Robbie Fraser, Executive Sports Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Déjà vu. It’s supposed to be a fleeting feeling, something that catches your drifting mind for a mere moment in time.
Not on October 28, 2017.
I experienced déjà vu for 80 intense, amazing, horrible minutes. I had spent the entire soccer season with my mind ...
Hope Mailing, Advertising Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Hi there! You want to be the best, right? Me too.
But hold on. Backtrack. What exactly do we mean by, “the best?”
For me, it was the highest ranked title with the most prestige. The one that can fill at least fifteen minutes of family conversat...
Keena Du, Executive Opinions Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
For most of my life I’ve been a Cameron. Afraid to leave safe quarters, always holding back, swallowing all my thoughts and opinions, probably on the road to self-imploding and going berserk. But right now, I feel undeniably Ferris. The hardwood floor of my kitchen shak...
Nina Fridman, Staff Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
High school has turned me into a cranky old man.
Somehow, in just four short years at Glenbrook North, I’ve sped through the entire life cycle at a remarkable pace.
I started freshman year wide-eyed and bright-faced. I ...
Brandon Mankoff, Sports Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
As I reached the peak of a roller coaster, my breathing elevated. As bees swarmed my ankles on a scorching summer day, nausea overtook me. But when I was an underclassman, nothing gave me more fear and anxiety than the anticipat...
Sydney Stumme-Berg, Editor-in-Chief
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
My heart is racing as the waiter approaches our table. My eyes are glued to the menu as it shakes in my hands. With one look at my furrowed brows he says, “I’ll come back in a minute,” and promptly turns to help the next table.
Sweet and savory are facing off in the boxing ring. In on...
Catherine Zhang, Managing Editor
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
On the third day of my freshman year, I walked in on someone peeing. In the men’s bathroom.
I had yet to find my way around school, and I probably should have read the sign outside that would have prevented this debacle. But I was in a desperate rush — a result of being too scared to ask the teacher to leave...
May 24, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Four beeps and you’re in.
A floor-to-ceiling whiteboard full of ideas, computers lined up against the back wall and a gallery of student-made memes highlighting aspects of our production process are all key features of the mysterious publications room.
The reason for this exclusive r...
Isabel Vayser, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Nobody wants to plummet to his or her death.
Even if you are terrified of heights and have sworn off climbing, you need a belay system. We all do.
What is a belay system?
A belay system is designed to keep climbers from falling. If climbers feel unsteady, h...
Jessica Katz and Sophie Sperber, Opinions Editor and Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under OpEd
April 20, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Homemade signs displaying political slogans floated overhead as a sea of advocates flooded Union Park in Chicago to honor lives lost due to gun violence and to call for changes in national gun legislation. Passionate speeches shared firsthand accounts of gun violenc...
Nora Smith, Opinions Editor
April 20, 2018
Filed under OpEd
Now we’re entering the wild outback of the Glenbrook North parking lot. Look, mate! Here comes anotha black Jeep Wranglah! Nasty brutes they are. But what a beaut! Watch as she takes the turn incredibly fast and — crikey! She almost knocked down those fres...