Staff Profile

Jordan Shenhar –– Opinions Editor

When the average person thinks of a list of seemingly impossible tasks, the usual scalingMount Everestor running the Boston Marathon come to mind. For staff members at Inklings, the time may have come for a new addition to that list.

Finding a topic that Jordan Shenhar ’13 doesn’t have an opinion on can be almost as time-consuming as the aforementioned, making it only natural that he is quite excited for his role as an Opinions Editor.

As would be expected, Shenhar is thrilled with the requirements of his new job. “I love being able to read other people’s opinions because then I either agree with them and use their points in my own future arguments or strongly disagree,” he said.

In addition to letting his opinions be known through Inklings, Shenhar holds the position of Director of Public Relations for the Staples chapter of JSA, and he enjoys the opportunity the club provides him to debate against other people about topics he has strong opinions of. Both Shenhar and fellow JSA-er, Inklings Editor-in-Chief Eric Essagof ’12, look forward to renewing their particularly fierce rivalry for another year of what is surely to be intense debating.

Also, Shenhar founded Young Libertarians last year, and this year he is excited for the club to attend their first-ever conference atColumbiaUniversityin October.

In his free time, Shenhar enjoys hanging out with his cousins who also live inWestportand writing articles about anything that he can have an opinion on, as he eloquently put it.

New to the Advanced Journalism course this year, Shenhar is excited to continue his dominance of the opinions genre in addition to trying to branch out into other topics.

The Calm without the Storm: Why Stress-Free Works for Me.

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
April 12, 2012

SAT Question of the Day: Which word most accurately describes my college process, my life that should be dominated by stress and the dreaded SATs and ACTs and GPA and stress and college visits and Naviance stalking and stress and extracurricular-padding and common apps and early decisions and... Read More

April 11, 2012 | A Taste of Irony

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
April 11, 2012

11:45 a.m. On Wednesday, and every other day this week, the cafeteria served sausage and pepperoni pizza on matzah bread in order to accomodate Jewish students keeping kosher for Passover. However, Jewish dietary law prohibits mixing dairy and red meat in the same meal and considers all... Read More

Popping Pills: Drugs Behind the Counter

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
March 28, 2012

They know it’s wrong. They know it’s dangerous. They know it’s illegal. They do it anyway. But these dealers lurk just outside the framework of conventional morality. They illegally sell legal substances, known more for study aid than mind-altering recreation. And Staples students... Read More

March 2, 2012 | Multitasking

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
March 2, 2012

12:30 p.m. English teacher Alex Miller chats with Stephen Colodny ’13 while grading papers and monitoring the auditorium area on a quiet Friday afternoon. A group of students lounges by the doors in the background.

Bring Back “Merry Christmas”

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
December 21, 2011

Last weekend, I experienced a miracle. A store employee in New York City said “Merry Christmas!” to me. Not “Happy Holidays!” Not “Season’s Greetings!” I’m Jewish. The store was a Jewish deli. And yes, it was a Christmas miracle. In the oversensitive world we live in, Christmas-related... Read More

Winter Sports Teams Participate in Charity

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
November 22, 2011

Although snow days, Christmas, and mid-afternoon sunsets are still far on the horizon, winter sports teams are already starting to join together and warm up. Before the first practices or games, each team has to raise money or awareness for a charity cause of its choice, and several teams have... Read More

Nov. 18, 2011 | More Cans for Candlelight

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
November 18, 2011

2:30 p.m. About a week after the Orphenians put their “Cans for Candlelight” box in the front of the building, the Staples community had already donated enough canned goods to fill an entire box. The second Cans for Candlelight box alrady has several cans in it. The Candlelight... Read More

Oct. 14, 2011 | Smooth Jazz

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
October 14, 2011

3:30 p.m. Jazz pianist Danny Pravder ’12 practices a piece before playing for Live from the Media Lab. His performance is scheduled to be recorded at 4 p.m., with vocals provided by Kiana Khozein ’13.

Reverse Stockholm Syndrome: Why Global Themes Might Not Be So Bad After All

Jordan Shenhar, Opinions Editor
September 29, 2011

I’ll never forget my only late nights of freshman year. Whether it was cramming for a Western Humanities test or putting the finishing touches on our most important paper of the quarter, my social studies class was the source of all my panic attacks and undue amounts of stress. There was... Read More