Riiing! The 8 AM morning bell rings and your class slowly quiets. The last hallway stragglers exhaustingly mope into first period, dragging their feet to start another long Thursday. Just one. More. Day. Then,...

If had a dollar for every time I have been asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would be the richest person in Nebraska. On the other hand, if I had a dollar for every time my answer...

Just as students were riding off the high from winter break, they went to their 1st-hour class and were met with a new rule: a phone rule. Specifically, a revised, even more restrictive rule limiting...

It’s the day after a test. We anxiously wait at the beginning of class for our teacher to hand back our tests. After we have just barely received our scores, I can already hear the whispers of questions...

The sound of gunfire echoed in a neighborhood this August, leaving an innocent Uber driver dead. The shooters weren’t hardened criminals but children as young as 11, who had stolen guns from a pawn shop....

A few years ago, my parents were told their children would not amount to anything. Hosting a dinner one Saturday night, they had planned on an evening of relaxation; but during a conversation, a guest...

I gaze at my reflection in the mirror. Stretch marks litter my stomach. I feel eyes drilling holes into my skin. A faint whisper in my ear echoes, “Fat.” I feel as if a black hole sucked me in, and...

As the semester wraps up, a familiar foe returns to haunt students and teachers across MN alike. Choruses of pleas and tears fill the halls as teachers enter final semester grades. And they wouldn’t...

As the Disney theme fills the room with joy, you sit there, enthralled by the magic happening behind the screen. At that moment, life seems far too innocent as a kid. However, beneath the surface of these...

You went to the Eras tour at Arrowhead?  You’re not like one of those crazy Swifties?” I remember hearing these 16 words come out of people’s mouths after I told them about my summer break. It...

         On every legal and public document, my address is written as 15567 Hickory St. This is my house. My place of residence. But what sets this building apart from the next? What makes this place...

The Founding Fathers warned against a two-party system. Our country didn’t listen, and here we are today—a country with a two-party system that is more divided than ever. The Founding Fathers had...