Religious head coverings are common in many religions, like turbans in Sikhism, kapps for the Amish and tichels in Judaism. In Islam, hijabs, which cover the neck and head are one of several headcoverings...

Walking into a room where you know you’re going to be the outsider, where you know your presence will make people uneasy, is a difficult thing.   As another reporter and I walked with the...

In our April issue, Special Report documented the intersection of cultures for students, parents and teachers. One such story focused on freshman Anwar Ali-Ahmad, his parents and their experiences...

Despite stirrings of a LGBT-friendly movement, students need to step up to affect change In the past couple months, our school has taken small steps to address the lack of regard for our LGBT community....

  Is our community as tolerant as it claims to be?   A month ago, in preparation for this issue, I started working on a story about the local Muslim community's plans to...

Muslim students speak out about their religion El Estoque on Point is the news section’s recurring feature aimed at soliciting student voices on controversial issues. The objective...

Senior Nimah Haq created a Facebook group to raise funds for an upcoming trip to India   It's an age-old dilemma. A wanderlust maniac wants to go somewhere exotic. The wanderlust maniac doesn't...