Within seconds of putting the finishing touches on an essay, I shut my chromebook and pick up my phone, starting to scroll mindlessly on social media. Lifestyle, how-to, and get ready with me videos flood...

“11:11! Make a wish!”  At 11:11, my world  pauses, and I reflect.   Throughout high school, I’ve dealt with stress from homework, sports, jobs, friends, and extracurriculars. I kept hearing...

It’s happened to all of us. You have a minute to get to class and need to get all the way across the school, only to get stuck behind someone moving at one mile per hour. You duck around them, dodging...

I come back home at 9:30 p.m. to an untidy room and schoolwork piled up on my desk. My to-do list sat quietly, but was a loud reminder of how I was falling behind. Soon into my sophomore year, I struggled...

    Things that I will never forget from the summer of 2026 are not seeing Pete Crow-Armstrong hitting for the Cycle, Lollapalooza, or even my amazing trip to California. Instead, I will...

Throughout my high school career, I faced many disappointments.  Failed tests. Embarrassing moments. Friend drama. My very first disappointment happened before my first day of freshman year. After...

“If you could do anything, what would your dream job be?” I was given this question as an icebreaker at a club meeting. While taking the moment to think about my response, I realized there were...

All my life I had rigid expectations for what my future would be. I had mapped out every detail.  What grades I would get, the extracurriculars I would participate in, what college I would go to, what...

I am not much of a health nut. I do not really watch what I eat or count calories, and I will not choose a salad over a cheeseburger. But, there is one food that I will stand by till the end of time: the...

The coincidental meet-cute, fake dating to entice a jealous ex, a grand declaration of love, followed by a passionate kiss in the rain: these are characteristic of the romantic comedies we know and love.  The...

I live in the space between two words: Indian and American. On paper, they sit neatly together as “Indian-American,” but in reality, that hyphen represents the layered identity many second-generation...

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...