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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

New quiz policies offer a path to success

Abinash Kaur April 4, 2014
When word of the brand new AP US History policy of weekly quizzes reached the juniors of Townsend Harris, some sighed with relief, since teachers decided to tone down their constant demands for the textbook outlines.

Paying for points

Harry Petsios January 7, 2014
In our modern school environment, it has become possible for an after-school dodgeball game to raise your English average. During the 180-day academic year, Townsend Harris boasts a number of renowned performances: SING!, FON, and various other events. In order to promote attendance at these events, teachers often offer extra credit to students who attend. We students, heavily conscious of our averages, gladly spend our dollars to attain higher grades. At first, this deal seems to satisfy all parties: the performance is well attended, students have higher grades, and teachers have classes with higher averages.

From the Editors: Spirit Week finds the right THHS spirit

The Editors November 27, 2013
Harrisites this year had as spirited a Spirit Week as any other. The SU’s Battle of the Grades charitable spin, while adding to the festivities, offered more than just another thing to do in between the excitement of hall decorating and the walk down Founder’s Day memory lane.

It’s 2013: Don’t lecture me

Harry Petsios November 26, 2013

If one imagines an average classroom, the same stereotypical image comes to mind: a teacher lecturing, a chalkboard, and some thirty odd students attentively listening in. Though sound in theory, this...

Washington’s problems shouldn’t reach the NY shore

Evan Mancini November 1, 2013
I couldn’t go to the beach because of a disagreement between politicians miles away from me. It was my own government—one that preaches personal freedom and wages wars with countries that infringe upon it—who politely reminded me that I was not allowed to go where I pleased.

Legalizing the right to die

Parbattie Anant November 1, 2013
Recently, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking began openly supporting euthanasia, the painless process of killing someone to prevent further suffering from an extreme malady. He isn’t wrong in doing so. It is flawed to think that euthanasia devalues human life. More than anything it allows for a more dignified death. Euthanasia is not used on someone with a common cold wishing to die, but on people with incurable diseases who are experiencing unbearable pain. Failure to offer a pain-free death to terminally ill patients is cruel, especially if recovery is hopeless.

School lunch is more than a bargain

Harry Petsios October 17, 2013
Welcome to the world of school lunches. It’s unappealing, tasteless, and almost never leaves students with a satisfied feeling in their stomachs. However, we can always rely on it to be less expensive than the food found in nearby delis and restaurants. As of September 30, the Department of Education increased the standard price of lunch for students, from $1.50 to $1.75. The increase, the first by the DOE in over a decade, is accompanied by a blessing: students who qualify for reduced-price meals will now receive lunch for free, down from $0.25.

Saved by the bell… too soon

Harry Petsios September 17, 2013
Following last year’s controversy, the classrooms of Townsend Harris High School reopened last week to the sounds of a new bell schedule. Not even a week after its implementation, the schedule has already received bittersweet reviews from both the faculty and student body. The bell schedule’s primary mission was to ensure that classes don’t fall behind one another anymore. However, from my standpoint, this bell schedule offers little to no benefits, and has in fact proven to be counterproductive in certain classes.

Code behind the dress code: boys matter more

Catherine Moskos June 15, 2013
An email was recently sent out to the student body reminding us of the dress code policy. The email reminded that the dress code “has been devised to promote a positive learning atmosphere” and that attire must not “interfere with the educational process.” It discussed dresses, leggings, undergarments, shorts, which are “specific items that may cause distraction.” The vast majority of these restrictions focuses on clothing worn by girls.
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