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Damar Hamlin Recovering after Cardiac Arrest During Game

Ben Montoya '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 January 19, 2023

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from a Buffalo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on January 2nd. Hamlin spent a total...

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What is the Board of Trustees?

Anagha Devarakonda '26, School and Local Editor January 12, 2023

Albuquerque Academy’s Board of Trustees is an organization that not many of us are familiar with. It seems weird at first, that the Academy has an entire board, as the school website puts it, “oversee[ing]...

Artemis I Mission Endeavors to Take Humans Back to the Moon

Artemis I Mission Endeavors to Take Humans Back to the Moon

TJ Miller '25 and Corbett Thomas '25 January 12, 2023

On November 16th, the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket ever made, lifted off into the night sky from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to make an unmanned test flight to the moon and...

Predictions for New Mexico’s 2023 Legislative Session

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor January 12, 2023

Starting on January 17, New Mexico’s state legislature will meet for approximately sixty days to consider new legislation in their first session since the 2022 midterm elections. Since the legislature...

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The Senate Remains Democratic for Now

Jenny Blackwell '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 December 16, 2022

Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock won reelection to the Senate this past week. He won against his Republican competitor, Herschel Walker, backed by former President Donald Trump. Warnock won the...

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Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Leaves LGBTQ Community in Shock

Alyssa Aday '24, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 December 15, 2022

Club Q, a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, faced a devastating shooting on the night of Nov. 19, when 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich opened fire using an AR-15 style weapon that led to five deaths...

Are You Smarter Than Your Robot?

Are You Smarter Than Your Robot?

Ben Montoya '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 December 15, 2022

ChatGPT is a new AI developed by software giant OpenAI, capable of answering prompts with masters degree level precision, raising many questions about the implications of its use by students and teachers...

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Shooting at UNM Under Investigation

Simi Paul '24, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 December 9, 2022

On Saturday, November 19th, UNM student Brandon Travis was shot and killed. Travis and three of his friends had planned to lure NMSU student Mike Peake to the UNM campus and assault him after they had...

China Relaxes Zero-COVID Policy After Widespread Protests

China Relaxes Zero-COVID Policy After Widespread Protests

Elizabeth Hiller '25, At-Large Editor December 7, 2022

China has been one of the few countries in the world which continues to maintain a strict zero-COVID policy, the goal of which is to prevent transmission of the virus completely. The policy was largely...

The COP 27 Climate Conference

The COP 27 Climate Conference

Simi Paul '24, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 December 1, 2022

What is the COP 27 Conference? The COP 27 conference was the 27th annual meeting where member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met to discuss happenings...

The Shakedown of Twitter

The Shakedown of Twitter

Anagha Devarakonda '26, School and Local Editor December 1, 2022

Elon Musk has officially become the CEO of Twitter – or, as he now calls himself, “Chief Twit.” Wanting to transform Twitter into a digital “town square” and an “everything app,” Musk has...

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What’s Happening in Ukraine?

Alyssa Aday '24, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 November 22, 2022

Russian Withdrawal from Kherson On November 16, in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Russia withdrew its troops in Kherson, a significant setback to Moscow’s campaign to control southern Ukraine. Troops...

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