The Keynote

Derek’s Quarantine Binge-Watch Recommendations
October 2, 2020
Derek Wong, Co-Editor-In-Chief, Staff Writer
The last few months have been rough, and the novelty of staying home has probably worn out within the first month. However, staying at home for an extended period of time...
Analyzing Art in the Soviet Union — All Propaganda?
October 2, 2020
Allison Wu, Staff Writer
The official type of art in the Soviet Union is known as Socialist realism, a style of realistic art between 1932 to 1988 that depicted communist values such as the emancipation...
Senior Reflections on the High School Experience
October 2, 2020
Ella Best, Staff Writer
Our class began senior English by reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Coming to terms with the end of this era and looking forward to the beginning of the next, I resonated...
Sports During COVID-19
October 2, 2020
Liza Curtright, Staff Writer
For many Americans, the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic first hit with the suspension of the NBA season. Fear struck at the hearts of many people who believed that their...
Student Spotlight – Adam Terenyi
October 2, 2020
Allison Wu, Staff Writer
Adam is extremely involved in the Keystone community and entered Keystone when he was in 2nd grade. He’s a member of QuizBowl, Debate, Model United Nations, Student Council,...
Flint Water Crisis – An Overview
October 2, 2020
Sarita Manocha, Casual Contributor
A family living in Flint, Michigan turns on their shower to find that the supposed water coming out of the nozzle suddenly appears brown and unclean. However, the tragedy...
Is Trump the New Carter?
October 2, 2020
Lorenzo Ruiz, Staff Writer
Is Donald Trump destined to be the next Jimmy Carter? Will he be a one-term president whose failures weaken him to the point that previously loyal voters abandon his party...
Keystone’s Response to COVID-19 Part II: Start of 2021 School Year
October 2, 2020
Shreya Chaudhary, Staff Writer
We started off school with the long-anticipated switch from Gmail to Outlook. Along with switching to Outlook, some of our class regulations changed, with three main changes: ...
Tenet Review
October 2, 2020
Hashim Latif, Staff Writer
September 3, 2020 (U.S. Release Date) Writer & Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, & Kenneth Branagh. Rating:...
Keystone’s Response to COVID-19 Part I: Ending of 2020 School Year
October 2, 2020
Shreya Chaudhary, Staff Writer
Last year, on March 12th, we got a message from the school: Keystone will be closing down due to COVID-19. Our spring break was extended by a week until they were able to...

Senior Reflections on the High School Experience

Ella Best, Staff Writer

October 2, 2020 • 3 Comments

Our class began senior English by reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Coming to terms with the end of this era and looking forward to the beginning of the next, I resonated deeply with Coelho’s messages about dreams,...

Student Spotlight – Adam Terenyi

October 2, 2020

Adam is extremely involved in the Keystone community and entered Keystone when...

Dear Reader Letter 3

October 2, 2020

Dear Reader, Boy, has the last few months been a ride. The real irony is...

Keystone’s Response to COVID-19 Part II: Start of 2021 School Year

October 2, 2020

We started off school with the long-anticipated switch from Gmail to Outlook....

Student Spotlight – Derek Wong

October 2, 2020

The beauty and grandeur of D.C.’s Smithsonian Art Museum left our class in...

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Debate

Is Trump the New Carter?
Is Donald Trump destined to be the next Jimmy Carter? Will he be a one-term president whose failures weaken him to the point that previously loyal voters abandon his party...
Voting Age Should Be Lowered to 16, From a Tax-paying Teenager
This November, millions of Americans will be going to the polls to vote for Trump or his lucky (or maybe unlucky, see 2016) challenger. Yet, at the same time, voter turnout...
Should France Continue Using and Adopting English Loanwords?
Pro: Shreya Chaudhary Con: Avril Davidson Introduction: Languages are often a mix of many different roots and influences: the origins and paths of words...
Should Python Overthrow the Java Tyrant in APCS?
Traditionally in Keystone and in other schools, AP Computer Science (APCS) has been taught in Java, an extremely verbose language based in Object-Oriented Programming. Despite...
Neil and Antonin: the Hulking Beasts to Never Meet
In 1983, faithful reading of the constitution died at the age of 183 years by the appointment of one Antonin Scalia. In 2016, Scalia died at the age of 79 years by a heart...
Contemporary Art: Genius or Pointless?
Abstract: Art embodies multitudes of styles including Renaissance, Baroque, and Impressionism. When comparing art from different periods of time, interpretation and skill...
A Drum, a Smirk, and a Moral Panic: The Problems of Corporate Journalism
I’m sure we’ve all seen or at least heard of the “MAGA Kids” video rapidly circulating around the web and mainstream news networks. For those out of the loop, the...
Africa’s Second Coming of Imperialism: Why China Has Invested Billions in Some of the Poorest Countries in the World
Starting with the Opium Wars, lasting from 1839-1860, until around 1949, China was subjected to crushing imperialism from countries near and far. Whether direct land grabs...
Gov’t-Funded College (Con): Not the Promised Silver Bullet
A September 2017 poll conducted by Morning Consult indicated that a plurality of Republicans support a government-backed free public college policy, with 47% for and 45% against....
Gov’t Funded College (Pro): Education is the Future of the Republic
Free public university is an expensive proposition. Yet despite the high price, there are two primary reasons why tertiary education should be free to any qualified...

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Sports

Sports During COVID-19

Liza Curtright, Staff Writer | October 2, 2020

For many Americans, the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic first hit with the suspension of the NBA season. Fear struck at the hearts of many people who believed that their Saturday morning gameday traditions and their Sunday afternoon barbeques would be cancelled. However, the same American spirit that saved the world from totalitarianism and landed a man on the moon was called upon and saved the...

Sports Interview With Bella

Stephanie Rao, Staff Writer | February 14, 2020

Isabella Sullivan, Keystone’s varsity volleyball captain, is planning to continue her athletic career at West Point. She decided to go to West Point not only for its excellent academics and the scholarship she would receive but also because it’s her dad’s alma mater. Isabella admires how West Point is based off on meritocracy, meaning that hard work is consistently rewarded. She’s also happy...

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