Later start times, a healthy solution
By Bradley Kaplan The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that middle and high schools should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. They...
Editorial: Perpetual inequality: our own role
This past summer, AP Language and Composition students were required to read The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol. The book...
The war on wages
In President Obama’s recent State of the Union address he proposed lifting minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10. Like Obama, many Americans...
Editorial: In defense of the student press
In September, Neshaminy High School suspended Gillian McGoldrick, the Editor-in-Chief of its student newspaper, the Playwickian, and the...
He for she: feminism in a new light
On September 20, 2014, Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations Headquarters, launching a campaign called “He For She.” The goal of the...
Letter to the Editor: Mr. Grugan
Dear Editor, Last year I used an edition of the Merionite to pull some data. Of the students who contributed to the Merionite in some...
Women: a history untold
“History class.” For you, these two words may conjure up memories of Mr. Grace being “better since seeing you,” a vi- cious game of...
Blacking out the truth
It should always be shocking when an unarmed teenager is shot dead. On numerous occasions throughout the country, however, unarmed...
Israel-Palestine misconceptions
Callie Clibanoff On June 30, the bodies of three Israeli teens, who had been kidnapped when hitchhiking home from school were found...
Conflict in the Middle East: Breathing again
In the summer of 2006 between Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, my family and I traveled to Kfar Tavor, a small city in the northeastern tip...
