A senior of the class of 2020 at Xavier, Alexander Pralea is an avid member of the Kestrel. Additionally, Alex is a member of the tennis team, as well as the math team, the engineering team, and Envirothon. On the Kestrel, Alex hopes to increase viewership by writing controversial articles that question the status quo and go against the grain, especially in regards to the relationship between scientific advancement and societal trends. By focusing on hot-button environmental and political issues, Alex will challenge readers' preconceived notions. Still, Alex will eschew his serious side from time to time through his satire articles, which, beyond their humorous facade, convey important messages.
Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-Chief
| May 05, 2020 | My Advice to Future and Current Students: Hopefully Not Clickbait? (Story) |
| Apr 30, 2020 | Four Years Gone (Story) |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Liminality: Confessions of a Senior (Story) |
| Feb 28, 2020 | A Prayer a Day Keeps the Doctor Away? (Story) |
| Jan 02, 2020 | What I Wish I Had Known about College Admissions (Story) |
| Dec 25, 2019 | When the Facts Don’t Agree With Your Opinions: Social Psychology and Sociobiology in Today’s World (Story) |
| Nov 22, 2019 | We Need to Start Caring More about New Mothers (Story) |
| Oct 27, 2019 | Education’s Struggle against Critical Thinking (Story) |
| Oct 19, 2019 | Putting a Price on the Priceless (Story) |
| Oct 02, 2019 | Challenging the Culture of Biomedicine (Story) |
| Sep 29, 2019 | How Charles Darwin Revolutionized the World (Story) |
| Sep 15, 2019 | From Endosymbiosis to Horizontal Gene Transfer: Has Scientific Research Uprooted Darwin’s Tree? (Story) |
| Apr 27, 2019 | Sustainability: Necessary and Feasible (Story) |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Science and Politics: A Difficult Relationship (Story) |
| Mar 28, 2019 | We Need to Start Talking about Our Oceans (Story) |
| Mar 01, 2019 | The Yemeni Civil War: How Many More Lives is Too Many? (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Post-Truth Epidemic Grips Nation (Story) |
| Feb 04, 2019 | Football’s Flaws (Story) |
| Jan 21, 2019 | How to Get Your Aspiring Five-Year-Old into Harvard: (Story) |
| Dec 18, 2018 | Idiopathic Schoolitis – The Truth Behind the Silent Killer (Story) |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Changing an Anti-Science Culture (Story) |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Baby Killing or Termination of Pregnancy? Loaded Language in Our World (Story) |
| Oct 14, 2018 | Zebra Mussels: A Warning Tale (Story) |
| Oct 04, 2018 | A Mystery in the World of Television (Story) |
| Aug 29, 2018 | The Ten Commandments of Success – Advice for Incoming Freshmen (Story) |
| May 06, 2018 | Glioblastoma: Developing a Treatment (Story) |
| Apr 24, 2018 | Putting Prepositions at the End of Sentences: A Stylistic Choice or an Error? (Story) |
| Apr 02, 2018 | Extinction: The Story of the Northern White Rhino (Story) |
| Nov 30, 2017 | Why Students Must Attend College to Access their Spiritual Side (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Why Do People Believe Halloween Is So Scary? (Story) |
| Oct 30, 2017 | How the Paleolithic Diet Can Change Your Life Forever (Story) |
| Oct 26, 2017 | How Using Drawboard PDF Can Make You More Efficient (Story) |
| Oct 05, 2017 | A Look Into the Ad Campaign (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2017 | XNN Merger (Story) |
| Mar 30, 2017 | How Eliminating Education Would Change Xavier for the Better (Story) |
| Mar 21, 2017 | The Oscars: One Big Oops (Story) |
| Feb 14, 2017 | The First Ever Pink Basketball Game (Story) |
| Jan 18, 2017 | Mr. Giglio – Xavier’s New Teacher (Story) |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Cubs End 108 Year Drought (Story) |
| Nov 03, 2016 | One stop shop: Your quick guide to helping others (Story) |