On April 1, 2023, a bill drafted by Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson went into place. This bill makes “adult cabaret” performances by topless, go-go or exotic dancers, strippers or male / female impersonators illegal, but you probably know it as the bill that is said to prevent dragContinue Reading
On March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) fell into a liquidity crisis, ending its 40-year run in just 48 hours. Since SVB had $2 billion in unknown losses in the treasury portfolio, the bank was forced to raise capital but entered into a bank run when customers took out depositsContinue Reading
With Pace Academy’s Class of 2023 time at High School coming to an end, students will attend Universities all over the world. The Class of 2023 will see 14 student-athletes attend athletic programs. Here is the list of student-athletes and what schools they will be attending as well as whatContinue Reading
Once it was time to leave for the prom, students piled onto the various buses with their chaperones. They departed towards the venue of the night: King Plow in West Midtown. Students finally got to see what their “Knight in Paradise” would entail. Walking into a large, open venue, studentsContinue Reading
KN: We’ll just start off with questions. Can y’all each go through and explain your favorite memory at Pace or the Knightly News? JW: I have one. Mines gotta be my first year every day I would sit at the back of the classroom with Niko, and we would alwaysContinue Reading
After an eventful GAP week, the Class of 2023 officially wrapped up their last day of school on Apr. 28. Monday, Apr. 24, was bring your pet to school day. Dogs crowded the tent and left fragments of dog poop scattered around the Pace campus. Tuesday was alter ego day.Continue Reading
The Pace Drama Club performed the show “Something Rotten” on Apr. 20 through 22 with the Director of Fine Arts Sean Bryan as the musical director. Mr. Bryan explained, “The play is a comedy that takes place in the Elizabethan age, and it’s really an homage to musical theater. ThereContinue Reading
Pace Academy spring sports teams have once again completed a wide range of very successful seasons. From girls’ tennis to boys’ lacrosse, there were impressive seasons all across the board, including many region championships, every team making the state playoffs, and multiple final-four appearances. The boys’ and girls’ soccer teamsContinue Reading
The world has been saddened by the recent school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. This horrific event resulted in the death of three students who were just nine years of age, named Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, in addition to three faculty members, named MikeContinue Reading
With the commencement of 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A) officially removed the in-person requirement when obtaining mifepristone, a drug that blocks a hormone necessary for pregnancy development. According to The New York Times, prescribing physicians previously dispensed mifepristone directly to the patient, at specific clinics or hospitals. ButContinue Reading
As artificial intelligence develops further and increases its capabilities, the technology has received tremendous backlash over the past year. One of the uses for AI has been widely criticized in particular – AI art. New programs like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney use AI to generate art from short word prompts,Continue Reading
This past Sunday, China reopened its land and sea borders for the first time in three years. China’s 1.4 billion inhabitants can finally see their friends and family again. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, China has followed a zero-COVID policy. In order to minimize the numberContinue Reading
KN: Describe your daily routine. Mr. Wescott: Depends on the time of year as to what’s going on. But I probably have a meeting at 8:30am. It could be with seniors, like yourselves, talking about upcoming release dates. It could be planning a strategy on what’s going on. It couldContinue Reading