Biting my nails
Senior Mary Kate Grossmann shares her experience as a nail biter, explains how she quit and discusses what prompted her to finally stop....
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Two jobs
Senior Chloe James recalls her experience working and quitting two jobs. She reflects on what her employment taught her and the discrimination she faced....
Social media
Senior Isaiah Spellman describes how he used to use social media, why he stopped and his reasons for re-downloading Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Vaping
Junior Lola Gingerich shares why she first began Juuling, what it was like and what made her want to quit. Gingerich shares her thoughts on...
Basketball
Junior Desirae Manning shares her mixed emotions about her decision to quit playing basketball and reflects on what ultimately influenced her choice....
Dance
Sophomore Mikayla Nelson shares her experience dancing and talks about what influenced her decision to quit in favor of playing the flute....
Independence, experience accompany adulthood
Adulthood brings a multitude of challenges ranging from family troubles to financial burdens and everything in-between....
Young adults struggle, succeed with financial intelligence
Transitioning into adulthood, students reflect on how personal finance, parental guidance and work experience influence their financial intuition....
Biology furthers friendships
Friendships play a significant role in promoting overall health, and principles of psychology and neuroscience help to explain how and why people interact....
People need people
For two million years, humans have interacted with and needed one another to survive. Through physical stability in the past and emotional satisfaction in the...
Public embarrassment, humiliation detrimental to health, development
Through social media platforms such as Instagram, shame and embarrassment permeate adolescence and can negatively influence one's health and happiness....
Review, ridicule create culture of ‘canceling’
Cancel culture, facilitated in part by modern social media use and popular opinion, can create environments of ridicule and shame....
First Amendment freedoms facilitate proactive conversations, progress
Students utilize their First Amendment freedoms to generate change in their communities, using their voices to promote positive progress....
Students retell haunting tales
Three students retell their ghostly tales, which include a terrifying tapping, an potential phantom and mysterious scratching....
Five students recollect Halloween experiences
Students retell their Halloween experiences: working in a haunted house, going to a haunted house, attending a Halloween party, trick-or-treating and watching a horror movie....
Halloween makeup how-to provides explanations, inspiration
Sophie Froese demonstrates a step-by-step tutorial for three scary looks just in time for Halloween. Her first look is a broken pencil with fake blood;...
Historic facts disprove Halloween myths
Halloween, a holiday associated with superstition, religion and frightening images, stems from the complexities of myths, facts and mysteries as it has evolved over time....
Multicultural Halloween celebrations shape memory
Students from Saudi Arabia, Italy and Brazil reflect on their multicultural Halloween experiences and life in different countries....
Masks, misinformation, multiculturalism
Students reflect on their relationship with Halloween horror, hoaxes and traditions as Oct. 31 approaches, bringing with it costumes, candy and cultural explorations of this...
Illness or Absence?
On the night Oct. 31 of 2017, current junior Lola Gingerich broke her arm in a car accident. After being taken for treatment, Gingerich immediately...