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Author Archives: Noah Eby
Aug
24
2011
Editor’s Letter: Welcome to a global revolution
August is always a time of change, an annual period of transition, but this year seems special. There are so many pieces missing. Gay Field seemed somehow lacking last week as the football team practiced without former coach Sam Horrell, and the journalism office feels perpetually empty without adviser Nancy Freeman. The familiar face of [...]
As some students spent their spring break relaxing on beaches and skiing down glistening slopes, juniors Paul Lisker and Fergus Inder woke up at 6:30 every day to help the helpless and treat the sick in the small Honduran town of Catacamas.
It is a story that, given the flurry of international news in the past weeks, few have heard. On March 11, the same day that a catastrophic tsunami hit Japan and a day before the Arab League asked the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, the Fogel family was brutally murdered as [...]
From the moment I first opened the creaky, squeaky door and stepped into Jennifer’s Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe, I knew that I was entering an unusual realm – a place so friendly and welcoming that it is almost intoxicating. “You know we can still see you if you’re trying to hide behind all those boxes,” [...]
For years, Wydown Middle School has been the subject of scrutiny from the community. Among the building’s problems are its small size, its design that makes student flow difficult, and a lack of modernity that is reminiscent of the 1950s. Last week, the district took a significant step to address these issues. The Clayton Board [...]
Jan
19
2011
Basketball balancing act
In 2001, when her son was in second grade, Holly Ingraham saw a void and promptly chose to fill it. Her son was playing basketball with Clayton Rec., but she and others perceived the need for a more competitive option for young Clayton athletes. The result was, and still is, the Greyhound Basketball Club (GBC), [...]
Clayton School District Superintendent Dr. Mary Herrmann announced on Jan. 14 that she will resign at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. The Board of Education (BOE) plans to replace Herrmann with Dr. Sharmon Wilkinson, current Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Student Services, who will serve as Interim Superintendent effective July 1, 2011. [...]
Nov
27
2010
Highs and Lows: For animals, it’s no circus
It was strange sight to see. Looking out the window of the Kansas City convention center, down onto the cold, rain-stricken street, I saw an elephant. It was not roaming free, knocking off pedestrians with its trunk – which surely would have been more exciting – but was instead lying casually on the sidewalk, enjoying [...]
Nov
23
2010
Education and the Age of Technology
In the lower level of the Administration Building, past many desks and behind a locked door, is a room full of magic. It is not the pulling rabbits out of hats or waving wands type of magic – rather, it is magical in the sense that, to most, its powers are completely bewildering. To the [...]
I became a teacher because… I was always picked as the kid to play the teacher. From the time I would play outside with other kids and we would play school, I was always the one picked to play teacher. History is just as important as math or science because… it’s a subject that you [...]
