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Victor Chang’s graduation speech: Whatever it is you choose to do with your life, do it for yourself

Victor Chang’s graduation speech: ‘Whatever it is you choose to do with your life, do it for yourself’

By Victor Chang
June 26, 2023

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a film that really scared my pants off. Granted, I don’t know what third grade me was expecting from a movie whose tagline is: “WATCH OUT! THEY GET YOU WHEN YOU’RE...

Credit: Gage Skidmore

Generational change that isn’t: Pete Buttigieg embodies politics of the past

By Victor Chang, Opinions & Ideas Editor
January 15, 2020

Pete Buttigieg is the youngest candidate in the race, and he won’t let you forget it. What is his message for the American people? His face. His candidacy is less about ideology and more about a nebulous...

Where I’m From

By Victor Chang, Opinions & Ideas Editor
September 25, 2019

Trudging towards gemstones of the night, tugging at chains from my mind Left to wrestle with sludge of my head, clock dripping oppression.  Raging against the pace of thought that leaves me at this...

No more birthday cake in elementary school? Great.

No more birthday cake in elementary school? Great.

By Victor Chang, Opinions and Ideas Editor
September 23, 2019

The elementary school birthday party, a sacrosanct tradition and suburban anachronism, will have to evolve past its sugar habit thanks to a new policy banning edibles at school birthday celebrations. A...

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in The Darkest Hour.

‘Darkest Hour’ brings historical heroism to the big screen

By Victor Chang, Opinions and Ideas Editor
September 6, 2019

The year is 1940. Europe is boiling. France has fallen to the German advance, its British defenders chased to the French coastal town of Dunkirk. A cavernous room of sharply dressed MPs howl for the resignation...

Pelham School District preservation project documents history, one musty book at a time

Pelham School District preservation project documents history, one musty book at a time

By Victor Chang, Opinions & Ideas Editor
August 21, 2019

The artifacts were tucked away in forgotten classrooms and attics. Their original keepers long gone, they laid dormant, collecting wizened scents and nineteenth century dust. Some artifacts, like an old...

The Prom brings jokes, but forgets character development

‘The Prom’ brings jokes, but forgets character development

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
July 23, 2019

The premise of "The Prom" seems simple enough; a lesbian girl and her allies fight a homophobic PTA to go with her female date to the prom. But what if her allies are actually middle aged, washed up Broadway...

Eighth grade class president Victor Chang gave his speech at the classs middle school graduation.

Eighth grade class president’s moving-up speech: We started with exploding binders, ended ready for high school

By Victor Chang
June 26, 2019

Hello everyone, I am Victor Chang, and I am the student government president of Pelham Middle School. Congratulations to the class of 2019! Today is a day of celebration for all of us, but it is...

International Baccalaureate: an investment in Pelhams youth

International Baccalaureate: an investment in Pelham’s youth

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
May 28, 2019

A newspaper clipping hangs in the main office of Pelham Middle School with a headline in narrow serif: “IB PROGRAMS ON THE RISE IN WESTCHESTER.” Pelham’s signature yellow-beaked pelican is depicted...

Siwanoys new outdoor classroom completed, offering a new green learning space for Pelhams youth

Siwanoy’s new outdoor classroom completed, offering a new green learning space for Pelham’s youth

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2019

The outdoor classroom started as an idea to create an outdoor learning space that provided students at Siwanoy Elementary School an opportunity to learn through nature. The outdoor classroom will be officially...

Musician Sean Nowell teaches art of improvisation to Pelham students

Musician Sean Nowell teaches art of improvisation to Pelham students

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
February 12, 2019

Upon entering the band room, members of the Pelham Middle School jazz band are greeted by a lightning fast flute solo and an exhortation to get their instruments out. James Bond guitar riffs and jazz piano...

Youth to Youth Club launches at PMS, hoping to educate on substance abuse

Youth to Youth Club launches at PMS, hoping to educate on substance abuse

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2018

The Youth to Youth Club (Y2Y) is the newest addition to Pelham Middle School’s after-school activities. Originally started in the high school, it was brought to the middle school by Student Assistance...

She journeys from Pelham Art Center teenage intern to teacher and noted artist

She journeys from Pelham Art Center teenage intern to teacher and noted artist

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
August 13, 2018

Since its inception in 1969, the Pelham Art Center has strived to inspire and engage students of the arts with interactive workshops and classes. This is reflected by the abundance of work from teenage...

Okai Fleurimont brings rhythms of Haiti to Pelham Art Center

Okai Fleurimont brings rhythms of Haiti to Pelham Art Center

By Victor Chang, Staff Reporter
July 31, 2018

On July 29, the nonprofit organization Haiti Cultural Exchange presented, "Rhythms and Dances of Haiti," in collaboration with the Pelham Art Center to promote Haitian history and culture. Haitian percussionist...

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