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Author Archives: Dawn Androphy
Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, sent shockwaves internationally when they erupted into protests on Jan. 25, 2011 just a few weeks after the revolution in Tunisia.
Jan
30
2011
New generation brings new media
My generation is lazy, incompetent, incapable of focusing on a single task, and completely unprepared for the world that we will grow into as adults. Or, at least, that seems to be the idea that society at large is being sold. Personally, I’m not buying it.
Last winter, Clayton sophomores sat down to take the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA, an international standardized assessment, serves to compare the skills of students worldwide in the application of math, reading, and science. The test is administered every three years, and the international contractor tells countries to randomly select schools and, within [...]
Jan
19
2011
ZoomOut – January
The answer to January’s ZoomOut challenge is: It’s a glass of grape juice!
Jan
12
2011
Treasures of Napoleon
Much has been said about Napoleon Bonaparte. In fact, the only person who has been written about more than Napoleon is Jesus. However, in casual modern discourse, Napoleon is often reduced to a power-hungry egoist fueled by anxiety about his short stature. One of these points is immediately rebuked upon entrance to the Missouri History [...]
Teens find that homeschooling and unschooling are a beneficial, flexible, and personalized alternative to a high school curriculum.
Oct
27
2010
Something Wiccan this Way Comes
It may come as a surprise but, unawares to many people, a community of people in St. Louis has created a community wherein they are free to follow alternative religious paths. One of these local organizations is Yarrow Coven, a St. Louis Wicca coven with fifteen members and even more who participate in seasonal festivals [...]
It was pretty much all I could talk about for days. I flipped through memory-laden books and tried to imagine what events would transpire. I was about to see Jonathan Safran Foer, my favorite living author, speak at a Wash U chapel. In my everyday conversations, I’d refer to Foer on a first-name basis, saying [...]
Do you remember when you were a kid, just short of a growth spurt, and were given a t-shirt that was clearly meant to fit you, but was just a bit too big? It fit awkwardly, and its oversized nature only exaggerated your small size. If you apply this metaphor to the Oct. 3 Vampire [...]
Sep
29
2010
Facebook: The invasion into everyday life
Socializing. Late night procrastination. Homework. Facebook isn’t just for posting YouTube videos on friends’ walls and commenting on photos from last weekend anymore. It’s the place where CHS students post all kinds of information about themselves and manage aspects of their busy, event-filled lives. In more recent years, Facebook has become more and more enmeshed [...]
