Opinion

Soon after Colorado and Washington approved the recreational use of marijuana, pot users in both states began taking advantage of this trailblazing law. One group of people in particular is looking past the taboo of smoking weed and is snatching at the opportunity in this recently legalized market: entrepreneurs.

Gone are the days of elementary school, when students were able to hop on a bus and travel to a zoo, museum or historical landmark to further their studies in school. It’s high school now; lunchables have been replaced by off-campus vehicular sprints, “hands-on” education by grade-stressing labs.

In an era of standardized testing, there are two programs vying for ultimate supremacy: the Advanced Placement (AP) program and the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

“Just Be Kind” was the anthem of the school a month ago, in a stirring push by the ASB to improve school atmosphere and combat student stress. Those hardworking student government members spent hundreds of hours trying to help their school—yet the most cost-effective solution to the school’s dog-eat-dog competitive environment might be a lot simpler.

Woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers, dodos and Chinese river dolphins, thylacines and passenger pigeons — these animals no longer walk the face of the Earth, but what if they could once again?