This November, the Earl Haig Model United Nations team journeyed to Montreal to attend the four-day “Secondary Schools United Nations Symposium,” better known by the monosyllable SSUNS. SSUNS began at sunrise on a chilly Thursday morning. Some were last- minute packing; others were impatiently waiting in the cafeteria, huddled for warmth and group therapy as staff supervisor Ms. Lue attended to a troubling absence — the no-show coach bus. Due to unknown circumstances, it h

As a writer, the thought of filling an empty document with imaginative ideas should fill your mind with intriguing topics to delve into. But more often than not, you can find yourself drawing a blank, and the only thing that comes to mind is your lack of creativity. Your eagerness to write is thrown aside by your inability to form a concise, fresh idea, and this cycle repeats for weeks until you start to wonder if you can even be considered a writer anymore. While it’s true t

We’ve all heard of him. The man, the myth, the legend: William Shakespeare. His plays have been considered the most influential pieces of literature in our society and have been so for centuries. Or at least that’s what we’re told. Teachers all across the globe insist on the importance of Shakespeare’s works, claiming that he was the writer who changed the world. But the real question is, how much of this claim is actually true?

You click the YouTube thumbnail, a halo of prestigious university logos surrounds a frantically anxious teen as they stare into the camera, back at you. They add a disclaimer: admissions are all luck, where you go to school doesn’t matter, you can create opportunities anywhere, education is a privilege, etc. Then, after listing their grades and resumes, they get to the real meat of the video. Emails are opened and portals are logged onto one by one. It starts with an ear-spli

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Tessa Norenius & Ashley Zhichun Shi Features Since the beginning of the pandemic, life at Earl Haig shifted regarding mental health,...

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