That Saturday night party, the history test and the concert everyone went to on Friday consume my thoughts as I walk through South. Not because I was there, but because that loud small talk fills the hallways. The classroom cha...
Ever wonder why childhood stars like Lindsay Lohan and Michael Jackson end up falling into drug addiction, rehab or just straight-up craziness? Well, it’s really not that complex: kids aren’t meant to grow up in the spotlight.
Yet,...
Unless you have been living under a rock at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, you’ve seen or at the very least heard tidbits of the Lollapalooza line up or its rapid ticket sales. If you’re now thinking “Lollapa-whaa?”...
Sex. The word you never want to hear your parents say. The word that makes you cringe when your teacher says it. It’s the word that’s passed through scandalous hallway gossip like wildfire.
We’ve learned a lot throughout...
Whenever the light shines on my once pure white bedroom walls, I think about how tacky they look with old sticky tape marks blotched all over them.
Those tape marks once held mega-sized posters of top-chart celebrities anywher...
The term polygamy sparks discomfort from most in mainstream society. It’s hard to imagine that people who believe marriage should be shared between more than two partners have anything in common with our culture.
Sons of ...
Pinch me, I’m dreaming.
It seems silly when you really think about it. There’s this feeling you have when you’re experiencing reality and it doesn’t require a pinch to confirm. But what if that feeling was your eve...
Why the hell do we go to college?
Of course there is always the noble (and mildly dishonest) minority that say the purpose of higher learning institutions is to gain an education that will enrich our lives. But the majority...
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” has become a common phrase in the last few years, but do the three R’s only apply to garbage?
Studios have always tried recycling their tried-and-true characters in sequels, but the more recent...
Drenched in designer duds ranging from a Louis Vuitton skullcap to a jewel-encrusted vintage Piaget “tennis watch”, André Leon Talley, contributing editor for Vogue magazine, embodies the notorious side of fashion, a side w...
A few weeks out of the year you’ll find that it’s incredibly easy to spot me in the hallways. It occurs in mid to late February, before the State swimming meet. My hair becomes bleached a light yellow that can hurt your eyes...
A documentary that will capture your interest is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a tale about the underground street art community. Directed by Banksy (a perpetually-masked street artist), Exit follows the life of Thierry Guetta (a...
