“What is the most important physical object in your life?” Weird question. At the beginning of this semester I was tasked with making a “get to know you” slideshow for one of my classes....

As a lifelong musician, I never expected myself to be drawn to journalism.  Yet, when I was a freshman and first picked up my school’s newspaper, I was fascinated—I had never read a real newspaper...

Freshman year, adults will ask you how you are liking high school. Sophomore year, they ask you if you are thinking about college yet. Junior year, they ask you if you are looking at college yet. And senior...

I recently discovered why I love photography so much, and it changed my life. At South, I focused so heavily on my achievements that I didn’t need to confront my conflicts. I never followed any code...

Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth of July, St. Patrick’s Day, and New Year’s Eve. If I were to create a league for the best holidays, this would be my starting lineup. When sharing this with people in...

As the final Thanksgiving scraps get eaten and the snow begins to pile up, we officially enter the holiday season of Christmas, Hanukkah, and the countless other December holidays.  To commemorate...

The other day as I was scrolling through the endless apps on my phone, it hit me. I'm logged into more subscription services than I can even remember using. I’m on my family's shared accounts like Netflix,...

When I was younger, the mall was one of my favorite places to go to.  I loved how I could just spend my time there without an exact goal, simply existing there with my friends. When I went back last...

Sitting on my grandpa’s lap, I read him a story I wrote on my school iPad. It was set in an apocalyptic world with my last savior being a runaway spaceship.  He chuckled, surprised, yet pleased by...

Earlier this week, I opened my front door and walked out to my car to find frost covering my windshield.  The first scrape of the season is always the worst. Just last week I was blasting the air conditioning...

Each second in swimming matters, each pound lifted, each yard trained, and every breath taken. Still after every hard week in the chlorine, I wonder why it matters to me if that hard work isn’t recognized.  Swimming,...

It happens every year, without fail. We often find ourselves picturing our homecoming parties going exactly as planned, but by the time plans are finalized, we realize our beautiful, shiny vision of a...