In Focus

Caught in the Political Crossfire: Refugees Struggle for Survival

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February 10, 2017

February 10, 2017

Ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, Thomas Hoang’s family only had enough money to send one of its children on a small fishing boat headed for the United States. As the...

From Confident to Confined: The Realities of Domestic Violence

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December 16, 2016

December 16, 2016

She is your locker neighbor. She is the girl in front of you in the lunch line. She is the faculty member who you always greet in the hallway. She could be you. Or...

Check All That Apply: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in College Admissions

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November 4, 2016

November 3, 2016

$1.50 – Asian male. $1- Caucasian. Free – Native American. These were the prices of goods at an anti-affirmative action bake sale at the University of Texas on Oct. 26 that attracted over 100...

In Focus Episode 2: Boxed In

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November 1, 2016

November 2, 2016

Here’s a sneak peek of our second issue of the year! Our topic that’s “In Focus” this month is Race and College Admissions. Pick up a copy on Friday, Nov. 4 to read this...

Breaking the Glass Screen

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September 30, 2016

October 18, 2016

On Aug. 7, Associate Editor at Sports Illustrated Kids and Hockaday alumna, Elizabeth McGarr McCue ’01, found herself talking back, rather angrily, to her living room television. Just a couple of minutes earlier, she...

Behind the Shot

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May 23, 2016

November 8, 2017

Junior Abby Fuller carefully knots her blue sneakers. Swaddled in workout gear, she grabs her iPhone and earbuds to pass the time during her run before kicking open the front door. She opts to...

Money on My Mind

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April 21, 2016

April 21, 2016

A look into the diverse socioeconomic background of Hockaday students. It is 2012. Current senior Sofi Mira is in eighth grade. She stands outside her school, Richardson North Junior High. Mira, with her mother...

Let’s Talk about Sex

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February 12, 2016

February 15, 2017

Sexual education has been present in the United States since the 1800s. The National Education Association promoted it to be part of school curriculums nationwide in 1892. This was reaffirmed in 1912, when the...

Racial Inequality: Students Rally for Change

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December 20, 2015

January 13, 2016

For seven days, Mizzou’s grad student Jonathan Butler did not consume a single bite of food. His body began to shut down: he was dying. But none of that mattered. Butler vowed to continue...

Gun Control: Switching the Safety on Violence

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November 23, 2015

November 27, 2015

On Aug. 1, 1966, former U.S. Marine Charles Whitman walked to the top of the clocktower of the University of Texas at Austin with five firearms. Ninety-six minutes later, 13 people were dead, 30...