Ian is a junior in high school, who is entering The Central Trend staff for the 2024-2025 school year. He enjoys rowing in spring and fall and has been participating in it for the past three years. He also enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music, and working out on occasion. He’s looking forward to writing on The Central Trend, as he really enjoys writing stories.
Canada holds a multitude of records in sports and each leaves a lasting impression. The country has made its name known in multiple sports, such as hockey, rowing, lacrosse, soccer, and even curling. However,...
The fundamental laws of a free economy state that the supply must meet the demand to find the point of equilibrium in a society. The Office of the United States Trade Representative says that America is...
According to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making....
Opinions expressed in editorials on The Central Trend are the view of the individual writer and are not the opinion of the entire staff of The Central Trend or the Forest Hills Central staff or administration.
The...
President-elect Donald Trump has recently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the New York hush money case as of Jan. 8. The original date for the trial was set for July 11, 2024, but Trump’s lawyers...
A lot of people know that the school board exists, but don’t know what it is. Oftentimes, people underestimate how important it is for our schools. The funding needs to be adequate, the curriculum has...
Throughout the 21st century, there’s been a multitude of epidemics: the ‘02-’04 SARS outbreak, the swine flu pandemic, the West African Ebola epidemic, COVID-19, and more. The one most people alive...
To my coaches, past and present:
Coach Brad Anderson, for answering all my dumb questions and giving some of the best advice I’ve received. To Coach Noah Messner, for helping me and my boats win mini...
Countless lives of men and women have been lost protecting our freedom. Whether they were killed in a foreign land stopping terrorists or during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, all veterans sacrificed something....
As someone who had never seen an Aliens movie before, I was naturally quite excited to see what all the hype was about. A franchise from the late 1970s rarely produces movies as good as the original around...
There have been numerous signs on the side of the road for school board candidates and other elected representatives. Seeing all of those signs begs the question, what is the school board, and why is it...
The Sudanese rebel group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was part of the Sudanese Government from its founding in August 2013 to their defection in April of 2023.
The RSF was initially founded to combat...
