Is there any way to develop a club with no set activity for every meeting? 

Apparently yes, as junior Sam Wordhouse discovered. 

“I was in the [FX] control room with [seniors] Andrew Weiskopf…

Sitting uncomfortably in my 5th-grade class, my lips were sealed with a secret. I sat, stood up, and sneezed in fear because that morning, I had woken up with my legs coated in blood. My mom told me I…

The football arcs through the air, soaring through the goalposts—a successful point after a touchdown. The football is fumbled, tumbling to the ground—the beginning of a disheartening turnover. The…

A trip to an antique store is unique to each person who chooses to venture into the expansive collections of pre-owned items; for some, it’s energizing, but for others, it’s overwhelming. For sophomore…

American Sign Language teacher Kimberly Anderson wants her students to learn that the world isn’t as nice as it should be. 

“I think deaf people are oppressed,” Anderson said, “and it’s hard…

Senior Ben Taylor is technically a professional coder. 

In the time he spends lifeguarding at the YMCA, his least favorite activity is the excessive paperwork that surrounds group lessons, so he wrote…

In 2020, H&M, a popular fast-fashion brand, launched Conscious. H&M’s motive for Conscious was to be “clean” and “repurposed.” The clothing from the line was made from “100% organic…

For 78 years—with a few exceptions—the annual Met Gala has served as a staple of universal pop culture. Since the late 1940s, the event has attracted celebrities from distinct realms of fame, joined…

As custodian Vickie Miller sifts through her memories, one thing she was able to check off her bucket list was going on a cruise. Miller loves traveling and will hopefully be seeing more of the world as…

Once, she was seven, and she doesn’t remember much about being seven—mostly the feelings. She remembers how all-consuming those feelings were, the enormous anxiety too great to fit into her small body,…

On March 12th, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services officially announced that all Michiganders 16 and up would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine….

Sophomore Mrrudhula Perumal looks up to a young girl named Emma. While most people’s heroes are a celebrity or a family member, Mrrudhula is in awe with an anime character.

“[I look up to] Emma…

With Spotify’s “Friend Activity” tab as a testament to my following statement, I have survived these past months on Phoebe Bridgers’ albums Stranger in the Alps, Punisher, and her Instagram stories….

Starting with administration
Measuring tape in hand, principal Steve Passinault found himself at school on a Saturday, but this time it was for something much greater than a meeting: contact tracing for…

A classroom-full of students pause in the fluorescent glow of their laptop screens. The screen loads for a barely noticeable second, and in that moment, they are all waiting. Whether in apathy, expectancy,…

Approximately one year ago, senior Olivia Throop sat amid her peers in AP Environmental Science (APES), learning about ecological processes and interrelationships in the natural world. As a part of these…

Thinning budgets and thinning class size has left French teacher Laurie Van Houten teaching two different French classes at the same time—an odd yet necessary mix.

This mixture is due to classes at…

Bold red letters unfold on the screen, emphasized by a familiarly thudding noise that fades into a faint ringing. The black screen dissipates, unveiling a vast library of movies and TV shows. From The…

From Georgia to Michigan. From foster care to adoption. From practically an only child to an older sister.

In the span of a year, sophomore Ashlynn Lambert has experienced more than some do in a lifetime….