This past month many sophomores engaged in what has become an educational rite of passage at BB&N: Sex Ed. For those of us who have already taken that class, we may remember sitting in semi-circles...

Every lunch, the school provides a plethora of snacks stationed right outside the cafeteria. But as soon as classes start, that food is removed. This baffles many students, including us at The Vanguard....

One hundred and thirty years after his birth, he lives. How? Sherlock Holmes, originally based on the story of a forensic scientist, has evolved to become the observant private investigator we know...

As the school bounces back from a year dictated by the pandemic, we’re experiencing several changes to student life, the biggest being (to us at The Vanguard, at least) our new schedule. Though we appreciate...

When we ask our parents about the stars of their era, we’re likely to hear names like Paul Newman and Cindy Crawford or bands like The Rolling Stones and ABBA. If we were to ask them about those stars’...

Our school epitomizes academic and athletic excellence. We certainly like to think so. But that high achievement ferments a potentially harmful—and rarely discussed—culture of competition. From...

In the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, American gymnast and four-time gold medal winner Simone Biles withdrew from four of her five individual Olympic events—individual all-around, vault, uneven bars, and...

When we senior editors at The Vanguard sat down to write our send-off to our faculty advisor, English Teacher Allison Kornet, we thought it would be a breeze. After all, we produce a 20-page paper each...

Every day, every week, we spend our time doing what others want. Sure, school is good for us, but do we really want to write a five-page paper on Ozymandias? Not really. Instead, we work from 8 a.m. to...

If you have to spend time with only one of two best friends, which do you choose? Would you risk losing time with your closest friends to spend time with many friends? If you can’t spend time with both...

“Justice isn’t the same as the injustice happening in the first place.” “I hope law enforcement doesn’t use this as an excuse in the future: ‘We took accountability that one time, and therefore...