Harvard University

“We need you to throw bombs.” It was a rather unorthodox way of telling me to write something controversial. With the deadline of our first issue rapidly approaching, the Co-Editors-in-Chief of my high school newspaper wanted to do something special, to set a precedent. Readership was the priority, and our best shot of increasing it was through the publication of a wide variety of eye-catching topics: the pervasive alcohol problem, the sexist dress code, and, of course, what would later be my opinion piece on our suburb’s diversity, or rather lack thereof. But I’m sure the newspaper teacher…