If you had the option to do something, but the risk of a negative result is 72%, is it logical for you to partake in this activity? Almost certainly not. That statistic means that nearly three times out...

Fire crackles in hearths and eggnog flows to the sound of laughter in the kitchen, but there’s someone missing from the holiday celebrations. In a back room, a member of the LGBTQ+ community is  pacing,...

 Millions of united voices are singing the same song. The untimely murders of James Scurlock (22, Omaha, NE), Elijah McClain (23, Aurora, CO), Breonna Taylor (26, Louisville, KY), and recently the attempted...

While the global pandemic has perhaps permanently altered our lives, the debate surrounding the continuation of sports continues. Being put in the middle of the pandemic, the student body...

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss sitting in an art classroom surrounded by my creative peers and their incredible artwork. Collecting my materials and getting started on a project was something...

Senior Taylor Goodrich remembers the laminated posters tacked on the walls of her elementary school declaring the classroom a safe space. Following the arrest of Goodrich’s former English teacher Andrew...

My freshman self wouldn’t like the person I am today. Honestly, if she and I met, I don’t think I’d enjoy her company either. Although most details of my first day of high school are a blur, key...

Closure. It’s something we all strive for; it helps us get to the acceptance stage as we cycle through the five stages of grief. Whether it’s closure in a relationship or a job, a little bit is all...

The coronavirus has taken away many of the things I was looking forward to this year like spring sports and prom. I’ve adapted to life in quarantine pretty well, but what has been tough for me to adapt...

Before practically everything closed, I knew the Coronavirus was serious, but I didn’t yet grasp the effects that it would have on the economy, my family, and sports.  It was a normal Wednesday night...

When I first played “Boys Will Be Boys” off of Dua Lipa’s latest album, I misinterpreted her brisk, foot-tapping intro as a sign that the track would be a typical song about female empowerment. While...

Two weeks before his daughter’s eighth birthday, Zhang Lijian was lying in an ICU bed, trying to send his wife a WeChat message.  Due to Zhang Lijian’s high-status job as a professor at a prestigious...