Gigi Cepeda, asst. opinions editor December 16, 2016
With each passing day, it seems like our country’s divisions grow deeper and deeper. Nov. 8 left many of us with tears of joy or fear, screams of victory or protest, words of calm or dispute. For better...
Jonathan Lee, co opinions editor December 16, 2016
BRRRNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eh, I really don’t want to wake up. I slept for four hours, and I have to finish the rest of my homework. Alright, time to get…
BRRRNNNNGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really!? 5:30, OK,...
Milestones make up each and every birthday, whether it be entering the double digits of age at 10 or stepping into the jungle of high school at 14. But what’s 17’s milestone? Nothing. Seventeen years...
Anushka Kalra, assistant news editor December 16, 2016
Tradition and teenagers usually do not go hand in hand. However, for teenage immigrants, traditions take on a more important role in our lives. For me, traditions are a way to connect with my culture...
When I went on a college visit recently and stayed overnight, one of the girls who stayed in the same room as me was quiet, high-pitched when she did speak and overweight. Almost instinctually, I neglected...
It’s 10:00 p.m. and you still have to study for two tests, write a paper and finish math homework. When you check your phone, you see that forecasted snow will probably create a very cold wait for the...
As I crossed Japanese customs in the summer of 2013 on my way to visit my best friend, Mio, I immediately entered my own version of Where’s Waldo? Except, instead of readers scrambling for hours to find...
Women hold up half the sky. This ancient Chinese proverb may seem obvious, but the reality of our lives is that gender inequality in society makes it feel like women have a smaller, less powerful role...
An auditorium quiet enough to hear a pin drop, dimmed lights, a nearly bare stage with just a regal casket and the Union Jack hanging from the ceiling. Three men in military uniforms followed by two women...
The circle of life: a common phrase not intended to mean your personal life has to spin endlessly in a monotonous and trying series of repetitive motions and scheduled irrelevancies. And yet, here we are!
On...
I had been throwing up for about seven minutes in a shrub covered ditch that served as the side of a parking lot. It was an unusually cold and cloudy September day back in 2010.
My mother asked, “Are...
“We are now on a hard lockdown.” The weight of Principal Lauren Fagel’s words immediately froze the school atmosphere. The next instant, I could see the genuine terror in some of the students’...
