Theresa Lee, Staff Writer
June 3, 2020
Minimized stress? Check. Family time? Check. Free time for myself? Check. At first, quarantine seemed to be a mini-break from school in which I could spend my once demanding weekdays like fun weekends. As the stay-at-home order exten...
Carly Uhlig, Molly Parker, Lifestyle Editor, Opinions Editor
June 1, 2020
We are all struggling to cope with the tragedies and hardships brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic. But, we can find hope through cautious optimism, which means holding excitement for the future while remaining aware of the wo...
Alexandra Chertok, Executive Opinions Editor
June 1, 2020
For most of high school, I dreamed of having an amazing ending to my last cross country season in which I ran my best race ever at the last meet and capped off my perfectly ordinary cross country career with a perfect fairy-tal...
Sophie Sperber, Managing Editor
June 1, 2020
The best advice I’ve ever received is from my sixth-grade teacher:
“Sometimes, you have to kill your babies.”
From the second I picked up a pen and started constructing sentences, I’ve always used too many words...
Megan Fahrney, Executive Sports Editor
June 1, 2020
When I was a kid, I absolutely loved roller coasters.
For what felt like ages, I hovered just below 48 inches tall. If you were a daredevil little kid like me, you’d know that 48 inches was the magic height. Once you got ...
June 1, 2020
It was just another day at a mall in Seoul, South Korea, for one shopper until he was met with complete shock. An elderly woman collapsed in front of him and first responders wearing hazmat suits soon arrived at the scene. This...
Theresa Lee, Staff Writer
June 1, 2020
The teacher surveys the classroom, seeking a student willing to contribute. The same people eagerly raise their hands, plausible solutions scrawled on their notebooks or mentally noted. But there is a twist this time: the teach...
Karina Belotserkovskiy, Editor-at-Large
June 1, 2020
Throughout high school, I’m pretty sure most people I talked to on a regular basis would have sold their souls to maintain a 5.0 GPA for four years.
I did not come close to achieving that.
Now, this isn’t going to be...
Maddie Harris, Executive Lifestyle Editor
June 1, 2020
When I was a freshman, I remember looking at the seniors and thinking, “Wow. Those are some people who’ve got their lives together.”
Now, as a senior, I can say that I certainly do not have my life together. But I’ll ne...
Ellie Pazol, Executive Features Editor
June 1, 2020
I’ve never been the type of person who likes motivational quotes or cliche sayings. In fact, I really dislike them. My mom has this notepad that doubles as a calendar, and each day it has a new inspirational quote. My favorit...
Sophie Sperber, Managing Editor
April 30, 2020
We began our lives surrounded by chaos, brought into a country in shambles. We were born into a society recovering from the disaster of 9/11. It seems like a cruel trick that we exit our youth in the same kind of chaos, this ti...
Haley Sandlow, Opinions Editor
April 19, 2020
You’ve settled into a routine without her. You’ve grown used to her absence, having leftovers from dinner and not having to share your bathroom with another person.
But now she’s back.
She’s not overjoyed to be home, as ...
