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

Snap, Inc. Becomes A Publicly Traded Company

Snap, Inc. Becomes A Publicly Traded Company

Elliott Reichman, Managing Editor March 30, 2017

Social media has been a staple in American culture since the early 2000s. It has shaped social interaction, and presents platforms that allow people to be connected in ways that were unachievable before....

The Great Barrier Reef is Dying, Scientists Say

The Great Barrier Reef is Dying, Scientists Say

Jared Fel, Features Editor March 30, 2017

The Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most amazing natural wonders, is in a severe amount of trouble. The once immaculate and pristine northern sector of the reef, a section encompassing more than...

San Francisco: The First City to Provide Free Community College

San Francisco: The First City to Provide Free Community College

Fanny Zhang, Staff Writer February 23, 2017

On Monday, February 6th, 2017, the Mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee, and Supervisor Jane Kim publicized that local residents will be able to to attend their community colleges for free next Fall. This will...

Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos

Lior Raz-Farley, Editor in-Chief February 22, 2017

Upon becoming President Elect, Donald Trump announced his pick for Secretary of Education in November 23, 2016 to be Betsy DeVos. However her appointment was the first for the Secretary of Education to...

The Shocking 2017 Fort Lauderdale Shooting

The Shocking 2017 Fort Lauderdale Shooting

Fanny Zhang, Staff Writer February 1, 2017

On Friday, January 6th around 12:54 pm, an unforgettable massacre took place in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. At the baggage claim in Terminal 2, a gunman pulled out a weapon and...

American Math Scores Are Dropping

American Math Scores Are Dropping

Rubina Chowdhury, Editor-at-Large December 28, 2016

The United States of America invests a substantial amount of money in education, one of the highest numbers seen worldwide. Despite this, educational achievement within the country doesn’t seem to be...

Pregnant Women Advised to Avoid Parts of Miami Beach

Pregnant Women Advised to Avoid Parts of Miami Beach

Jared Fel, Features Editor October 27, 2016

It was in early August when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) made the unprecedented announcement warning women to avoid a Zika-stricken part of Miami, as well as to put off having...

Pokemon Go Dominates the Summer of 2016

Pokemon Go Dominates the Summer of 2016

Darwin Arias, Editor-At-Large September 29, 2016

If you have been cruising the web in the past two months, it is almost certain that you have come across something relating to Pokemon Go. Pokemon has grown into a massive franchise since its release in...

Image from www.nasa.gov

NASA Discovers New Planets

Rubina Chowdhury, Editor-At-Large May 20, 2016

Is there life outside of Earth? Do aliens really exist? Could humans possibly inhabit other planets? All of these questions are relevant to the Kepler Mission, a project by NASA intended to “discover...

Image from www.qz.com. Used to support an article on www.qz.com on how orcas need a larger habitat to swim in, suggesting the retirement of orcas into the ocean.

Should SeaWorld Be Allowed to Captivate Orcas?

Darwin Arias, Editor-At-Large May 20, 2016

Ever since the 1960’s, killer whales, also referred to as orcas, have been held captive by SeaWorld in their various parks across the nation. Over the past few years, these marine mammals have been taken...

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