When describing the experience of taking a year off from school to study in Africa, Rebecca Rea-Holloway likes to refer to the phrase “Carpe Diem.” She is a firm believer in the saying, which means “seize the day.” That is why on Sept. 15, rather than packing her bags and [...]
As a Coalition Club leader, Sarah Are danced with glee in the East parking lot when she collected close to $1500 of donation from a bake sale. As a member of the Chamber singers, she fell in love with the song “Hope, Faith, Life, Love.” Now, she plans on bringing [...]
She’d been bruising for years, but this time, she had no idea where it came from. Not only was this bruise on her face, but according to her mother, Marsha, it was bigger than usual. Elizabeth McGranahan was only a seventh grader, and was supposed to be enjoying winter break [...]
During her sixth grade year, Natalie Hine would only go to school three days a week. The other two weekdays she would perform shows with Theatre for Young America. While she participated in small production groups like Theater in the Park and the Coterie Theatre throughout middle school, it wasn’t [...]
Every summer, Anna Webber and her family travel to different places across the United States, from Arizona to Indiana to North Carolina. Her family has also moved several times to California and back, and then across Kansas City, so Anna is used to making new friends and starting over. “In [...]
As she looked at the displays inside the New York City Bloomingdale’s store over spring break, Caroline Sheridan couldn’t help but dream what she would have done if given the chance to set up the displays herself. She’d find a large glass table and layer paisley and striped, knit and [...]
Inspiration for a future career can strike in many different forms, whether with an epiphany while doing a project in class, spending time at the family business or while doing something fun with friends. For senior Ali Yaqubian, he was inspired to become a photographer after flipping through skate magazines [...]
After their first meeting as two awkward kids in freshman P.E., the duo decided to form their still-standing band, Kept Mess. Joe Newman and Brian Rodgers have been rapidly progressing as musicians ever since their days in black shorts and white shirts. With the addition of bassist Connor Creighton in [...]
Beginning on Sept. 7, Lois Wetzel will be in paradise. Not on the beaches of Hawaii or snorkeling the coral reefs of Australia, but in Belize working through the program YWAM, a Christian volunteer program that equips and prepares people to help others and spread Christianity, for the project “Destination [...]
I can’t count the number of times someone has asked me, “What’s it like being a twin?” I still remain speechless sometimes because I don’t know exactly how to answer. Being a twin is just who I am. What am I supposed to say? It’s cool, I guess…? Everyone is [...]
Disclaimer to my dearest journalism pals and fellow writers of 2010 senior columns: I don’t intend to hurt any feelings, but I find it a bit redundant to reflect back upon the past four years of high school in writing my senior column. It has been done in some way, [...]
Last May, senior Maddy Rich stood on the podium at the state track meet. Her 4 x 800 m relay team had come within a second of the state record, earning them first place for the second time in a row in that event. Looking out at the patches of [...]
