August 9, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ever wondered what bugs taste like? Well, let Aksel Paul be your guide on this short digital journalism podcast describing the wonderful world of edible bugs

Freddy Macdonald: The Future of Filmmaking

August 5, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

He knew it. He knew the moment he took the last photo. A feeling of ecstasy washed over him. He knew that he was meant to tell stories; what he didn’t know was that he had just embarked on a journey to discover his passion.

SexISm or SexISN’T

June 7, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

All week students have been anticipating this moment: Samuel Reza’s speech for presidency of the Student Council. He branded his campaign as the REZALUTION — and maybe that’s why he won.

Or maybe it was his confident, charismatic speech. But with all that, would Reza still have won if he was a she?

There’s a luxury tax on tampons?

June 1, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

The idea of tampons are as a luxury is baffling to almost every woman. These products are crucial for everyday life. Taxing them at all is an insult. Taxing them as luxuries is so much worse.

Who is responsible for U.S. mass shootings: The shooter or gun control laws?

May 9, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

We all know of a mass shooting that even if we didn’t know any of the people involved it still caused us sadness, so much as to bring us to tears in certain moments. Mass shootings occur everywhere, places where guns are illegal and legal to own. However, just by looking at the news it […]

Fake News, Aluminium Cans, and a Dedicated American

April 29, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

Most schools are pretty liberal places, so in one where most students are immigrants, it would be pretty surprising to find many people sporting Make America Great Again hats and retweeting the US President’s 3 am tweets. I think it’s fair to say that not many ZIS students have even talked with a Trump supporter […]

The Movie Disaster

April 9, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

A cliche love story. A forbidden romance. Two best friends and many rules. Elle, the main character of the Kissing Booth, is best friends with a boy Lee. Yet, she has had a crush on his brother for a long time. While Noah is off-limits for Elle based on a set of rules that Elle […]

Deb8 Mile

January 20, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

His palms are sweaty. Knees weak. Arms are heavy. Nope, we’re not talking about some underground rap battle here. Last weekend, the ZIS debate team competed with ISZL, FIS, and ASL in our third annual debate tournament, where topics from technology to immigration to technology were disputed. The tournament was split into two parts: the […]