Emma Watson looked me in the eye and asked, “If not me, who? If not now, when?” Watson delivered a speech entitled “I’m a feminist” to the UN in 2014. Okay, I kind of lied. She didn’t exactly...
My ears rang. My body shook. My feet gave in to the vibration of the wooden stands. Sweat gathered on the bridge of my nose as I caught a glimpse of the lively court, just barely able to see above the...
Legend has it that when the Grinch discovered the true meaning of Christmas, his heart grew three sizes larger.
The first time I saw Bernie Sanders speak, my heart grew four.
I was born into an America...
Four-thirty a.m. I lean over the side of my bed. My arm lazily falls on the snooze button of my alarm clock.
5:00 a.m. I silently convince myself not to go back to sleep as I roll out of bed for early...
As journalists devoted to bringing campus news to you, we are at many sports game. Whether we are photographing, broadcasting or keeping score, sometimes we are simply one face in rows and rows of screaming...
My phone buzzes, a generic Apple ringtone. I reluctantly turn it off and sit up. I rub my eyes and stretch out, reaching high up into the air. My feet slowly move towards the bathroom, and I turn on the...
One of the things that sets Harvard-Westlake apart from almost every other school is its unbelievably safe environment.
You can leave your laptop or phone unattended with full confidence that it will...
Life isn’t fair. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
The other day I caught myself commiserating over the gap between the dunking ability of Cassius Stanley ’19 and my own. Why should he be gifted...
There is now a general consensus that teens are selfish human beings.
A psychological study from October 2013 from the Wall Street Journal reports that empathy only begins to develop in girls at the age...
(MANCHESTER, NH)-- The gym reeked of sweat, but Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders spent an hour on stage Feb. 9 going through the usual rhetoric.
He talked about getting rid of Super...
The Friday that first semester ended I anticipated the festivities and none-too-rare screams of “SENIOR SEASON,” but the crippling realization that in less than six months I will leave the life I’ve...
When I learn about war in history class, I am taught about the brave men who serve their country and risk their lives for the freedom of others. When I read stories about military activity in the news,...
