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Opinions
On the Way to Find Ourselves
June 15, 2025
Victoria Wu
In a pool brimming with 4.0 GPAs, 1500 SAT scores, and award-winning extracurriculars, they say that essays are the most important part of your college application. Admission officers can only point their finger at your personality...
Editorials
Having Heart: A Letter Against Apathy
June 12, 2025
Annie Yao
“I’m terrified of the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.” James Baldwin’s words, though not spoken in the context of a high school student worried about surviving her senior year,...
Opinions
The Illusion of Meaning: A Comparison Between Brat and Lorde Summer
June 12, 2025
John Morrow
On April 24, New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde released “What Was That,” her first single released in over two years. The song leaked in the days prior to the release, and soon after, a common refrain began circulating...
Features
Will Corr—Clipping, Cutting, and Carving His Own Path
June 12, 2025
Raymond Zhang
Bzzzz—a classmate glides his clippers across a mannequin's head, its buzz echoing off the mirrors that line each barber’s workstation. Slow and steady, the student maneuvers his clippers to work out a fade. Sssss—a...
Opinions
Words in Moderation: The Unknown Benefits of Filler Words
June 12, 2025
Justina Hom
“So, like, when we–uh–use, like, too many fillers, umm, our audience has to work, you know, harder to, like, follow our message, and—so, like, we risk, uh, losing their, uhh, attention.” How often do you hear this? Do...