Learning in an interdisciplinary setting can enhance students? ability to comprehend their classes. The synthesis of multiple courses will allow for students to gain an overall better understanding of the world and of their subjects. Students learn about real-life events in English, but to get a greater picture of theContinue Reading
Recent surveys by TIME magazine revealed that 61 percent of Americans do not support the building of an Islamic community center in Manhattan, two blocks from Ground Zero. This 61 percent has been fighting tooth and nail to stop the construction of the cultural center, and the media has beenContinue Reading
Starting off another year, I am thrilled to announce that I will be your editor-inchief of the Rank & File. I am looking forward to the next eight issues to work with my managing editor, junior Palak Bhandari, our adviser, Daniel Reinish, as well as the rest of the outstandingContinue Reading
On Hot 99.5, the day opens with the babbling of four hosts on The Kane Show, a national, or syndicated, culture show that is featured on the popular DC radio station. Hot 99.5 (or WIHT-FM) is one of the top stations in the Washington DC/Maryland/Northern Virginia area, reaching over 100Continue Reading
Looking at the summer reading list, you see abusive parents, child soldiers and culture shock. And that is just the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Honors classes. Even though the ?All Students? list is longer, it too has a fair presence of negative and/or depressing content. Why the doom and gloom?Continue Reading
When African Americans tried to mix with Whites during the Civil Rights years, the police and citizens enforced segregation by all means necessary. This fact is crucial to understanding an important time in our American history. But when merely communicated through the spoken word, can students truly grasp the hateContinue Reading
The crackle of the wrapper sounds deafening in the hush of the early morning. School is beginning and the nauseating, repulsive smell of fake strawberries is just too much. Are Pop-Tarts really necessary at such an early hour? All you want is tea ? an idea is born. Why notContinue Reading
Recently a show was performed after school to raise money for international charity. Although the International Club?s efforts should be applauded and supported, the effectiveness of foreign aid on a world scale has yet to be determined. Charity is one of the most celebrated acts of humanity, but many haveContinue Reading
The opinions presented in this article reflect those of the individual reporter, not of the Rank & File collectively. 1. Sporcle: Oh, Sporcle. Who knew trying to think of the seven most common dirty words on this quiz site could be so simultaneously fun and frustrating? 2. Robot UnicornContinue Reading
For years, Alabama resident Laura Mallory campaigned against the wildly successful Harry Potter books, claiming them to be “dangerous and deceptive” and blaming them for “mainstreaming witchcraft [for children]”. Mallory challenged the books? placement in school libraries and appealed multiple times in effort to have the Potter series banned fromContinue Reading
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