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The Wildezine

The student news site of Sandy Spring Friends School

The Wildezine

The student news site of Sandy Spring Friends School

The Wildezine

Social Media as a Tool and Weapon in Recent Bangladesh Violence

Social Media as a Tool and Weapon in Recent Bangladesh Violence

Richa Sharma and Revati Buchwald January 24, 2022
After urgently searching for her son, Mrs. Das found his beaten body scattered in a pond near their local temple. Twenty-one-year-old Pranta Chandra Das was staying at his Hare Krishna temple in the Noakhali district of Bangladesh when it was attacked by a raging mob. His life was one of many that had been taken in these religious clashes.
Why Are Farmers in India Protesting?

Why Are Farmers in India Protesting?

Richa Sharma, Editor April 19, 2021
Since late 2020, farmers in Punjab, India, have been taking part in one of the largest organized protests in history.
The Controversy of School Grades - Does our Global School Grading System Deserve an ‘A+’ or ‘F’?

The Controversy of School Grades – Does our Global School Grading System Deserve an ‘A+’ or ‘F’?

Ella Gincherman, Staff Writer April 19, 2021
Are students really the ones to blame for acquiring a bad grade, or is it more so the flawed system that we learn in?
Coronavirus - A Perspective from Wuhan

Coronavirus – A Perspective from Wuhan

Skyler Shuniu Li, Staff Writer April 28, 2020
Coronavirus outbreaks are now a huge difficulty to be faced all over the world. From the beginning, it spread rapidly in Wuhan, China, and now more and more people around the world are infected with the coronavirus, COVID-19. I want to share my own perspective as a person growing up in Wuhan.
Harvey, Maria, Dorian, and Trump: The Mandate of Heaven and Trump’s American Dynasty

Harvey, Maria, Dorian, and Trump: The Mandate of Heaven and Trump’s American Dynasty

Raina Weinberg, Staff Writer November 19, 2019
The Mandate of Heaven may have been a fabricated ancient ideology when it was in place, but now, with the power in the hands of an enemy of mother nature, the rolling dark clouds are telling us something about our leader. And it’s urgent.
Study abroad and you will be successful?

Study abroad and you will be successful?

Shirley Shuzhou Li, staff writer April 24, 2019

“Do you want a brighter future? Do you want to earn more money? Studying abroad is your choice.” This is a common advertisement you would find in an English language school in China. I think people...

Strides Toward a Cashless Society and its Implications

Strides Toward a Cashless Society and its Implications

Haoran “Breezy” Zhu, Staff Writer May 21, 2018

The development of cryptocurrencies further illuminates for us the possibility of a cashless society. With access to the internet, pocket computers, and blockchain as the distributed ledger, transactions...

Photo from Margaret Rosser.

How Team Sports Bridge the Domestic-International Divide

Thana Schrock, Staff Writer October 23, 2017
Though we often focus on the scores and performance, we rarely stop to consider how shared interests in sports support international and domestic students integrating.
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