Karina Belotserkovskiy, Editor-at-Large
December 13, 2019
I was once voted “Most Likely to End Up Homeless After My Dreams Don’t Come True After College.”
By a landslide.
I was awarded this superlative at the end of freshman year by my classmates in the Academy of International Studies, a program oriented towards English, social studies and foreign language — in...
Theresa Lee, Staff Writer
December 13, 2019
Snap. Select. Edit. Post.
From festive birthday outings to gorgeous vacation photoshoots, most social media users update followers on life events “worthy” of attention. The pursuit of a polished profile compels users to edit an...
Sarah Boeke, Opinions Editor
December 13, 2019
Take a ride in my car any day after Oct. 1 and expect to hear holiday music blasting on full volume. From the lights hanging in my room to the gingerbread cookies baking in my oven, it’s clear that when winter rolls around, I ...
December 13, 2019
Take a look in the mirror. Notice your hair color, eye color and height.
What if we told you that someone on the other side of the globe was looking at you, too? Not just observing your physical attributes, but also using your soc...
Natalie Sandlow, Staff Writer
December 13, 2019
As soon as the last piece of candy is handed out on Halloween, people race to their basements and attics to bring out their holiday decorations. Once set up, the lights are blinding, the music is deafening and it’s like the ...
Alexandra Chertok, Executive Opinions Editor
November 8, 2019
My fingers paused above the keyboard as I filled out the section for awards earned in extracurricular activities on a college application. I considered putting that by the end of high school, I will earn the 12-Season Athlete Award. However, as I thought about it more, I realized it isn’t so much an award...
Ellie White, News Editor
November 8, 2019
Recently, I’ve gotten into makeup. I’m awful at it. Thankfully there’s an entire internet full of tutorials from beauty gurus to help. However, you can’t have makeup gurus without one thing: makeup scandals.
The really good, juicy, "break the internet" type of scandal usually goes something...
Carly Uhlig, Lifestyle Editor
November 8, 2019
It has been over a year since the day I walked out to my car in the Glenbrook North parking lot to find that a swastika had been keyed into the driver’s side back door. I was broken inside.
The offense occurred hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the holy Jewish Day of Atonement.
Had I b...
Theresa Lee, Staff Writer
November 8, 2019
At first glance, my family’s Thanksgiving dinner table brims with the usual American favorites: a bowl of creamy mashed potatoes, a pitcher of brown gravy, yams topped with marshmallows, seasoned green beans, canned cranber...
November 8, 2019
With the hype around other schools’ homecomings going viral on social media, you may have walked into school on Tuesday, the start of Homecoming Week, expecting students to be bundled up in their warm and cozy pajamas.
On Wednesday, you may have arrived bubbling with excitement, hoping to see stu...
Shane Landon Olson, Editor-in-Chief
September 27, 2019
Meet Bob.
Bob lives in an alternate universe where the entire education system is based on one object: skateboards.
From kindergarten to second grade, Bob played with little plastic skateboards along with the rest of his classmates. He rolled them around o...
Haley Sandlow, Opinions Editor
September 27, 2019
In light of the Homecoming dance rapidly approaching, allow me to recount a story I once heard. The series of events that follow are all true, but names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved. Allow me to ...
