Planks of wood carefully laid across the branches of a tree, pictures pinned up on all four walls, a hanging ladder as a gateway between a stressful day and a haven - a treehouse. It seems simple, even...

Goblins, ghouls, and ghosts roam the streets each halloween. Children, dressed in fun costumes, go door to door, saying the magic words, “Trick or Treat!” As they fill  their buckets with candy, trick-or-treating...

“They definitely peaked in high school.” This phrase is often thrown around as an insult the minute someone gets humbled in their adult life. It’s widely acknowledged that high school is the “best”...

Neither presidential candidate won the presidential debate in September. While both parties’ blunders and snapbacks circulated the internet — from Trump’s false claims about immigrants in Springfield,...

In Hollywood, movie promotions have taken center stage in shaping public perception, but not always in ways that align with a film’s core message. In the promotion of “Don’t Worry Darling,” the...

Water, a mystical object that holds our universe in place with all different types and forms. Sparkling water, tap water, Aquafina, but is there a difference between waters? A confounding question that...

Whenever I came home from an exhausting day at school, my top priority had always been completing my homework. Often, I wouldn’t even care about the quality of my work and would attempt to complete multiple...

Before the sun rises, my mother opens a drawer and extracts several tablets from small bottles. They are a cool, dusty brown in color, and sit on the counter while she takes out her small mortar and pestle,...

Perfect GPA, perfect extracurriculars, just be a perfect student. As we grew up, the pride we once felt for mastering cursive turned into picking apart every tiny flaw in our AP Literature timed writes....

Remembering my first day of freshman year, I felt so excited yet completely unprepared. The shift from middle to high school is a daunting change, but it’s also the most memorable one. Everything was...