Ethan Stec

The Lingua franca of world tunes

May 27, 2022May 22, 2022Ethan Stec

Many people in the KO community immensely enjoy listening to music from outside of their home country, as it spurs their desire to learn more about different cultures, foreign linguistics, and contains that quirky and energetic danceable rhythm. Many Wyverns of Kingswood Oxford believe that music, just like international food, is a classical part of […]

Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhāfī: The venom of the past taints the present

May 27, 2022May 26, 2022Ethan Stec

Today, there are 57 dictatorships in the world. Modern-day tyrants persecute religious groups, rule the nation with military dominance, and engage in corruption that goes as far as enlisting child soldiers. It is important that we realize dictatorships have not ended yet in our world. One tyrant in particular is former Libyan dictator and military […]

KO welcomes Tayari Jones as next year’s Symposium author

May 27, 2022May 25, 2022Ethan Stec

English teacher William Martino is excited to welcome New York Times best-selling author and novelist Tayari Jones as KO’s 2022-2023 Symposium author. Students in next year’s first-semester Symposium class taught by Mr. Martino will uncover Jones’s work through hands-on classroom activities such as creative writing, analysis of her novels, and art projects; the semester will […]