*Names have been changed to preserve privacy.
On the first day of Pride Month 2020, Isabella* came out to her mother. It was 4 a.m.; outside, it was dark and a pandemic was raging.
The two sat on...
“Authentic” is a sought-after buzzword on food review sites like Yelp. Eateries with this label might be mom and pop shops offering traditional family delicacies or Michelin-star establishments claiming...
From filling their schedules with AP and Honors classes to joining every extracurricular they can find, Dougherty students are known for overburdening themselves for the sake of getting into a selective...
It wasn’t long ago that I realized I kind of missed trick-or-treating. I had never hated it, per se — it was just that I could never come up with a good costume, there was always that one house with...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• October 25, 2021
Dear Reader,
Let it be known that my Indian-ness is defined by my love of samosas.
As the internet blew up about “Never Have I Ever,” one of the first major Netflix shows centered around an...
People often protest that the media does not include enough diverse representation, especially of Asian women. But growing up female and Asian, we could argue that we DID, in fact, have representation...
In 2016, Leah John, a freshman at Dougherty Valley High School (DVHS), experienced her first interaction with the dress code.
While doing quiet work in one of her classes, John’s teacher called...
