The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

October Athlete of the Month: Lucy Roach

October Athlete of the Month: Lucy Roach

Cameron Takmil, Sports Editor October 30, 2020

The October athlete of the month is Lucy Roach, a sophomore player on the OHS tennis team. In a year laden with obstacles, many underclassmen are having the beginnings of their varsity careers defined...

Increasing Covid Transmission Rates in New York: What Do They Mean?

Increasing Covid Transmission Rates in New York: What Do They Mean?

Benjamin Griffin, Staff Writer October 30, 2020

New York’s Covid-19 infection rate remains one of the lowest in the country, however researchers’ latest transmission reports are all but encouraging. Following a promising summer of stable infections...

Quarantine Diaries: Top TV Shows To Binge If You Haven’t Already

Quarantine Diaries: Top TV Shows To Binge If You Haven’t Already

Ella Castrillon, Staff Writer October 30, 2020

School, sports, life, and other extracurricular activities can be a lot for students and parents to juggle. All those busy weekends and late nights makes many wish for more free time to enjoy ourselves....

Putin’s National Referendum: The Ban of Gay Marriage

Putin’s National Referendum: The Ban of Gay Marriage

Cruz Vernon, Entertainment Editor October 30, 2020

MOSCOW, RUSSIA-- Earlier this year, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia revealed his plan to ban gay marriage through the implementation of new amendments to the Russian Constitution. According to Putin,...

Anatomy of an Election: Vice Presidential Debate Recap

Anatomy of an Election: Vice Presidential Debate Recap

Justin Knowles, Staff Writer October 30, 2020

The first presidential debate of 2020 left Americans with a lot of questions, especially about policy platforms. Joe Biden’s running with Kamala Harris, who is currently a California Senator, and Donald...

Unsteady Ground: What Happens When a Leader is Compromised

Unsteady Ground: What Happens When a Leader is Compromised

Daisy Bolger, Features Editor October 30, 2020

On October 2nd, the nation erupted with breaking news from the White House--the president had been diagnosed with COVID-19, and was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington...

Tracked: Taylor Swift’s album folklore; Storytelling, Myths, and Fables

Tracked: Taylor Swift’s album folklore; Storytelling, Myths, and Fables

Shania Flores, Staff Writer October 30, 2020

Taylor Swift started out as a simple country singer, but when the opportunity arose, she shed her country roots faster than one could say “22.” Red, which was released in 2012, was technically categorized...

College Admissions Not Immune to Pandemic, Students Must Adapt To A New College Process

College Admissions Not Immune to Pandemic, Students Must Adapt To A New College Process

Steve Zhina, Staff Writer October 2, 2020

College applications have been at the forefront of students’ minds for months, as the application process itself has been called into question amidst concerns over standardized testing, college tours,...

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Kamala Harris: A Look Into Joe Biden’s Running Mate

Shania Flores, Staff Writer October 2, 2020

First South Asian-American senator in history. Second African American woman to serve as a senator. First Black American and the first woman to serve as attorney general of California. These titles all...

Mulan (2020) -- Live-Action Adaptation of a Disney Favorite Raises Questions About Cultural Representation in Hollywood

Mulan (2020) — Live-Action Adaptation of a Disney Favorite Raises Questions About Cultural Representation in Hollywood

Eleanor Wu, Staff Writer October 2, 2020

The announcement of the release of the new live-action film, Mulan, was met with a wave of controversy. This movie was to be a live depiction of the family favorite Disney animation Mulan (1998), and was...

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