Transgender rights in jeopardy, again
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, U.S. and World News
The U.S. Department of Education, under Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, announced the department will no longer hear or take action on complaints relating to the bathroom and facility use of transgender students in public schools on Monday, Feb. 12. The decision makes it clear transgender students i...
ACLU offers Summer Advocacy Institute, applications open now
By Marianne Nacanaynay, Op/Ed Editor
January 20, 2016
Filed under News, School News
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is on the verge of launching its Summer Advocacy Institute (SAI) program, open to students entering their junior and senior years. The week long program will be held for the first time on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “It was st...
Tinker Tour USA makes its last stop at MTHS
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2014
Filed under Featured Stories, Multimedia, News, School News
Mary Beth Tinker's life changed forever in 1965, when she was just 13 years-old. She received national attention as a plaintiff in the historic Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines. More recently, Tinker and former Student Press Law Center lawyer Mike Hiestand have traveled coast to...