What are primary elections and caucuses?
Erin McCormick and Sonia Samantaroy
March 25, 2020
*This article was intended for publication in our March print issue, which will no longer be distributed due to Covid-19 school closures. Presidential primary elections and caucuses are part of the process for nominating candidates for United States presidential elections. In primary elections, voters cast their votes in private. A caucus, a...
In-Depth: Netflix’s “Sex Education” invites comparison to US sex education programs
Bridget Levesque and Katie Bartlett
March 25, 2020
*This article was intended for publication in our March print issue, which will no longer be distributed due to Covid-19 school closures. Let's Talk About It... The Netflix series “Sex Education,” which aims to de-stigmatize the topic of sex, just aired its second successful season, prompti...
Trump administration adjusts Obama’s public school lunch policies
Jordan Roller, Features Editor
March 25, 2020
*This article was intended for publication in our March print issue, which will no longer be distributed due to Covid-19 school closures. The Trump administration is rolling back several regulations placed on the food served at public schools, which will provide schools with more flexibility wh...
Dear Madison
March 12, 2020
Dear Madison Community, Due to the speculation of school closures in the near future due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The Hawk Talk has decided to not distribute a print cycle in the upcoming month. Instead, we will be posting the planned articles here online. Please share our link (www.warhawknews.c...
Super Tuesday and a Recap on Biden’s Big Win
Caroline Scheider-Williams, Online Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign pulled off a major upset in the Democratic primary elections on March 3, also known as “Super Tuesday”. “Super Tuesday” is objectively the most important day for party nominees when running for president, as it typically indicates who will get a party...
Mookie Betts Heading Out West
Ethan deBorja, Digest Editor
February 28, 2020
Mookie on the move? Yes, you heard right. Star outfielder Mookie Betts has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for young outfielder Alex Verdugo and two other prospects. On Feb. 11, 2020, the trade was officially announced. Mookie is not the only one headed to L.A., Cy Young winner David ...
Five Simple Acts That Can Help Save the World
Aida Araia, Business Manager
February 26, 2020
Our environment is in ruins, there is no secret about that, but what are we doing to help it? Unfortunately, we’re not doing much. However, if we all individually contributed with simple acts, we could make a huge difference. In this case, the key is power in numbers. As a plus, it doesn’t require...
Super Bowl LIV Commercials Ranked
Jillian Geib, Community Editor
February 20, 2020
The Superbowl—the one night of the year when people enjoy watching the commercials. If you are anything like me, the entertainment value of these hysterical advertisements dominates that of the game and sometimes even the halftime show (looking at you Adam Levine). Though we can all agree that this year...
Tackling Gender Roles in Football
Mia Pisani, Lifestyle Editor
January 22, 2020
On the freshman football team of 60 people, 59 are boys. Paige Counts (’23) is the only girl in the Madison football program, and while most high school female football players are kickers, Counts is a defensive tackle. Along with lacrosse and other sports, Counts has been playing football for y...
Top Ten Throwback Songs You Need to Add to Your Playlist before 2020
Jillian Geib, Community Editor
December 12, 2019
In a world full of synthetic pop and vulgar rap music, throwing a couple of classic throwback songs into your Spotify queue can be rather refreshing. But what exactly does a “throwback song” mean? Considering that the current high school student was born sometime between 2001 and 2005, this list incl...
Cross-Curricular Program Piloted with Freshman Students
Trish Truong and Rachel Schlueter
December 6, 2019
This past summer, three Madison teachers designed a brand new curriculum for a program that would approach teaching and learning in a new and non-traditional style in order to better equip their freshmen students with skills they could use beyond their high school careers. This program is called the Cros...
Why We Should Warm Up to the 4.0 Scale
Aida Araia, Business Manager
December 4, 2019
Madison has taken a grand step forward in regards to its grading scale, as I’m sure most students have noticed. In the hopes of making grading more equitable for students, Madison has slowly been replacing the old 100-point grading scale with a new 4.0 grading scale. The transition is supposed to b...
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