Fighting a cold and feeling chills from a fever, John Xu ’25 trudges up to his first period class in Chalmers. Xu would have would have rather been in bed resting, but in the back of his mind, he understood...
As Lila Daoudi ’24 arrived home from debate practice at 6:30 p.m., she zipped down her black puffer jacket and took off her beanie. Shivering from the cold rain, she changed into a hoodie and sweats...
It had been three weeks since Doug* and his girlfriend of two months broke up. Doug said he felt nostalgic and upset over his breakup and decided to download Tinder to find a rebound that would distract...
As Jewish Club leader Charlotte Newman ’24 drove home from diving practice, she shuffled through her holiday playlist and added “Santa Baby” by Ariana Grande after seeing an Instagram Reel featuring...
Turkey, cranberries and mashed potatoes lined Illi Kreiz’s ’24 Thanksgiving table. As she prepared to serve herself, Kreiz heard her sister begin to argue with their close family friends about their...
As JT Federman ’24 shifted onto the edge of his seat in Rugby Auditorium, he said he felt a creeping sense of anxiety fill the room. Students and faculty members alike had gathered during their lunch...
As students poured into the science office before finals, worrying about their upcoming exams, Science Teacher Yanni Vourgourakis ’90 thought about the evolution of academic difficulty at the school....
Cutter East ’24 said he vividly remembers learning about the first Thanksgiving in his kindergarten class. East, who identifies as a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Isleta Pueblo, said...
It was 2:30 in the morning as Claire Wu ‘24 frantically typed the Chinese translation of an English word her teacher used into her computer. Since immigrating to the United States when she was 12 years...
Jayden Huang ’23 opened up his laptop to a colorful display of websites bookmarked on his browser. Some stores sell accessories, others trendy shoes –– but they all share one thing in common: their...
Ella Yadegar, Assistant Features Editor
• November 16, 2022
As Henry Mass ’20 prepared for his first Chemistry exam at the University of California, Los Angeles, he anxiously pored over the pages of his textbook, reviewing for hours into the night. When he walked...
As Andres Alas '25 walked through a costume store to buy his Halloween costume, he looked at the materials discovering that one of his favorites was made of 100 percent synthetic—non-biodegradable—material....
