How CTE continues to be treated

Benjamin Spiegelman, Sports Editor

The sport of football has gained the reputation of being violent and has always been dominated by muscular men. One of the main characteristics in football is the act of tackling, which can lead to many concussions. The disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is the consequence of repeated blows to the head in sports like football. When CTE was discovered by the Nigerian-...

May 28, 2017 • No Comments

Panthers win the Class 9A Regional Championship

Thomas Martinez, Online Editor-in-Chief

Survive and advance, they did. Panther baseball beat the Coral Gables Cavaliers in the Class 9A regional finals at Coral Reef Park today, 3-1, to advance to next week’s...

May 23, 2017 • No Comments

Countdown to Graduation Day 3: Graduation Speakers prepare for the big stage

Mia Zaldivar, Design Editor

On June 5, 2017, Miami Palmetto Senior High’s graduating class of 2017 will become Panther alumni at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami. Nostalgia will saturate the seats as several notable speeches will be presented that morning. Following Palmetto graduation traditions, speeches from Student Council President, Jonathan Roth, Senior Class president, Natalia...

May 29, 2017 • No Comments

ICYMI: Former U.S. Surgeon General urges Palmetto students to combat e-cigarette usage

Marlowe Starling, Editor-in-Chief of The Panther

On Thursday, May 18, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy walked down the aisle of the Miami Palmetto Senior High auditorium amidst a roar of applause from students ...

May 21, 2017 • No Comments

Graduation Day: Every Which Way to College: the Non-Traditional Routes

Kalia Richardson, News Editor

One way ticket, please. When studying abroad, a single plane ride takes someone to anywhere they desire, leaving behind the American culture they’ve come prone to over the years. A journey so vast has a substantial purpose. For senior Fiona Stoerrdequeiro, home lies in Osnabrueck, Germany (Though born in Brazil, she moved to Germany at three). Stoerrdequeiro plans to...

June 5, 2017 • No Comments

Countdown to Graduation Day 7: Easy-to-Forget Dorm Room Essentials

June 3, 2017 • No Comments

Is this generation overly sensitive?

Camila Myers and Mia Zaldivar

This face-off was originally slated to be posted in our recently published issue of our publication but due to a printing error, the wrong article was published instead. Here is Issue 8's face-off, with Insight Editor, Camila Myers, arguing that our generation is too sensitive to criticism and Design Editor, Mia Zaldivar, presenting a counterargument. Yes: The curre...

June 6, 2017 • No Comments

Countdown to Graduation Day 7: Doomsday has arrived – time to switch teams!

Marlowe Starling, Editor-in-Chief of The Panther

For those of us sports fans, the most dreaded day of our lives is not the day we start paying taxes, not the day we sit in purgatory and not even the first time we get fired -- it is the day we must come to terms with our adult decisions and realize that college will force us to switch team loyalties. Ouch! It seems hard to believe that after rooting for a particular...

June 4, 2017 • No Comments

Leap of faith

Remy Farkas, Editor-in-Chief of The Panther

We have reached the final quarter of the final year of high school. These last nine weeks consist of countless decisions and a sense of excitement combined with nostalgia. The t...

March 31, 2017 • No Comments

Thomas Perez: A Disappointing Appointment

Attila Dos Santos, Staff Writer

If boredom and stale, unsuccessful politics had a face, it would be that of former Labor Secretary under President Obama and newly appointed leader of the Democratic party ...

February 27, 2017 • No Comments