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Pfizer vaccine vials sit atop a table at Oxford Rx, a newly opened pharmacy in the town of Oxford.

Mandate vaccines, not masks

Hayden Walker September 9, 2021

This editorial was originally published in Volume 41, Issue 1 of The Charger. With the current resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country after a summer of relative normalcy, it’s clear that...

Block schedule does not solve educational problems

Block schedule does not solve educational problems

Hayden Walker, Associate Editor December 14, 2020

  This editorial was originally published in Volume 40, Issue 2 of The Charger. Block scheduling has been the latest of several fads in the American education system in recent years....

Former OHS and Ole Miss wide receiver D.K. Metcalf has strong NFL start

Former OHS and Ole Miss wide receiver D.K. Metcalf has strong NFL start

Aidan Patel, Staff Writer September 27, 2019

On April 26, 2019, former Oxford Charger and Ole Miss Rebel Wide Receiver D.K. Metcalf was drafted in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. The Seattle Seahawks selected him with the 64th overall pick.  Metcalf,...

Ice Raids show racism at its core

Ice Raids show racism at its core

Lauren Bial, Associate Editor, Opinions Editor September 18, 2019

While the children of immigrants settled in to their first day of school, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, also known as ICE, raided a Koch Foods factory and multiple Peco Foods factories. 680...

American Sign Language allows for better opportunities

American Sign Language allows for better opportunities

Nadeen Al-Ostaz, Junior Features Editor, Junior Business Manager April 25, 2019

Around the world many languages are spoken, ranging from Japanese to Arabic to English to Spanish. It has been scientifically proven that learning foreign languages allows different parts of the brain...

Alliance of American Football will be successful in opening year

Alliance of American Football will be successful in opening year

Edward Brown, Staff Writer March 27, 2019

Seven weeks into its inaugural season, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) has been a successful experiment so far in giving players the chance to play professional football. Many football players...

Media handles tragedies unprofessionally, often glorifying attacker

Media handles tragedies unprofessionally, often glorifying attacker

Lauren Bial, Associate Editor March 20, 2019

By the time the gunman began opening fire in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, he had already released his lengthy manifesto and was now live-streaming the massacre through a body cam. The attack...

Browns make right decision with Hunt, deserves second chance

Browns make right decision with Hunt, deserves second chance

Eli Solinger, Staff Writer February 27, 2019

Kareem Hunt, former NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, was cut by the team last season after a video surfaced of him kicking a 19–year–old woman. On Monday, Feb. 11, he got a second chance...

Forget your phone, drivers should be focused on road

Forget your phone, drivers should be focused on road

Eve Gershon, Features Editor, Business Manager February 22, 2019

Pretend you’re reading this article. Now, what just happened in the room in front of you down to the last movement? Missed something? Not sure? Maybe you should have been paying attention. It’s the...

Tiger Woods raises his hands in triumph after shooting his final hole. This weekend, Woods won the PGA Tour Championship for the first time since 2013.

Tiger Woods: Back and better than ever

Rosie Frugé, Staff Writer September 26, 2018

With his 80th PGA Tour win last weekend in Atlanta, Tiger Woods is out of his “slump” and is back to playing the golf he was playing years ago. He has not won since 2013, and this was one for the books. Woods...

Serena Williams was assessed three penalties during her U.S. Womens Open final against Naomi Osaka, which lead to her causing an outburst.

Sexism is not the problem, Serena, you are

Preston Hooker, Staff Writer September 11, 2018

Tennis legend Serena Williams made headlines on Saturday, Sep. 8 with her outburst during the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open final versus 20-year-old phenom Naomi Osaka that eventually led to her being fined...

Students were taught from a young age the importance of recycling. Unfortunately, many students at OHS seem to have forgotten the need to protect the environment.

Scrap the trash, put the recycling where it belongs

Eve Gershon, Features Editor April 4, 2018

The lack of recycling at Oxford High School has gone on for long enough. It is time that we make a change and start putting the plastics where they belong. Everyday at school, I watch in dismay as students...

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