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The Student News Site of Abington Senior High School

The Abingtonian

The Student News Site of Abington Senior High School

The Abingtonian

Does My Cat Know It Exists?
Does My Cat Know It Exists?
Celine Hamid, Features Editor • April 28, 2025

I watch my cat stare out the window for what feels like hours. No phone, no distractions, just the wind in the trees and the occasional bird....

Why Academic Burnout Should Be Taken as Seriously as Physical Illness
Why Academic Burnout Should Be Taken as Seriously as Physical Illness
Celine Hamid, Features Editor • April 28, 2025

Academic burnout is often dismissed as a temporary phase or an expected part of student life. In reality, it poses a serious threat to both mental...

Tenement Museum Women’s Tour; Looking for the Extraordinary in an Ordinary Life
Tenement Museum Women’s Tour; Looking for the Extraordinary in an Ordinary Life
Charlotte Jamieson, Features Editor • April 9, 2025

 I’ve never been fond of traditional museums, though I wish I were. Peering into glass cases, visitors will look at something seemingly mundane,...

The Test America Keeps Failing
The Test America Keeps Failing
Anonymous, Writer • June 11, 2025

2016: American voters are given a clear choice. On one side: a competent, experienced public servant who had spent decades working in government, with...

Meet King Joe: An Endorsement of Imperialism
Meet King Joe: An Endorsement of Imperialism
John Sullivan, Writer • June 5, 2025

Few periods in American history have shown greater economic prosperity than the post-World War II boom. The United States had emerged as the manufacturing...

Trump’s Destruction of Democracy and America’s Global Standing
Trump’s Destruction of Democracy and America’s Global Standing
April 7, 2025

Donald Trump's actions in his second term are doing incredible damage to our democracy and America’s global standing. His policies, from reckless tariffs...

Abington Chess Places Second at SuperNationals in two divisions
Abington Chess Places Second at SuperNationals in two divisions
Staff May 16, 2025

The Abington Senior High Chess team competed at the United States Chess Federation’s SuperNationals VIII this weekend in Orlando, Florida. At the event,...

A History of Abington
A History of Abington
Tom Rohland, Writer • April 29, 2025

Today, Abington Township, Pennsylvania is a shining example of suburban living. With strong commercial aspects, the suburb of Philadelphia is filled with...

Abington Percussion is Buried Alive!: Show Review
Abington Percussion is Buried Alive!: Show Review
Sabie Famularo April 10, 2025

In case you missed it amid the three-day weekend, Saturday, March 29th was the Abington Indoor Colorguard’s and Indoor Percussion’s Home Show. These...

Penelope Scott’s Female Rage Return: Water Dogs Review and Analysis
Penelope Scott’s Female Rage Return: Water Dogs Review and Analysis
Sabie Famularo June 5, 2025

On March 14th, 2025, right in the middle of Women’s History Month, Penelope Scott released her sixth official album, Water Dogs, which focused on the...

Lesbian Vampire from 1870: Carmilla Book Review
Lesbian Vampire from 1870: Carmilla Book Review
Sabie Famularo April 9, 2025

Pop culture has been obsessed with vampires for centuries. The myth began as a spectral, ghost-like creature from Eastern European folklore and moved westward...

Movies and How to Watch Them
Movies and How to Watch Them
Jacob Hong, Writer • April 7, 2025

Nothing is better than settling down after a long day and watching a movie. Something that acts as white noise while you turn off your brain, right? WRONG....

The 2025 College Baseball Regionals Craziest Moments
The 2025 College Baseball Regionals Craziest Moments
Braden DeSumma June 5, 2025

College baseball regionals started off on May 30th, and fans expected chaos after Texas A&M became the first preseason #1 seed to not qualify for regional...

Has the NBA Rigged the Draft Lottery?
Has the NBA Rigged the Draft Lottery?
Braden DeSumma, Writer • May 9, 2025

I’ll provide you some background information on the theory before getting too deep into it. In 1985, the NBA held the first ever draft lottery. The consensus...

Second Round Skepticism: Breakdown of NBA Playoff’s Breakable Teams
Second Round Skepticism: Breakdown of NBA Playoff’s Breakable Teams
Josh Scarpello, Sports Editor • May 7, 2025

The second round is the make-or-break round for most playoff teams. Some teams aspire to show their true worth after an undemanding first-round sweep,...

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