“Earthlings” Book Review
My first thought when I finished reading “Earthlings” by Sayaka Murata, was “what the hell did I just read?” I received the book as a Christmas present from my mother. I had never heard...
Monthly Archive: January 2021
A Capella Groups Adjust to COVID Challenges
There is not a single extracurricular activity that has remained completely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. From football to Model UN, Math Club to alpine skiing, clubs and sports in all areas of Hanover...
Interviews with New Staff
Martha Van der Drift What subject do you teach? I teach French. Where did you grow up? I grew up in a lot of places: Illinois, Ohio, and French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva area). What was...
Education, Compassion, and Ignorance
Sitting in the library as I write this essay, I see dozens of students taking their education for granted, walking to and from our cafeteria and wandering around the hallways to avoid returning...
1Q84 Book Review
[Editor’s note: Trigger warning for sexual assault, suicide] 1Q84 follows two main characters, Tengo and Aomame. Tengo is an aspiring writer who gets brought on to a somewhat illegal scheme. His editor, Komatsu, has...
The Inherent Whiteness of Skiing
When I was three, my parents took me skiing for the first time. I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the sport initially, but as time went on every day among the trees and my friends...
What does HHS think of the Electoral College?
The Electoral College, established as a compromise between an indirect and direct system of electing the president, has been a hotly contested matter ever since it was first implemented. In recent years, however, with...
A Brief History of the Electoral College
After earning independence from Britain, the fledgling thirteen colonies knew that they needed a functional constitution, and the Articles of Confederation—which had resulted in years of civil unrest and economic issues—would no longer cut...
Adolescent Mental Health in a Pandemic
In November, End the Silence—Hanover High’s suicide awareness committee—sent out a school-wide questionnaire in order to survey students about their mental health. Considering that we are in the midst of an era of political...