Archive: Student Letter
"My Midnight Dream": A student reflection on the Obama election.
OPINION by Lauren Marie Bell '10...
By Bishop McNamara HS | January 17, 2009; 10:24 PM ET | Comments (0)
The False Dichotomy of Democracy
OPINION by Mariah Crilley '08 Letter to The Stampede Why would the U.S. support a man who appears to reject democracy and seems to lust for power? Some would argue that the U.S.'s support for Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan is because of the need for a democratic ally in fighting...
By Bishop McNamara HS | May 22, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Choose Your Race: Are you black or white?
Letter to the Stampede by Courtney Barbour '08 The directions read, "Choose one of the following that best describes you." Choices included: African American, Caucasian, Asian/Island Pacific, Native American and Other. While some test takers could simply bubble in one, I could not, and to think I went in thinking...
By Bishop McNamara HS | February 15, 2008; 08:33 PM ET | Comments (0)
Echoes of Dr. King
by Ginnie Boone '09 Special to The Stampede The following piece was written by Ginnie Boone '09 about her experience reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous March on Washington speech ("I Have a Dream") out loud, in almost exactly the same spot where Dr. King delivered it himself in...
By Bishop McNamara HS | January 22, 2008; 08:55 PM ET | Comments (0)
The Most Important Day
The Most Important Day by Ashley Lord '08 Winner of the first Most Important Contest, in which readers were invited to share a story of the most important day in their life. The most important day of my life was when I realized I didn't need him. It was more...
By Bishop McNamara HS | December 7, 2007; 08:41 PM ET | Comments (0)
