“Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors.”  Although the experience of reading can be described in numerous ways, Dr. Rudine Bishop's analogy perfectly captures the essence. Bishop, an Ohio State...

With only twelve Mondays left in the 2024-2025 school calendar, students are starting to count down the year by this dreaded first school day. Mondays, of course, have their assortment of negative stereotypes....

Love is in the air, or is it? Valentine’s Day is often equated with the monetization of love, but this is quite the inaccuracy. It has long been accused of being nothing more than a corporate money...

Since its origins in 2014, TikTok has become a source of joy and entertainment for all ages. Initially titled Musical.ly, a platform for teens to lip sync and dance to their favorite songs, quickly became...

If you’re a student who takes English, you likely know this feeling all too well: You read a novel and prepare four different types of questions based on it. You may have a feeling of dread until and...

My eighteenth birthday is within arms reach, and with that comes with a major realization. Despite the ups and downs of my 18 years, each chapter in my life has brought lessons along with them.  From...

How often do our actions actually align with our words? We’ve reached a common consensus that “actions speak louder than words,” yet somehow we frequently fail to live up to this ideal. In politics...

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott A classic that would probably smell like dried oranges and cinnamon if it were made into a candle. If for some reason you haven’t gotten around to reading it yet,...

During Taylor Swift's recent The Eras Tour in Munich, over 40,000 fans stood outside the venue -- not to mention more than 100,000 people watching live streams of the show.  This obsession with another...

With the rise of streaming services in the last 10 years, watching preferred channels and shows has become very inconvenient and expensive.  At the start of cable television in the 1950s, all channels...

When you need to go to your friend's house, how do you get there? What if you want to grab a bite to eat? Or if you want to do some shopping. For most NA students, the chances are there’s one overwhelming...

This past July, College Board announced that it was beginning to transition from paper to online AP tests. In total, 28 tests have been altered, and College Board is planning on adapting eight more exams...