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Runaway College Tuition
December 6, 2011 • Danielle Markowitz, Online Editorial Editor
College tuition is simply too much. The inflation of the college price tag over the past 30 years is out of control. According to Time magazine writer Steven Goodman, if the cost of milk grew at the same rate as the tuition of Stanford University since 1980, we would be paying $15 for a gallon of...
The Unfortunate Truth about Disney Movies
October 24, 2011 • Danielle Markowitz, Online Editorial Editor
What has Disney done to our youth? As an avid Disney fan, this column was heart-breaking to write, but true. The lessons exemplified in Disney films have skewed our every belief . Let us examine the Disney princesses. The first Disney princess, debuted in 1937, was Snow White. The young princess is...
The Purgatory of High School Requirements
September 27, 2011 • Danielle Markowitz, Online Editorial Editor
It’s first period of my senior year and I’m slouching lazily on a stool in a classroom filled with power tools and dust. I look around at the young faces of my peers as they play around with Popsicle sticks and paper, chatting away about their silly underclassmen homework assignments. In the Foundations...
The Bullpen: Signing Off
June 5, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
As I write my final editorial for The Bullpen, the day before graduation while listening to cliché graduation songs, I try to reflect on my past four years at WJ. If I wanted to truly reflect on every year of my high school career, I would have to write a novel. But being a high school graduate, I lack...
It Is All in the Family
June 2, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
I must admit, “Keeping up with the Kardashians” is one of my favorite TV shows. As I flip the channel to E!, I become so excited to watch my favorite family. As my dad enters our family room to see what episode I am watching, but mainly to stare at Kim’s physique, he scowls at me. “This is the...
The Mascot Showdown
April 30, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
Call me arrogant and obnoxious, but I got into every school I applied to and as it gets closer to May 1, I will have to decide where I will go to college. Choosing where to go to college is the biggest decision of my life so far. In the next four years, I will make lifetime friends, gain my independence...
The Bullpen: Here Comes the Bride…
March 21, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Editorial Editor
I’ll be the first to admit, I am one of those girls who have had their wedding planned since they were five. I knew I wanted my reception to overlook Central Park, the color-scheme to be baby blue and chocolate brown, my cake to be three layers, and I wanted to hold red roses down the aisle. However,...
Lady Gaga High School: Graduating Class of 2061
February 27, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
When I started attending WJ, I was excited that my school was named in honor of a legendary baseball player rather than a boring poet. When I asked others the story behind their school’s name, they would unenthusiastically say, “Oh, it’s named after some guy who did something with science” or...
The Bullpen: Guys, There Is Another Door!
January 13, 2011 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
As I embark on my last semester at WJ, I look forward to walking the halls stress-free and enjoying school. However, I still find myself feeling frustrated when walking to class. I realized that the cause of this is that I don’t walk to class; I trudge through the crowds of students who are preventing...
The Princess Diary of Kate Middleton
December 21, 2010 • Jessica Evans, Online Editorial Editor
My world has undoubtedly been shattered. Every dream, hope and aspiration that I had has been destroyed. No, it is not because I did not get into my dream college or that “Glee” is being canceled; it is because Prince William has gotten engaged and thus, my dream of becoming the Princess...
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