1. The Iditarod and animal cruelty
The Iditarod a dog sled race that covers 1,150 miles of Alaskan mountains and frozen rivers was won this year by Lance Mackey. The race, which lasts between 12 and 17 days (depending on each musher) is considered by some as inhumane. Because 54% of the dogs who start the race ...
2. Homecoming Thursday - Generation Day
Even though I like to avoid turning the school website into a senior propaganda machine during Homecoming, the freshmen need some constructive criticism.
There is a subtle distinction between decorating the school and covering it in colorful trash. For example, Styrofoam cups are not an effective ornament. Strewing sheaves upon sheaves of green ...
3. Podcast episode 1: America; really not a bad place to be
In the first ever Albany High Cougar Online podcast, Chris Jones shares his views on why America really isn’t such a bad place to be after all.
4. Don’t be afraid to go wild!
Normally, I am not a proponent of self-inflicted humiliation, but the glorious week at the end of October is an entirely different matter. For one week I wear tutus, don party hats, and tuck in my shirt, among other heinous fashion faux-pas. I scream until, as one senior put it, “my throat ...
5. Editorial: Late for Life
A typical Albany morning, it would seem, consists of getting up at a reasonable hour, a few minutes either side of seven o’clock, walking the relatively flat, less-than-one mile to school (or driving, if your parents bought you a car), and…what? Being marked tardy? What did you do to deserve this?
This scenario is the ...
6. Why Not Women’s Colleges?
When I told my friends that I planned to apply to women’s colleges this fall, they reacted like I had just informed them that I was planning on pursuing a career in taxidermy. First they gave me a look of deep skepticism. Then they presented me with a list of reasons why this was the worst idea I’ve ...
7. Everything but country
We often assume that because we live in Albany, an extremely liberal community, we are free from blatant prejudices. However, a new type of discrimination is on the rise here at Albany High, and this time it’s musical.
There’s never been much of a country scene here. Let’s face it— the Bay Area isn’t exactly Nashville. It’s better ...
8. AP Cheating
It has been brought to the attention of the AHS Science Department that students have been cheating in Lois Peterson’s AP Biology classes. Peterson has yet to catch the students in question, but the point is, she knows they’re there. This isn’t the first incident of cheating that ...
9. Will this article be on the test?
It isn’t easy being a teenager in 2007 – no one underestimates that. A popular belief these days is that acceptance into a prestigious college is a ticket to a great life, and working for that acceptance begins in high school. With so many students academically (though not necessarily mentally, physically, or emotionally) ...
10. Save the world for only $25,000 when you buy a Prius
Albany California, most commonly known as North Berkeley, is a unique community among a list of many in the Golden State. This little suburb of a suburb has no unique qualities of it’s own when compared to Berkeley; there’s no Telegraph hype or People’s Park drama, no provocative history ...
11. Everything you don’t need to know about college
“Eric, have you considered your college life and career?” I’ve gotten enough e-mails with that in the subject line to last me a lifetime. In the last month, four or five of these have been coming daily, many from colleges I’ve never even heard of.
Thanks to putting my e-mail address on my PSAT, Champlain, ...
12. Madness is in the Air
Every sports fans dreams about this time of year. It’s the time where anything can happen in a field of 65 teams, where the smaller universities bustle with pride in their participation in the NCAA tournament, and when the season really begins for perennial powers like Duke and North Carolina. ...