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

Recreational Marijuana Legalized In Two U.S States, and Washington, D.C.

Recreational Marijuana Legalized In Two U.S States, and Washington, D.C.

Calvin Brewster, Staff Writer November 20, 2014

The use of marijuana is illegal according to the United States federal code – classified as a Schedule 1 substance, similarly to much harder drugs such as heroin and cocaine.   However, as social norms...

OHS athlete Juma Byabusha gets excited at the pep rally.

Fall Sports Award Winners – An Interview with the Athletes

Tyler Conzone, Staff Writer November 19, 2014

There is plenty of athletic talent in OHS, and this fall season proves it. Many of our athletes have recently received awards and recognition for their performance. The Current was able to sit down with...

Cover page from his Moonlight Sonata: From Wikipedia.com

The Maestro’s Corner: Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”

Emma San Martin, Staff Writer November 18, 2014

*Try this link!* Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una Fantasia", Op. 27, No.2 (Throughout this article, there appear sets of numbers in brackets. These signify times (minute:second) in...

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Interstellar Review

Robert Cafarelli, Entertainment Editor November 18, 2014

This film was written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan. With any Nolan film, you get hype. The Batman film sequels The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises were talked about for months...

A burial team from the Liberian Ministry of Health unloads the bodies of Ebola

Ebola: What’s Really Going On?

Somari Davis, Staff Writer October 23, 2014

Ebola: an infectious disease brought on by fever and internal bleeding spread through contact with body fluids by the filovirus (Ebola virus). Also, known as the most commercialized illness as of recently....

Gay Rights activists protesting outside of the Supreme Court.

Is Gay Okay For All 50 States?

Randall Gleason, Staff Writer October 23, 2014

On May 18th, 1970, Richard John Baker and James Michael McConnell were rejected the right to marriage, due to their sex. Ever since then, the debate regarding whether or not gay marriage should be legal...

Smartphone app Yik Yak was the medium through which the anonymous threats causing OHSs lockdown were posted.

Lessons from the OHS Lockout

Malahni Banta, Staff Writer October 23, 2014

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: social media is not for everyone. While social media has become a common form of communication, learning, the relaying of news and information, and connecting...

A brief summary of the modernist argument for assisted suicide: complete and utter individual and moral autonomy.

Assisted Suicide: What Really Matters?

Lior Raz-Farley, Staff Writer October 23, 2014

The widespread contentiousness concerning assisted suicide is essentially just a conflict of dignity and painlessness vs. morality and law. However in hospitals, it should be more about the patient’s...

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The Bake Sale Ban

Hannah Purdy, Editorial Assistant October 22, 2014

It has been two full months since the start of school, and student-life is in full swing.  However, there has been a concerning absence of one of OHS students’ favorite traditions- the bake sale.  In...

American Horror Story: Freak Show Overview

American Horror Story: Freak Show Overview

Dina Barossi, Layout Editor October 22, 2014

American Horror Story: Freak Show is the fourth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. It premiered on October 8, 2014. The season is set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida,...

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