Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action: How it Affects Us All
Josh Leiner, Sports Editor
April 11, 2012
The Supreme Court of the United States is set to re-examine affirmative action in the form of higher education for the first time in nine years. The case, Fisher v. University of Texas, is about a white student, Abigail Fisher, who applied to the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. Fisher claims that... Read more »
Schools Not Jails
Mike Paulson, Guest Faculty Writer
April 11, 2012
At Friends, Monday, January 16th was a day of service dedicated to honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hundreds from the Friends community participated in direct service around Baltimore. I chose to witness another form of service, also in Baltimore, but one with a gritty edge and purpose.... Read more »
Bill Gates and No Child Left Behind
Sarah Miller, Writer
April 11, 2012
On Convocation Day, we acknowledged how lucky we are to be going to an excellent college-prep school, and that not everyone is as privileged. As Bill Gates would say, we’ve won the “ovarian lottery.” In other words, we were born into our fortunate circumstances. Even in the prosperous United States,... Read more »
Faith at Friends
Will Gantt, Features Writer
January 1, 2012
Our school has a natural gift for diversity. Our teachers and faculty foster and encourage integration with an organic ease of which other schools can only dream. What’s more, they do so while largely grounded in the Quaker faith. We need not look any further than Ben Musachio (’13), for instance,... Read more »