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The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

Gabby Smith

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist

By Gabby Smith
We love our pets!

We love our pets! <3

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist February 26, 2016

Break the sexual assault stigma

Break the sexual assault stigma

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist February 5, 2016

Let’s talk about rape. Sexual abuse is defined as any sexual activity involving a person who does not or cannot consent. It is happening to people of all ages and identifications. It is occurring...

Reverse Racism is a myth

Reverse Racism is a myth

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist December 18, 2015

As a person of color, when I witness sadly mistaken students who believe that it’s not fair for people of color to “be racist” against white people just because of skin color, I find it 100 percent...

Paleo diet is half-baked and unrealistic

Paleo diet is half-baked and unrealistic

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist November 20, 2015

Me Gabby. Me love junk food. Me hate vegetables. Followers of this “caveman” paleo diet should be extinct because its approach to eating is unrealistic. The paleo diet only includes foods that would...

Put the brakes on texting and driving

Put the brakes on texting and driving

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist October 12, 2015

It can’t wait. Texting and driving is a serious issue that can’t take a backseat to more popular problems like drunk driving. I can only imagine how many times I’ve been driving, heard my phone...

Where's the T in LGBT

Where’s the T in LGBT

Gabby Smith, Opinion Columnist August 24, 2015

The ‘gay rights movement’ is a sham. There are countless issues with the gay rights movement, one of the largest being that trans individuals are being left without a voice. At ETHS there is a growing...

Community Service Club students make holiday cards for hospitalized children.

ETHS should require community service

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor May 29, 2015

Don’t be selfish, seniors. This community has provided you with countless opportunities to share your talents with others. It’s time to start giving back. Service is a chance to do some good....

The Hub has become a noisy free for all

The Hub has become a noisy free for all

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor May 1, 2015

One stop party? That’s what the Hub has become: a place where students hang out and make noise instead of the ‘one stop shop to foster interactive learning and collaboration”, however, it has...

Sophomore Lauren Marriott is appalled at the waste of paper used for receipts

The deception behind environmentalism

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor March 30, 2015

Going green is no longer the smart choice; it’s the popular choice. In a study released by Harvard and Duke, researchers studied eco-friendly shoppers who decided to bring their own reusable bags to...

28 days aren't needed for Black History

28 days aren’t needed for Black History

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor February 27, 2015

I don’t want a month. As a black student who has been in the public school system for my entire life, I want for my history here in America to be regarded with equal importance to the accomplishments...

Junior Ceci Hansen holds her tardy pass.

Tardy policies are not severe enough

Gabby Smith, Opinion Writer February 11, 2015

Anarchy! The tardy policy is a joke, and too many students are showing up late. They should be dealt with just as severely as students who miss class entirely. Students need to realize that being...

Raising the minimum wage is not the answer

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor December 18, 2014

Minimum wage equals minimum effort. Raising the minimum wage will lower competition for jobs and reward people for doing easier jobs. Chicago has decided to raise the minimum wage from eight dollars...

Thanksgiving trivializes Native American plight

Thanksgiving trivializes Native American plight

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor November 25, 2014

Thanksgiving should not be a holiday. You all have been taught that Thanksgiving is a paradoxical holiday where we celebrate seemingly peaceful colonists who “discovered” America and were eager...

Students must value global issues

Students must value global issues

Gabby Smith, Opinion Editor October 3, 2014

Drop your cell phone and pick up a newspaper. Students at ETHS are horribly unaware of the huge global conflicts occurring right now. The problem isn’t that the student body isn’t aware, it’s...

Brieva travels with WWOOF

Brieva travels with WWOOF

Gabby Smith, Feature Writer May 29, 2014

Most seniors have decided to stay in the US next year, but not Nate Brieva. Nathan plans to travel to New Zealand and Costa Rica with the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) program as a...

Students forgo AP class for AP credit

Gabby Smith, Feature Editor May 9, 2014

No AP class, no problem. Evanston offers a variety of chances to study for AP testing, whether you want to take the class or not. Taking the AP class is an option, however it’s not the only one. Students...

Natalie Jacobson, senior and Fidak Khan, junior sell reusable water bottles

Green myths debunked

Gabby Smith, Feature Editor March 10, 2014

Go green! Or don’t? Students are under the common misconception that they are being “green.” However, many of the actions Evanston students are taking to live greener lifestyles actually play into...

Evanston shops abuse a national holiday

Gabby Smith, Feature Editor November 24, 2013

Instead of eating nice home cooked meals, families are dropping their turkeys and going to the mall. For the longest time, kids have been bombarded with imagery and stories about Indians and white colonists...

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