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Homeschooling provides appreciation for learning

Karina Benson, co a&e editor
March 15, 2019

I vividly remember my first day of third grade. I remember waking up as soon as my alarm went off at 6:30 a.m. and I remember walking into my parents’ bedroom five minutes later with my backpack already...

Illustration by Erin Zhou

Desire to remain likeable suffocates opinions, hinders progress

Lizzie Garvey, co-opinions editor
March 15, 2019

Last year, in the wake of the Sutherland Springs, Texas and Las Vegas shootings, I decided I wanted to write a column about gun control. I was new to the opinions section and column writing, and I had...

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Aquaman keeps DC Films afloat

Caylie Jeruchimowitz, asst. opinions editor
February 8, 2019

From Man of Steel to Batman v Superman to Justice League, DC films often fall flat in terms of plot and characterization. That’s why when Aquaman splashed into the mix, I wasn’t sure what to expect....

Classic rock connects the everyman with relatable themes

Tommy Marquardt, asst. web editor
February 8, 2019

The most important day in the history of modern American culture could be July 25, 1965, the day of the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. That day, Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar, betrayed folk music...

Trump’s reaction to Khashoggi’s death proves detrimental to presidency

Noah Walch, columnist
February 8, 2019

The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi had no reason to believe his visit to the Turkish consulate on Oct. 2 would last long. He was simply picking up marriage papers. He would leave the building...

Spotlight on South

Robin Woitesek, guest columnist
February 8, 2019

Twelve inches. In my freshman year I cut off twelve inches of my hair and never in my life had a number meant so much. It’s amazing how changing one part of yourself makes the world look at you in a...

Actress Kiernan Shipka portrays timeless character Sabrina Spellman in Netflix’s chilling reboot of the comic strip and sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch. From left to right, actresses Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Cowen and Adeline Rudolph play the antagonistic, Macbeth-esque Weird Sisters in the show, which has been renewed for a second season.

Sabrina reboot wickedly good

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
February 8, 2019

I was on a “witch hunt” (although I don’t particularly care for that term) for a good binge-worthy TV show when I came across The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.  After watching the entire first...

Illustration by Ella Prillaman

Teens in hospitals lack representation and entertainment

Gwyn Skiles, asst. opinions editor
February 8, 2019

I often look back on my earliest memories when I was living in Mount Prospect. One in particular has always stood out. I was about four years old, peering out of a window in my yellow room, five sparkly...

Overly political: the pervasion of politics in places where it doesn’t belong

Tommy Marquardt, asst. web editor
December 14, 2018

I hate talking politics. I hate that bringing this up is even necessary, but I feel like it needs to be said: the world is getting too political. The fact that political beliefs spawn legitimate hatred...

illustration by Chaeyeon Park

Personal identity proves not black and white

Lizzie Garvey, co-opinions editor
December 14, 2018

As I drove down Forest Way late one weeknight, I put every Rainbow Kitten Surprise song on shuffle to fit the mood. “Devil Like Me”, a song I’d never heard before, soon came on.  It sounded like...

Smiling with Santa Claus (left), the Easter Bunny (center) and her younger sister (right), Gwyn Skiles celebrates Christmas and Easter as a young child. Much of Skiles’s fun and festivity during the holidays came from her belief in these mythological characters, which she maintained through the age of eight.

Mythological characters inspire magical moments

Gwyn Skiles, asst. opinions editor
December 14, 2018

I work at a café with a single mother named Maria* and I often ask her about her three-year-old son, Chester*. This upcoming holiday season, Maria was telling me how Chester is starting to comprehend...

Gratitude for service not conveyed through applications

Sheila Fogarty, columnist
December 14, 2018

When my mother offered to buy Diego ice cream, he replied, “Solo quiero una hamburguesa para llevar.” It was 6-year-old Diego’s first time on a school field trip to Lake Atitlán, and after traveling...

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