A Possibility to Snooze? Ridge Interested in Adopting a Later Start Time
Varsha Bhargava ‘23
Varsha Bhargava ‘23
January 3, 2020
The exuberant English teacher, Ms. Papanikolaw (pronounced pap-an-IK-ohl-ow) is known as a “chill”, yet enthusiastic teacher! Two contrasting adjectives, yet both appropriately describe the wonderful teacher of literature. When Ms. Papanikolaw was asked to be interviewed by RDA’s...
Yejin Lee ‘23
January 3, 2020
Recently, the Ridge Forensics team went on a travel tournament to Virginia for the George Mason University Patriot Games Classic 2019. Traveling for 4 ½ hours, the Ridge students made their way to their tournament. After painstaking hours of sitting in a coach bus...
Christian Muisener ‘23
December 4, 2019
On November 5th, 2019, Janice Fields (Republican) was voted to be on the Bernards Township Committee with a 51% majority, among many elections that happened in New Jersey. Janice Fields has lived in Bernards Township for 27 years, and she is a successful business owner along with...
Tik Tok Takes on Ridge High School
Megha Parikh ‘21
December 4, 2019
With over 500 million monthly users, Tik Tok has made itself known globally. Tik Tok is an app where people can dance, sing, lip sync, and upload their videos for either their close friends or the world to see. That’s what a group of friends did at a sleepover one night. A...
Jaclyn Narleski ‘20
December 4, 2019
A Midsummer’s Night Dream may be about a fantastical dream of myth, love, and fairies, but Ridge’s Drama Club brought Shakespeare’s classic comedy to life on-stage for two amazing performances on November 15th and 16th. The play begins with the introduction of the...
Ridge Forensics’ First Catholic Forensics League Tournament Of the Year
Varsha Bhargava ‘23
December 4, 2019
While other students were enjoying time with family, vacationing, or possibly snoozing, forensics students were hard at work. With a tournament approaching quickly, frantic forensics members substituted lying in their beds for pacing around their room, speech in hand. Instead of spending...
Removing the <3 button? Like it!
Angelina Xu ‘21
January 3, 2020
With one billion monthly active users, Instagram ranks as the third most popular social media platform, and drastic changes to it arouses great public attention. Since the beginning of April, Instagram began hiding like counts on posts in Canada, Japan,...
Ethan Coyle ‘20
December 4, 2019
The College Board is a money-absorbing organization that harms society with its exorbitant prices and lack of competition. Government intervention is vital to revive the standardized testing system and protect high school students from wasting money...
The Bane of A Teen’s Existence
Yejin Lee ‘23
December 4, 2019
Throughout my whole life, I have heard adults blame the use of social media and technology for teen depression and mental health disorders. It’s always the same thing: “That’s not good for your brain” or, “it’s because you spend so much time...
Cameron Mays ‘21
January 3, 2020 • No Comments
Starting in late August, bushfires in Australia have ravaged the country and show no signs of stopping. Bushfires are common in Australia, usually occurring during the dry...
Andrew Gu ‘23
January 3, 2020 • No Comments
On December 17, a monumental law was put into place by the pope to lift the “Pontifical Secret”. Since 1974, the “Pontifical Secret” rule was used as a way to protect...
Carys Law ‘21
January 3, 2020 • No Comments
On December 10th, a coalition of students and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the University of California (UC) system for their use of standardized testing as a requirement...
Samantha Liu '22
January 3, 2020 • No Comments
On December 10, the International Court of Justice began its hearing, trying Myanmar on charges of genocide of the Rohingya people. De facto leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi conceded...
Diya Jain ‘23
December 4, 2019
Browsing and buying has become more a pastime than an act of necessity over the past decade. People no longer hit the stores solely because they “need” something; instead,...
Blisse Kong ‘20
December 4, 2019
In August of this year, Tumblr was bought at 0.27% of its 2017 value: only $3 million compared to once estimated $1.1 billion. Founded in 2007 by David Karp,...
Carys Law ‘21
December 4, 2019
Since 2016, the United Kingdom has been a headliner for its push to leave the European Union (EU), an economic and political union among 28 countries that allows free trade...
Evan Woo ‘22
December 4, 2019
On November 8, 2018, early in the morning in California, a fire started under power transmission lines. Just over ten minutes later, the fire already sprawled across ten...
Michelle Li ‘20
January 3, 2020
Studio Ghibli. A Japanese animation film studio that helps create many emotional memories for people of many ages. This studio is famously known for its gifted creations such...
Chloe Yang ‘23
January 3, 2020
On November 20th, the 62nd annual Grammy nominations were announced, with nominations in 84 different categories. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony, having...
Hudson Yu ‘22
January 3, 2020
As of week 15, the NFC East stands as the worst division in the NFL with no winning records, the potential division leaders are the Philadelphia Eagles at 7-7 and The Dallas...
Benjamin White ‘23
January 3, 2020
In a 2018 FloHoops article, writer and professional NBA data analyst Fri Lavey reported that NBA scouts and other 2018 NBA rookies had concerns over Luka Doncic’s future,...
Dhristi Raval ‘20
January 3, 2020
In recent years, a dilemma has taken over the world: is utilizing CRISPR technology to edit genomes morally justified? CRISPR stands for “clustered regularly interspaced...
Diya Jain ‘23
January 3, 2020
Society today has become so heavily dependent on technology that we cease to even recognize its presence anymore. Not only has it allowed for daily tasks to be completed with...
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