It’s hard to believe that in less than two months, the Class of 2021 will be done with their high school careers. I remember my first day of freshman year looking towards the future and thinking senior...
On August 14, 2017, I stepped into MN for the first time as a student. I thought to myself that four years of high school seemed like an eternity, and then I blinked my eyes and I’m a few weeks short...
The descriptor “intense” and I have an interesting relationship. For four years, I have walked through MN with a purpose, always intent to reach my final destination, whether it be my calculus class...
There’s a lot I wish I could tell my younger self: do not get bangs, stop investing all my savings in DuctTape, and maybe spend less time planning my wedding with Zayn Malik. But if I had one thing to...
The year was 1989. Jessie Armstead sat in the Loews Anatole Hotel banquet hall in Dallas, Texas. The future five-time Pro Bowler had a big decision to make as the ball cap belonging to his future college...
Across the U.S., a record number of 160 million Americans filled out their ballots, and even more obsessively checked the electoral map, watching as each state lit up either blue or red.
Unfortunately,...
You're sitting at a lunch table waiting for your friends to join you. You can't help but overhear the conversation of the table next to you. A girl is complaining to her friend about her math teacher,...
“Get on the line.” My stomach drops. I can already feel the ache in my lungs from the running I know is coming. Immediately, I started to analyze what wasn’t good enough in my team’s performance,...
English. Math. Science. Core classes are the basis of our education and dominate our school days. As we progress through high school, many feel trapped by the expectation to succeed in these core classes.
And...
I have tough skin, as evident by the fact that I willingly chose to work at Starbucks for my first job. I can deal with harsh words and cruel comments, but there is one thing that rips right through my...
As a therapist’s daughter, I’m no stranger to divulging my feelings. Whether in the makeup aisle at Ulta or during family dinner, my mother, lovingly, asks, “Are you okay?” And to be honest, I’m...
Body image has without a doubt been a problem in American society, but the pervasiveness and the severity of the issue only recently became apparent to me after a conversation with my close friend Josie...
