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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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Debunking coronavirus misinformation

Debunking coronavirus misinformation

Jasmine Palma April 30, 2020

As the world sequesters itself against the coronavirus, social media has been a way of keeping in touch with the rest of the world as articles, pictures, and other posts flood feeds. Now more than ever,...

College Board releases new AP YouTube channel

College Board releases new AP YouTube channel

Brian Rettig April 29, 2020

By now students are aware that online AP exams are being administered this May, but many are unsure of how to prepare for their exams. Remote schooling can be a difficult form of learning for many students,...

Murder, mayhem, and tigers: Netflix’s Tiger King

Murder, mayhem, and tigers: Netflix’s Tiger King

Jessica Sandoval April 29, 2020

Netflix recently released an original show called Tiger King, a five-year-long documentary about captive tigers, lions, and other exotic animals in America. The show mostly focuses on Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage,...

SU election moves forward with entirely online campaigns

SU election moves forward with entirely online campaigns

Kelly Jiang and Jessie Ye April 28, 2020

In response to school closures due to COVID-19, this year’s Student Union election will occur online. Candidates officially started campaigning on April 6 and will continue to do so on various online...

Department of Education faces budget cuts due to pandemic

Department of Education faces budget cuts due to pandemic

April 27, 2020

In an email to all NYC school faculty, Chancellor Richard Carranza recently announced that the Department of Education is facing severe budget cuts as a result of economic instability and a significantly...

An Interview with Wednesday Addams

An Interview with Wednesday Addams

Antonella Abreu Filpo April 25, 2020

Tonight would have been the final performance of The Addams Family. The Classic asked Francesca Manabat to design what Junior Weiye Yasen would have looked like as Wednesday Addams, a key role in the...

After students share stories of discrimination and bigotry on social media, Principal Condon reports claims to DOE for investigation

After students share stories of discrimination and bigotry on social media, Principal Condon reports claims to DOE for investigation

Nikki Ng and Victoria Oei April 24, 2020

This week, Townsend Harris ranked first in New York and fifth nationally in the US News & World Report 2020 Best High Schools Rankings. While many faculty members and students were celebrating this...

Nurses share the impact of COVID-19 on their professional and personal lives

Nurses share the impact of COVID-19 on their professional and personal lives

Zoe Tylipakis April 23, 2020

The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus has had a profound impact on Americans, as everyone takes a moratorium from their daily lives to slow the spread of the disease. While social distancing has...

Green bubbles vs. blue bubbles 

Green bubbles vs. blue bubbles 

Nishat Ahmed and Charissa Jada Bachan April 23, 2020

Android and Apple devices each have their own strengths and weaknesses; however, there still seems to be a universal stigma against Android devices. There is ceaseless debate about which is the unrivaled...

Social distancing brings families closer together

Social distancing brings families closer together

Micah Sandy April 21, 2020

As the nation’s largest school district approached a remote learning plan, New York City teachers and students alike adjusted to several changes, both educational and within their families.  For...

Harrisites launch fundraiser to support local hospitals dealing with COVID-19

Harrisites launch fundraiser to support local hospitals dealing with COVID-19

Rachel Sage Zhang April 20, 2020

Across the world, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has thoroughly exhibited its devastating features as the number of infections and deaths exponentially increases. In New York City alone, the...

Regents canceled due to coronavirus

Regents canceled due to coronavirus

Izegbuwa Adun and Angela Chen April 20, 2020

On Monday, April 6, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa announced that the Regents exams, formerly scheduled for June 2020, are canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and ongoing social distancing...

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