Sarah Stadermann: I originally picked choir because that was the thing I had the most experience with.
I don't have terribly much experience as a solo musician. I guess I play piano a lot, but it's...
Yiming Jia: “I first started playing the clarinet in 5th grade and have continuously been playing it for about six years. When I was in elementary school all my friends were in band so I wanted to join....
Elisa Zhang: When you’re a kid, it’s your mom who forces you to go around and do all these activities. I think during the first few classes I cried, but that’s besides the point - I was a little...
Dylan Le: I started making music because I wanted to express my love for music in a new way, apart from live performances. I played my first instrument in 5th grade, which was the flute for school band....
Shelby Yeh, Arts and Entertainment Copy Editor
• April 15, 2023
Anushka Taneja: When I was around eight, I was going to Safari Kids regularly, and because [the Taekwondo studio] was right next door, my mom was telling me that I should pick up the sport and signed me...
Matthew Chan: “Since I was six, Kung Fu was a constant in my life. At the end of it all, I would simply forget everything that happened because of each and every day of training that Kung Fu has done...
Vihan Shah: “What inspired me to start playing tennis was the individuality aspect of it and the fact that all the mistakes I make are on me and all the wins are also on me.
I’ve been playing...
Recently, in a debate round, my opponents read an argument about how unions increase wages for women and thereby close the gender wage gap. As a response to this, I talked about how unions perpetuate sexual...
It seemed somewhat unimaginable until the pandemic to see a war play out with a global power involved, yet the time finally came when after years of speculation, Russia invaded Ukraine. However, even with...
On Feb. 10 of this year, Avalanche Software released Hogwarts Legacy, a video game adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter.” Battles have been occurring inside and outside this game, as people...
In this new age of social media influence, cancel culture, and Covid-19, society is filled with contradictions about the ethical standings of our decisions as a whole. Recently, popular conversation surrounds...
Adelene Pereyra: “I have been in the Dougherty drama program since my junior year. I worked as a stage manager and set designer for last year’s production of ‘High School Musical,’ I did set...
