The Eye of the Storm

By: Ariel Rubin As of Monday, December 22nd, the Knicks have won 20 games and have only lost 8. However, this record doesn't even truly show how great they are.  Coming into this season, expectations for the Knicks were high. Last season, they lost to the Pacers in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals, and it was just brutal to watch. The Knicks, a team that was on the rise with a great fanbase like New York, came so close - close enough to touch the championship trophy

By: Judah Portnoy The U.S. penny is an important historical piece of U.S. history, but it's slowly fading away. Before we say goodbye, let’s look at how the penny evolved into what it eventually became today.  The penny was first introduced in Greek times, but was only introduced in America in 1793. Of course, Abraham Lincoln is famous for being the face of the penny. Interestingly enough, he was placed there to commemorate his 100th birthday and became the first U.S. Preside

By: Noah Kessler Eighty-one days ago, the New York Yankees watched their rivals from north of the border celebrate on the Yankee Stadium mound. Since then, fans have spent plenty of time wondering what went wrong for the 2025 club.  Now that the calendar is turning to 2026, it’s time to look forward. If the Yankees hope to secure World Series title No. 28 in 2026, here are four moves they must make this offseason. 1. Re-Sign Cody Bellinger Last December, the Yankees acquired

By: Noah Solinga As many High School students know, SAT scores are now considered optional when applying to colleges. According to Robert Farrington of Forbes , test-optional was a result of Covid. As it became more and more difficult to go to a testing center because of restrictions, colleges dropped this requirement. But does this mean that students should ignore the SAT entirely? Farrington argues that students should still take the SAT in case they do well, as it could ma

By: Jacob Schmutter Roki Sasaki signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as one of the best and most highly talked about free agent prospects in the 2025 free agency. His highly anticipated debut was filled with ups and downs, allowing only one run, but command issues forced him out of the game after only three innings.  He had a 4.72 ERA through his first 8 starts. Then, on May 13th, 2025, everything took a turn for the worse. Roki was placed on the 15-day IL and was expected onl

By: Noah Solinga While most American households have a deck of playing cards, many do not know its origins. If you trace its history all the way back, you can find early traces of playing cards in China around the 1000s CE. Because playing cards are made of paper and tend to be fragile, no originals from China have been found. However, we can have a rough idea of what these looked like from later Chinese playing cards. There were 3 suites: coins, strings, and myriads (usually

By: Ariel Rubin In the early twentieth century, America’s sport was baseball. People loved to watch it, play it, and live it. In the midst of World War II—when people were on the edge of their seats for reasons far beyond entertainment—baseball brought comfort. It reminded Americans of joy, normalcy, and their love for the game. In the 1950s, Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters of all time, famously said: “Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to

By: Judah Portnoy First of all, let’s clarify what its purpose is. In World War One, daylight savings time was used to conserve energy by having people use less electricity, as it gets darker earlier.  There is a widespread myth that it was meant to benefit farmers, but the truth is actually quite the opposite - farmers were the biggest opponent to the change, largely because it interrupts factors such as the cows' readiness to be milked.  Many propositions for Daylight Savin

By: Gabe Rosenbluth I’m going to put off answering this question for a moment. Instead, let’s take a step back and ask something more basic: why do we do anything at all? Or more precisely, why do we bother doing things that require any amount of effort?  When all options seem otherwise equal, our instinct is to avoid mental and physical exertion. So why not avoid these tasks altogether?  The answer is pretty straightforward. Getting what we want requires effort. Sometimes th

By: Gabe Rosenbluth Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is changing human life and work. Machines are becoming more intelligent each year and taking over work previously carried out by humans.  Some embrace these technologies, and others worry about what they mean for work and the economy. As automation and AI become more widespread, it’s important to consider both the challenges and benefits they bring. One of the ways that AI is revolutionizing the world is by taking over a hug