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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

“Bridging” Differences: A Look at QC/THHS Teacher Collaboration in the Humanities Colloquium

Noah Silversmith and Rebekah Jones June 13, 2016
Among the benefits select students have in attending academically rigorous high schools such as Townsend Harris lies the advantage of having the opportunity...

The N-Word and Harrisite Halls

Sumaita Hasan, Mehrose Ahmad, and Mohima Sattar April 1, 2016
“Before high school, I attended schools that were arguably more diverse than Townsend in their thorough integration of white, black, hispanic, and asian students. However, it is at Townsend, a school with a predominantly asian...
The Harris Heroes

The Harris Heroes

Typically, at Townsend Harris, teachers are known for assigning excessive amounts of homework and giving frequent pop quizzes. For some of them, the stakes of life before THHS were considerably higher; mathematics teacher Timothy Connor,
Photo by Kathy Chang

Living between two worlds: students discuss divorce

Katerina Jou November 2, 2015

The personal lives of students are often glossed over in the midst of their academic lives at Townsend Harris. Students are often unaware of what a student’s family life consists of, and for several,...

Photo courtesy of Peony Tse

Peony Tse joins leadership program

Rebecca Kwon September 28, 2015
Beating the odds of a 2% acceptance rate, senior Peony Tse earned a spot in the Bank of America’s...
Photo Courtesy of Ms. Shen

Teachers have due dates of their own

Ilyssa Delos Reyes June 27, 2015
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) allows up to twelve weeks of paid or unpaid leave...
Photo by Kari Iocolano

Sub spotlight: the life and times of Mr. Kirschner

Erin Robinson and Sharon Chin June 3, 2015
Andrew Kirschner, a friendly face at Townsend Harris, is a substitute teacher who has taught most...
“Unlocking” opinions about locker usage

“Unlocking” opinions about locker usage

Teresa Mettela and Ilyssa Delos Reyes January 29, 2015
NINTH BAND has just ended and classical music is blasting through the school. Harrisites are often in a hurry to get to their locker and take out or put in necessary books and jackets. Lockers are found on almost every floor whereas others don’t even have locks.

Nightmare on Melbourne Avenue: Harrisite phobias

Katherine Chan and Faria Tasnim December 22, 2014
Harrisites may seem fearless. After all, they do cope with traumatizing experiences such as the daunting staircases after gym, the collaterals, and the distribution of demerits. However, there are still some...

Latest “Smash” release welcomed with nostalgia

Ian Ho and Isaac So November 25, 2014
Though video games have come a long way since the first adventures of Mario, the “Super Smash Bros.” series keeps many of the old characters alive for new generations of Nintendo gamers.
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