It seems as if almost everything now requires at least some level of financial cost, most of it being our own school clubs. Clubs fill a weird but necessary role for the average DV student: the majority...

I used AI to write this article. That’s a lie, of course – a hook, as the English teachers would say – but how would you teachers prove me wrong? Would you copy-paste the article into GPTZero...

Now that I am so close to adulthood, I think I’ve experienced the full range of parenting styles. My own parents have changed the way they approached raising my sisters and me about a million times,...

Dougherty’s existing tardy policy is stricter than it needs to be, and it’s not as effective as it’s supposed to be. Currently, students get detention after 10 tardies for the entire school year...

Picture this. You’re a parent listening to your child tell you how their day at school went when you hear about the school’s latest project. A product fundraiser. Popcorn, candles, wrapping paper,...

Growing up, I often heard people acting scandalized when they heard I didn’t have my life figured out or know what I wanted to study in college. It made me feel like I was behind or even moving too slowly...

For so long, we’ve been fed inspirational lines about how Gen Z is going to change the world – how youth activism is finally going to turn the tide. We were supposed to rise like a phoenix from the...

Imagine this. The guy you’ve been talking to for about a month suddenly comes up to you at lunch and says, “I don’t think we should talk anymore. It’s not you, it’s me. I have to focus on basketball.”...

A few weeks ago, I overheard a friend talking about their weekend plans. When I probed further, they told me they were going to a concert alone. Alone. The concept felt so foreign to me that I had to ask...

You’ve learned algebra, you know how to write DBQ’s, and you can balance chemical reactions. But can you write a resume? File your taxes? Plan your investments? Choose a career? Unless you have dedicated...

“What do you wanna be when you grow up?” the ultimate question that has defined us all from the ripe old age of five years old. Doctors, presidents, lawyers, even extraordinary wizards – all vague...