Gillian Redstone, Staff Writer
March 3, 2017
ZeeMee, a social media app for college admissions officers to learn more about applicants, was brought into creation by a high school teacher at the time for at-risk students. He believed that there was much more to his stude...
Liza McMahon, Staff Writer
February 3, 2017
With its heavy presence on social media feeds, Sawada Coffee, located in the West Loop of Chicago, has become a magnet for suburban teenagers looking to make their Instagrams “artsy.” The photogenic lattes and doughnuts f...
Ben Jutzi, News Editor
February 3, 2017
With only the light from a lamp on his nightstand, senior Jake Haage sits working in his room. The clock reads 3:00 a.m., but the upcoming release of his new album, “Sequence,” ranks higher in his mind than sleep.
“Being...
Lucia Bosacoma, Opinions Editor
December 9, 2016
In sixth grade art class, junior Natalie Poklop watched as the teacher transformed a ball of clay into a pot on the pottery wheel. Unsatisfied with only decorating it, she was anxious to try shaping a piece of pottery on a wh...
Lindsey Masterman, Katie Fitzpatrick, Executive Lifestyle Editor, Features Editor
November 4, 2016
Bits of gold confetti burst out of the rafters, drifting around beaming freshman Laura Bretan. Her first live performance had just ended, culminating when judge Mel B hit the golden buzzer at the end of her audition, sending B...
Natan Shayevich, Features editor
November 4, 2016
Senior Dylan Rose never expected to win the early adopter contest for Google Glass, so when he got an e-mail saying he was one of 8,000 people selected to buy the glasses before their official release, he was overjoyed. However, ...
Lindsey Masterman, Executive Lifestyle Editor
September 30, 2016
Stepping into the one-room, dirt-floor shack that “Mama Theresa” took great pride in, I was ravished with guilt when I looked around and thought of what this home was like before its additions of a wooden table, refurbi...
Kelly Johnson and Liza McMahon, Page Editors
June 1, 2016
Ben Zhao, Features Editor
June 1, 2016
As he began to prepare an act for the 2013 Variety Show, alumnus Ryan Goldsher (‘15) decided to learn impressions for the first time.
“The [2013 Variety Show] act, the first time I ever performed impressions, was a sort of summer project,” said Goldsher. “I dared myself to learn as man...
