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The Student-Run Newspaper of Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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The Student-Run Newspaper of Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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THHS holds its annual college fair

THHS holds its annual college fair

Nefertari Elshiekh and Julianna Zitron April 30, 2018

By Nefertari Elshiekh and Julianna Zitron, staff writers Townsend Harris High School hosted its annual college fair on April 23 from 6-8PM. This year over 100 colleges, including Yale University, Cornell...

Birdies and rackets: girls’ badminton team on the rise

Birdies and rackets: girls’ badminton team on the rise

Kunchaka Fonseka April 26, 2018

Townsend Harris is home to numerous teams that vary from those with large numbers of members like the track team to small teams with fewer players. One such small team that has been extremely successful...

Artsnacks subscription box: Is it worth it?

Artsnacks subscription box: Is it worth it?

Amanda Renzi April 26, 2018

Subscription boxes have become highly popular in the past few year. They began with mostly beauty products and now there seems to be a box for everything and everyone. Artsnacks is a subscription box...

Campaigns for SU positions come to a close

Campaigns for SU positions come to a close

Jacqueline Woo and Bindu Koyi April 25, 2018

Walking around the building of Townsend Harris High School can lead to the following realization: the annual election for the Student Union (SU) Executive Board positions has arrived. Prior to the elections,...

Meet Ms. Fees furry friend: Harriet

Meet Ms. Fee’s furry friend: Harriet

Samantha Alzate and Julianna Zitron April 25, 2018

When you walk into Assistant Principal of Organization, Health, and Physical Education Ellen Fee’s office, you may notice some furry and scaly friends jumping and swimming around. Ms. Fee allows students...

Photojournalism in the age of technology and social movements

Photojournalism in the age of technology and social movements

Usha Sookai April 24, 2018

You see it every day. Rumors, whispers, falsehoods. Alternative facts. Fake news. Now, more than ever, news has become an important outlet for information. It shapes our views of the world, the people...

Black Panther: a step toward a more inclusive Hollywood

Black Panther: a step toward a more inclusive Hollywood

"One of the things that sometimes comes with being [of African descent] is being made to be ashamed of being African and ashamed that your people live in these beautiful huts and ashamed that some of...

Students spent time learning about science research on the Queens College campus.

The Bridge Year Program: the pre-college experience at THHS

Jacqueline Woo and Maimunah Virk April 23, 2018

By Maimunah Virk and Jacqueline Woo, staff writers With the school year coming to a close, the class of 2019 recently selected their Queens College electives, one of the many benefits from the collaboration...

Steel Hawks earn recognition at FIRST Long Island Regional Competition

Steel Hawks earn recognition at FIRST Long Island Regional Competition

Christopher Thomas April 19, 2018

Photo courtesy of Daniel Sotelo-Reiner This past weekend was the FIRST Long Island Regional Competition held at Hofstra University. The Townsend Harris Steel Hawks competed at the event along with 43...

Overflowing Bathroom: Yet Another Out of Order Stall

Overflowing Bathroom: Yet Another Out of Order Stall

An overflowing toilet in the fourth floor girls’ bathroom caused a great amount of water to flood into the hallways and classrooms on Monday. Although the flooding was substantial, the custodians were...

Mr. Hagerty’s hall pass: keeping students safe and keeping itself clean

Mr. Hagerty’s hall pass: keeping students safe and keeping itself clean

Who knew hall passes could play such a big role in determining one’s reputation? For classical language teacher George Hagerty, the unique process of granting students permission to leave the classroom...

Townsend Harris production takes audience on a journey to Washington Heights

Townsend Harris production takes audience on a journey to Washington Heights

Daniela Zavlun and Nataniela Zavlun April 16, 2018

In the Heights, directed by English teacher Joseph Canzoneri and Rich Louis-Pierre, made its first appearance Friday, April 13 and made its way to the Townsend Harris stage again on Saturday, April 14. Set...

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