Hastings-on-Hudson, October 14 - The New York State Depar tment of Education has flagged Farragut Middle School in Hastings for possible\ cheating on the Regents Exam, according to a September 23 New York Times article. The article states that the state used erasure analysis... Michael Weiner read more

It's easy to feel watched in Hastings. Because of the size and intimacy of the community, someone always knows where you are. And if that weren’t enough, just by walking into Madaba Deli, you become subject to our strategically placed security cameras that watch your every move... Ari\ adne Bazigos read more

When asked about feminism, a significant number of people who were interviewed for this article groaned or tried to make unassuming bystanders answer the questions instead... Hanna Pennington read more\

As we observed the 10th anniversary of September 11th 2001, many of our students had the opportunity to sit down with those whose lives were directly impacted by the tragic events of that day. Here are three questions about that day answered by Jimmy Walsh, a NYC Firefighter during that historic day... Allison Peclyak read more

“Affordable fun” is a new column in the Buzzer whose purpose is to help you have a good time while saving money! We’ll share tips, sugge stions, and offer our first-hand experiences, so that you can get out there and have fun at a low cost. In this issue, we’ll be talking about inexpensive ways to shop! But first, let’s test your instincts. How savvy of a shopper are you?... Moira Peterson, Julia Daileyread more

Last year, Hastings High School launched a community read program. The program required all students (and highly encouraged all community members) to read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Based on the success of the first community read, the English department proposed a second read. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers was chosen... Isaiah Riesman-Tremonteread more

Hastings High School Students Discuss Their Sleep Schedules

According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers need to be getting 9 1/4 hours of sleep per night, as opposed to the 7-8 hours necessary for adults. Unfortunately... Michael Weiner read more

This year Hastings High School is lucky enough to welco\ me two foreign exchange students: a senior girl from Italy, and a junior boy from Balikpapan, Indonesia... Miranda Wilson read more

The Friday before the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks Hastings High School held a somber assembly reflecting on student s' and teachers' personal experiences from that day. Looking back ten years later, adults can remember what the world was like before the attacks. As teenagers, we were small children at the time and can only gauge the gravity and emotion associated with the events of that day based on our most basic memories. This assembly gave us all perspectives from 9/11, from both adults and children. It reminded us that ten years later the vulnerability that those attacks created in the minds of all Americans remains visceral. We live in the wo\ rld that 9/11 created, but we are not yet ready to view it through the lens of history. We are scholars in school, but this anniversary brough out our most human qualities. It was appropriate for the administration to put together such a sensitive presentation. In the future we will see the events of that day receeding farther into his tory, condensed into textbook assignments, but for now we must remember the pain of that day and the support we gave to each other when the time came.

Eva Kalikoff, Eliza Cadoux

Gym (or, as it’s officially known, Physical Education) has always been a class that is slightly different from the rest. It is a class where emotions and hormones can spiral out of control, and where passion is the urge to succeed. It is impossible not to notice that there is a group of students who are not so happy with the Physical Education curriculum... Jessica Dorsky read more

Amnesty Column

Rising river waters in Bangladesh caused by climate change have eroded away many villages and farms and left huge parts of the country at risk... Berenice Tompkins read more

Today's news is filled with reality TV stars, congressmen's phalli, and the unending squabbling between the right wing and the left wing. This has opened up the stage for a group that has never been larger: political pundits. But of all the so-called “experts”, there are two men who have ascended to the pinnacle of political punditry through their lampoonery of the subject... Tommy Gelfars read more