Opinion Archives - The Talisman

The Words of a Woman

November 28, 2018

Recently, I was scrolling through the "explore" feature on Instagram and came across a video of a woman who wrote a 2-minute song about the hardships women face in everyday life. The song lyrics and catchy tune struck my attention, everything she said was so unapologetically true. It was nothing big...

Yes, Donald Trump Threatened the Migrant Caravan (and, Yes, He Lied About it)

Alec Faraday, Staff Writer

November 26, 2018

Filed under Opinion, World News

I briefly quarreled with my father the other day regarding the freedom-seeking migrant caravan on the southern border. He said I misrepresented a Trump quote. The debate was prompted after I read a headline that said something along the lines of “Trump Threatens to Shoot Migrants who Throw Rocks.”...

2018 NFL Mid-Season Predictions

Milo Fisher, Staff Writer

November 20, 2018

Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Sports

The NFL season is an extensive, heartbreaking process for the millions of Americans who believe every single year that their team has what it takes to conquer the football world. For all but some, this dream comes to a brutal halt before Super Bowl Sunday. As we pass the midway point of the season, the...

Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

Kiya Kirkland, Staff Writer

November 20, 2018

Filed under Opinion, Student Life

Senior year started out all smiles and sunshine, but around early October, it grew cloudy. Smiles turned into frowns as seniors became plagued with an intense amount of college-application stress. Our inbox on Naviance, the website used for all our college planning, became flooded with emails of colle...

How Devices Help Towson

Braden Hamelin, Editor

November 8, 2018

Filed under Opinion, School News

The much-anticipated devices have finally arrived at Towson. Despite my own personal reservations to using them in an everyday classroom scenario, they’ve really grown on me. As a senior trying to complete countless college applications and even more essays, having a laptop for the sole purpose of...

How Students Feel About the Kavanaugh Hearings

Kayla Tingley, Promotional Editor

November 5, 2018

Filed under Opinion

What’s been happening with our government lately has been triggering emotions of anger and injustice among American citizens. Men being brought forth to lead our men the that do not have the right to hold a position of power. Our student body is not afraid to voice their opinion on this controversial...

Locking Down The Details

Mya Stengel, Staff Writer

November 5, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate. A.L.I.C.E This is the new program that the students in our schools are trusting our lives to, but will this make us safer?" The old procedures were simple. Turn off the lights and huddle together in the back of the room. It was a system that hinged solely on the idea...

How Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Poisoned America

Alec Faraday, Staff writer

October 14, 2018

Filed under Opinion

The other day, my teacher asked the class how we perceived this Kavanaugh debacle. “Innocent!” three boys cried. Clearly some people don’t believe survivors. I didn’t think much of it, though. These children had the most backwards views in the class. I expected no less. I didn’t e...

New Nike Deal, Same Divisons on Pledge and Anthem

Alec Faraday, Staff Writer

October 1, 2018

Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized

Nike unveiled a new deal with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on September 3, leading to, predictably, a flurry of volatile responses. Athletes are burning their Nike gear. A school in Missouri has decided to break their agreement with the company. What you might not have known is that the furor has...

The Audacity of Blaming Victims at Santa Fe High

Alec Faraday, Staff Writer

September 25, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the opinion section of The Baltimore Sun. Some politicians offer merely thoughts and prayers after tragedy (See “More thoughts and prayers,” which appeared in The Sun on May 21, 2018). The students at my school offer less than that. I wa...

What’d You Get?

Ellie Matson, Staff Writer

May 24, 2018

Filed under Opinion

The week that SAT scores are revealed tends to become the most stressful week of a high school junior's career. Most juniors believe the score they receive determines who they are and the level of success they will achieve. This is certainly not the case. Scores are not set in stone; the...

Warning Signs: Tell Somebody

Ryan Miller, Staff Writer

May 2, 2018

Filed under Opinion

As a high school senior prepared to leave, seeing the warning signs reported about the Parkland school shooter on February 14th saddens and frustrates me, because they show how preventable the shooting could have been. Unfortunately, the events that took place on Valentine's Day this year could have been stopped. Nikolas Cruz, the shooter,...