing every fall as a long-awaited autumn staple, with other chains such...

By Danielle Amster, Darren Chang, Stephanie Guevara, Anna Gutowska, Nancy Jiang, Pascal Marcktell Following years of seniors ordering takeout from all over Flushing, this year’s seniors have been told...

With the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year comes the start-of-year sources of stress: shopping for stationery, requesting program changes, and of course, buying Student Union cards. All Townsend...