Opinions
Here writers can share their opinions on any local, CA community, or global eventsThe Case For Banning Books
Content warning: Mention of gun violence and pedophilia In 1997, in West Paducah Kentucky, 14-year-old Micheal Corneal opened fire into a group of...
All-Gender Bathrooms: Good Purpose, Wrong Use
Concord Academy houses multiple all-gender bathrooms as a way to be more inclusive to non-binary, gender-nonconforming, and transgender students....
The Great Concord Pumpkin Spice-Off
Here in Concord, we are lucky enough to have a multitude of cafés to choose from to get our caffeine fix, and this fall I set out on a mission to...
Salem Witch Trials: Should We Really Be Entertained By Them?
During break the other day, I heard some of my classmates talking about the release of Hocus Pocus 2. This got me thinking about how the Salem witch...
The International Student Experience
There is a quietness that exists here that I do not get in Saigon. I hear constantly the small hum of a quiet suburbia, a town riddled with...
The Media Matter
I hate to be one of those people who goes on a semester away and then continues to talk about it for the next half of their time on Earth, but my...
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen is dead. She was the latest iteration of queenship: a ceremonial position that through existing should have helped her nation hold itself...
Should Clubs Move to Schoology?
Have you ever felt that clubs at CA are a little too disorganized? I’ve often felt that there are too many clubs that are super disorganized or...
At PEN America, the Challenges and Legacy of the Fight for Free Expression
On September 12, 2022, the free speech advocacy organization PEN America hosted a conference in New York City, a highlight of the group’s centenary...
Reviewing the Schedule for This Year
The new schedule for the upcoming school year is virtually a copy of last year’s schedule, but with a few logical changes. This year, CA fixed some...
The Womb Where It Happens: Roe, Dobbs, Casey and the Uncertain Future of Reproductive Health
On June 24th, my phone screen lit up with notifications. The postdoc at the lab where I worked over the summer ran out of the sterile room, still...
The Potential for a Concord Academy Golf Team
A walk through the lower SHAC will take you past dozens of images of old athletic teams from years ago. If you take a close look at these images you...
Is Formal Pricing Reasonable?
The Formal Dance is an end-of-year event that everyone looks forward to. This year, the email containing the sign up sheet for Formal tickets...
Ed Rafferty on Centennial Environmentalism: The Power of a Good Speech
It is not uncommon to see Concord Academy welcome speakers. We host our own almost every morning. Speeches are hard. Long speeches are very hard. A...
Cramming, Stress, & the Final Exam Schedule
Though it feels as if this school year just began, the end of Concord Academy’s 2021-2022 academic year is rapidly approaching. This time of year is...
“Don’t Say Gay” Bill
On March 8, Florida’s Senate passed the Parental Rights in Education Bill, more commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a title that has caused...
One Year Later: Looking Back on “Sexual Assault Awareness at CA”
When I first saw Darley Boit’s ’21 Centipede article in the work-in-progress folders of last year’s May issue, I did not know what to think. In my...
A Love Letter to Figure Skating: Kamila Deserves Better, and International Sports Needs to Wake Up
Last month, the Winter Olympics happened, and figure skating Twitter promptly exploded. Called by some a tragedy and by others an embarrassment, the...