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

The Classic

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

The Classic

Blacklash

Kristine Guillaume June 13, 2016
Let’s give it up for Affirmative Action, every black college applicant’s new best friend. Without you, AA, we could never have made it to such great heights. Yes, we know, we were the ones who sat for college interviews and scored well on standardized exams.

PSAT trials end with DOE

Ashley Zhao and Rabia Hasan June 13, 2016

Junior year is often labeled as the most difficult year of high school, with the SAT, ACT, and countless other stress-inducing acronyms. Every year in October, a day is designated for all sophomores and...

Promposal raises alarm among students, faculty

Poonam Dass June 13, 2016

Prom season took over during the past month, with seniors staking claim to their dresses and planning after-parties. The preliminary excitement to this rite of passage is the heartwarming, if not nauseating,...

Drug possession derails Six Flags trip

Sumaita Hasan, Mehrose Ahmad, and Olivia Chan June 13, 2016

On the annual physics trip to Six Flags Great Adventure, teachers stopped bus one en route to the theme park in order to investigate possible drug use by students. Students immediately began sharing...

Sherin Shibu wins Milken Scholarship

Rabia Hasan June 13, 2016

The Milken Institute recently honored senior Sherin Shibu with the Milken scholarship, making her the second student in Townsend Harris history to win the prestigious award. This scholars program was...

Veni, vidi, vici: Townsend tops world in NLE awards

Sarah Mafroud June 13, 2016

This year, the National Latin Exam committee has informed Townsend Harris that it has received the highest number of gold medals of any school in the world. In total, 425 Harrisites sat for the 2016 National...

Second annual humanities research symposium promotes senior work

Pridha Kumar June 13, 2016
Seniors at Townsend Harris presented their research papers at Queens College this past May at the second annual Humanities Symposium. The Humanities Symposium has set a yearly stage on...
Artwork by Taz Abdelkarim

Deferred Inaction: Undocumented students on the obstacles of high school and higher education

Jason Lalljee June 13, 2016

THE RED paint is peeling. The brakes are out of order. But until he buys himself a Raleigh mountain bike in college years later, the ‘80s Schwinn is sixteen-year-old Rafal Olechowski’s most viable...

“My voice has been distorted.”

Rafa Sattar April 24, 2016

A Response to A Letter to the Editor: Are Legitimate Concerns to be Dismissed as “Islamophobia?” My voice has been distorted, ignored, and crushed— not only by the likes of terrorists who claim...

“If everyone knew what Islam really was, there would be no Islamophobia.”

Sarah Defilippo April 24, 2016

A Response to A Letter to the Editor: Are Legitimate Concerns to be Dismissed as “Islamophonia?” Written by Sarah A'idah Defilippo In response to the letter to the editor, I’d like to raise a...

“Don’t use LGBT youth as a way to justify Islamophobia.”

Sarah Gafur and Daniel Morales April 24, 2016

A Response to A Letter to the Editor: Are Legitimate Concerns to be Dismissed as "Islamophonia?"   Written by Sarah Gafur and Daniel Morales In a letter to the editor in last month’s Classic,...

“Going out” is outdated

Mehrose Ahmad April 24, 2016
“Cuffing Season,” (a period in the year when couples notoriously date to pass the frigid months of winter) has technically ended, but teenage dating culture is still very much alive, even at Townsend Harris. However, with the passing of generations...
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