A coalition of WT students spanning all divisions — a group that calls themselves “Students In League Against Judges That Don’t Do What I Want Them To Do,” or, “SILAJTDDWIWTTD” — have announced...

“Where the [censored] is the money going?” Forgive my reference to profanity (but notice, dear reader, the quotation marks, indicating that it was not I who spoke with such vulgarity), but it was...

A recent study conducted by statistics and data science students at Winchester Thurston has concluded that the safest way to cross Centre Avenue at Morewood, a necessary peril to reach the Davis Center,...

At long last — just at the end of this fair reporter’s “illustrious” (God knows who I’m quoting there) three-year running career —  the Schenley Oval is finally being renovated. Those runners...

How often, exactly, does it snow enough in Pittsburgh for a proper snow day? Not nearly as often in the childhood of Charles Dickens, who whether you realize it or not, shaped our image of rosy-cheeked...

I will confess that I was not a little bit skeptical when I first heard about “Pizza Club.” I was under the impression that all WT clubs are just excuses to buy pizza with the school credit card (or...

If it’s not on Strava, did it really happen? As something of a runner myself, the answer to that age old question — about fifteen years old, to be precise — is obviously a resounding “no”,...

There are a lot of deer in Pittsburgh. One can scarcely avoid them these days. They prance on pavement and gravel paths alike, across lawns and flowerbeds, slipping through concertina wire brush and...

Two weeks ago, your dear co-editor-in-chief found himself rather miffed. As you might be aware, I am an avowed opponent of that weekly imprisonment that some call “Morning Meeting”, and we had not...

Overwhelmed by a tremendous volume of anxious inquiries from seniors applying to college, the Winchester Thurston college counselors, Mr. David Weisbord and Ms. Alicia Oglesby, recently sought respite...

As many of you now know, thanks to a speech last Tuesday that, among other things, extolled the virtues of a certain very periodical insect (at least she didn’t talk about pancakes: only some of you...

Last Friday, Head of the Upper School Dana Kooistra announced in an email to all students that going forward, clubs would no longer be provided with funds to buy food or refreshments for club meetings...

“The State of the Union… oops, I mean, the State of the School is strong!” Were he President Fech, that might’ve been how Head of School Dr. Scott D. Fech would have begun his January 30th...

Something is wrong with Walnut Street. Nowadays, taking a stroll through the heart of Shadyside, one cannot help but notice the number of empty or soon-to-be empty storefronts. Posters seem to be on nearly...

What are the holidays if not an excuse to eat food?   As is true for most families, my family has a repertoire of recipes that we traditionally make every holiday season. Among our many strange...

Just as autumn brings sweatshirts and frigid dawns, leaf-scaled streets, still wet with rain, that threaten to slip from beneath your feet with each uncertain step, it also brings the true beginning of...

Something has changed in modern warfare. If war media was once monopolized by a limited number of journalists, photographers, and government officials, it is no longer. Nearly every soldier and civilian...

       When the historians of the future look back on the history of humanity, 2022 will likely be viewed as a watershed moment in artificial intelligence (A.I.). From the often sublime illustrations...

Over the past couple of years, I’ve grown increasingly concerned about society’s propensity to hold extremely passionate beliefs. Society has come to elevate being passionate about a belief to something...

When I dismounted my bicycle to begin the first day of school several weeks ago, I was met by an unusual sight; all of the slots in the bike rack outside the student entrance were already taken. At first,...

So, Putin did it. After months of Russian troop buildups and failed attempts at diplomatic resolutions, last week, Russia finally attacked Ukraine. The invasion shouldn’t have been a surprise; American...

COVID-19 cases have exploded in the past month, both throughout the country and within the community. More students and teachers have contracted the respiratory virus and have been forced to stay home...

Last week, the US government nearly shut down. The fiscal year of the United States government ended on October 1st, but a new budget appropriations bill, which governs how the money of the US government...

On July 9, hundreds of electric scooters, with their distinctive bright orange stems and charcoal-colored decks began to appear on the streets of Pittsburgh. Under the new Move PGH program put into effect...

The United States is in a state of political divide more severe than anything we have seen in the past century of American politics. Just when it seems as though the polarization and vitriol cannot get...

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” or so went the marketing slogan thought up by James Caleb Jackson and John Harvey Kellog to sell more corn flakes. This was the same Kellog who believed...