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Era of Tragedy: The Nashville School Shooting

Era of Tragedy: The Nashville School Shooting

Mekhi Postell, Guest Writer March 31, 2023

I love school. I love learning, finding out new things, hanging out with my friends, and pursuing my education in ways I never thought possible. Yet like many other Americans and teenagers my age, I live...

Earthquake: The Ruling That’s Shaking PA's Public School Funding

Earthquake: The Ruling That’s Shaking PA’s Public School Funding

Finn Ryan March 28, 2023

On February 7, 2023, the grounds of the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg shook in a historic triumph for low-income school districts.  Pennsylvania judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled that the public school...

GRAMMYs 2023 Red Carpet Review

GRAMMYs 2023 Red Carpet Review

Zoe Margolies and Anna Conen March 2, 2023

It is our God-given right to talk about Taylor Swift as much as humanly possible and also to judge people, so we decided to rank the Grammys outfits! A disclaimer before we begin; we are commenting purely...

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Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Yay or Nay?

Gaby Heberling March 1, 2023

During the 2023 Super Bowl, Rihanna opened the half-time show with one of her greatest hits, “B-tch Better Have My Money.” While many Radnor students were nervously anticipating the second half of...

Vacant Spots in Empty Lots: Radnor's Ongoing Problem

Vacant Spots in Empty Lots: Radnor’s Ongoing Problem

Jacob Farhy February 28, 2023

During what has been an otherwise untroubled school year at Radnor High School, one looming dilemma continues to stay afloat. The issue of where students are permitted to park has long plagued the administration...

The Importance of Preserving Music Education

The Importance of Preserving Music Education

David Marshall, Radnor Beat Editor February 22, 2023

Earlier in the year, I was in a meeting between the band student leadership team and the adult band leaders. Among the many topics discussed were the lack of new people participating in band and ways to...

Books Don't Belong Behind Bars

Books Don’t Belong Behind Bars

Sammy Rosin December 14, 2022

As the hub of the school, students stream in and out of the RHS library all day, in groups or alone, but always feeling welcomed. Any RHS student can tell you about the warm ambience of this space filled...

Published report of abuse in U.S. Women’s Soccer reflects a common systemic failure in society

Published report of abuse in U.S. Women’s Soccer reflects a common systemic failure in society

Gaby Heberling, Staff Writer October 28, 2022

Recently, the New York Times published a report detailing the systemic issue of abuse in women’s soccer. After a year long investigation, the published report reveals the sexual misconduct, verbal abuse,...

Protestors at the Philadelphia "Bans Off Our Bodies" march in October 2021. Photograph by Sammy Rosin

Don’t take abortion in Pennsylvania for granted

Sammy Rosin, Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2022

“While nothing has changed since the Supreme Court decision, everything could change very quickly here in Pennsylvania. We are not a secure state,” Dr. Alhambra Frarey, a physician at Penn Medicine...

I experienced censorship, now I fear for our democracy.

I experienced censorship, now I fear for our democracy.

Sammy Rosin May 18, 2022

Experiencing censorship means waging a war between your own personal beliefs and the threats and intimidation of others. When you are censored, it places you in a challenging and emotionally taxing position,...

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The Dilemma of Mental Health Awarness

Caitlin Hickey March 8, 2022

After an anxiety-inducing week at Radnor High School due to midterm exams, there could not have been a better time for the school to host a Speak Up Event. Especially during the “Covid-Era,” it is...

The eight Ivy League universities in the US. These universities, as well as other hyper-selective schools, are some of the most "prestigious" schools in the world and are the most sought after schools in upper-class circles.

Your college is not your worth

Ian Sun February 25, 2022

I'm sure many of us were told that we should go to a "great" college. That we should fill our school schedules with APs and our evenings with extracurriculars. That we should excel in academics, get near-perfect...

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The Destructive Art of Gerrymandering

Tegan Kelsall, Guest Writer December 21, 2021

Our nation was founded upon the principle that government is of the people, by the people, for the people. The way this is possible is by giving every citizen the right to vote. Seems simple right? But...

Some examples of the “devious lick” trend on TikTok compiled in a YouTube video.

Preventing Vandalism Trends Requires More Than Simply Disciplining Participants

Ian Sun, Opinions Editor December 14, 2021

Most of us who own a smartphone use social media: Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, WhatsApp, you name it. It’s a platform to connect with people across the globe, post and share stories about what’s happening,...

Covers of books in Barnes and Noble’s Diverse Editions, starring reworks of classical works where the lead characters are non-white, proposed in February 2020. Diverse Editions was criticized for Blackface and simply repurposing classical works written by white authors rather than featuring works by authors of color, and was ultimately not published. 

When representation isn’t enough

Ian Sun, Opinions Section Editor November 11, 2021

Since the racial justice protests of last year, many believe that representation has taken a great leap forward. After all, a movie and a TV show featuring stellar minority representation were released...

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