Jaws around the globe likely dropped when, on live television, Will Smith left his seat to slap Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards on March 27. The next day at school, Pleasant Valley High...

Thanks to social media, no longer is anything in the high fashion world too high to be unreachable, leading to an exponential increase in accessibility to designer pieces. Haute couture has traditionally...

When most think of roller coasters and fair rides, they remember days filled with fun at amusement parks or county fairs. However, the dangers of ride malfunctions are frequently ignored until a dramatic...

Comedy has the potential to bring people together and create new relationships, but when humor goes too far it leads to a divided crowd instead of a united one. So in a politically correct world, how do...

By most standards, the vacuum tube is an outdated, inefficient piece of technology. But to audiophiles, tubes are essential to some of the most revered tools in music production history.  Western Europe...

Gas prices are the highest they have been in a long time, and Americans are looking for someone to blame. Even an extra dollar per gallon is leaving some people in financial trouble at the gas pump.  The...

What was once a hallmark of teen culture in America has faded from popularity.  The concept of the shopping mall seems simple and practical; a seamless shopping experience unhindered by weather or...

The economy is ever-evolving, and with the emergence of cryptocurrencies, how consumers interact with producers is changing, too. The popularity of cryptocurrencies has created a new way to pay for things...

Following Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden has exercised his executive power under the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution: the right to appoint...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a domestic and international surprise. However, people all over the world bounced back quickly in a variety of ways to support Ukraine while taking action to suppress...

One after another, storefronts feature mannequins modeling the same colors, patterns and styles. Each store adapts their designs ever so slightly in an attempt to be original, calling for a very uninspiring...

The average Pleasant Valley student likes takes the services readily provided to them each school day for granted. But if one wanted to understand how our school survives day-to-day, they need not look...