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Fort seniors steal a quick glance at the solar eclipse.
Fort Hamilton Students Watch Solar Eclipse in Awe
Fort Alumni Association Inducts Alumni into Hall of Fame
Fort Alumni Association Inducts Alumni into Hall of Fame
​​The Law Team Celebrates End of Another Season
​​The Law Team Celebrates End of Another Season
A shirt spotted in a storefront window pokes fun at the severity of the earthquake.
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes New York
Act Out members strike a pose after their makeup tutorial.
Drag Story Hour Returns to Fort Hamilton
Fort’s Black Student Union Hosts Another Black History Month Performance
Fort’s Black Student Union Hosts Another Black History Month Performance
The Hidden Story of Dune
The Hidden Story of Dune
Why have movie musicals pulled the plug on the music in their trailers?
Why have movie musicals pulled the plug on the music in their trailers?
Fort Ends 2023 with Annual Winter Concert
Fort Ends 2023 with Annual Winter Concert
Forts Talent Show Returns
Fort’s Talent Show Returns
Lacrosse Girls Off to Auspicious Start Under New Coaches
Lacrosse Girls Off to Auspicious Start Under New Coaches
Student Athlete Profile: Hudson Pepper
Student Athlete Profile: Hudson Pepper
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Fort Soars
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Fort Soars
Fort Bowling Phenom Takes City Title
Fort Bowling Phenom Takes City Title
Fort Football Team Headed in the Right Direction
Fort Football Team Headed in the Right Direction
Design Pics, Getty Images.
Starcatcher: Preparing for Exams!
Virtual Enterprise: Business, Technology, and You
Virtual Enterprise: Business, Technology, and You
Image by Yura Park.
New Digital SAT & Revived Testing Requirements Recenter Role of Standardized Testing
Stefania Bevilacqua: Fort Hamilton Requests, She Copies
Stefania Bevilacqua: Fort Hamilton Requests, She Copies
DEEP DIVE: Why do Girl Scout Cookies have such a hold on us?
DEEP DIVE: Why do Girl Scout Cookies have such a hold on us?
Coprid, Getty Images.
The Case Against Standardized Testing in a Post-Pandemic World
Anthony Wallace, Gettys Images.
Op-Ed: South Korea’s (justified) Spring of Strikes
How Necessary is Homework for K-12 Students?
Not All Activities Should Be Resume Builders
Milk Everywhere and Not a Drop of Water to Spare

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Vernon Demir, Writer, Columnist

Vernon Demir is a junior at Fort Hamilton High School. He's been a member of The Pilot since his sophomore year. In his free time, he enjoys reading (his favorite book is the Autobiography of Assata Shakur) and planning lessons for his club, Students for Peace.

All content by Vernon Demir
​​The Law Team Celebrates End of Another Season

​​The Law Team Celebrates End of Another Season

Vernon Demir
May 9, 2024
Act Out members strike a pose after their makeup tutorial.

Drag Story Hour Returns to Fort Hamilton

Vernon Demir
May 9, 2024
Anthony Wallace, Gettys Images.

Op-Ed: South Korea’s (justified) Spring of Strikes

Vernon Demir
May 9, 2024
Fort’s Black Student Union Hosts Another Black History Month Performance

Fort’s Black Student Union Hosts Another Black History Month Performance

Vernon Demir
May 9, 2024
Forts Talent Show Returns

Fort’s Talent Show Returns

Vernon Demir
February 15, 2024

South Korea’s Increasing Radicalization

Vernon Demir
February 15, 2024
Image of a completed zine that members of Act Out completed.

Act Out Acts to Educate

Vernon Demir
December 5, 2023

148 Days of Striking: The Summer of Strikes and the WGA

Vernon Demir
November 30, 2023
Improv activities such as the one depicted above at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois were done during the Improv Team competitions.

Fort’s Improv Team Starts Strong

Vernon Demir
June 25, 2023
People protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court to Rule on Affirmative Action

Vernon Demir, Writer
May 1, 2023
A crowd in Tallahassee protests Gov. Ron DeSantis’s rejection of the AP African American Studies course. Photo by Alicia Devine/The Tallahassee Democrat via AP

Op-Ed: College Board’s Troubling History with Racism

Vernon Demir, Writer
March 16, 2023
Professor Gang Chen is a mechanical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by Tony Luong/New York Times.

The Sinophobia behind the “China Initiative”

Vernon Demir, Writer
March 16, 2023
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