December marks the 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. December 14, 2012. Barely seven years old, we huddled together outside during recess, our breath...

Jan. 1, 2023. Chaos sweeps the streets of Chicago. Criminals are on the loose. The police are powerless to stop them, and society itself begins to collapse. Looting and rioting run rampant. The city descends...

Final exams don’t have to be so stressful. Every year, right around finals week, the school buzzes with anxiety, and it can be hard to avoid it. When I was a freshman, I was overwhelmed because I needed...

Hey! It's me Iv, and I'm going to talk about depression—but, not just any kind of depression: teen depression. Since we are teenagers, most adults overlook signs of depression and think the behavior...

In a fit of nostalgia, I recently tried to log back into my old Minecraft account, unfortunately to no avail due to some technical difficulties. I was trying to specifically access an old world from around...

One night I ran out of my hot oil treatment for my hair, and it dawned on me: since I moved from Austin Boulevard closer to the high school I’m not down the street from any beauty supply stores anymore. It’s...

The year was 2016, and my friends and I couldn’t believe Donald Trump had actually been elected President of the United States. Our whole fifth grade class speculated about which of the teachers might...

Oak Park and River Forest High School offers many ways to get involved, whether through a sport or a favorite hobby. With more than 85 clubs and activities to participate in, it can be difficult figuring...

No more boys and girls? Pritzker family leads push to replace ‘myth’ of biology Teachers are required to “affirm” students' non-traditional “identities,” including “furries” or children...

As an Asian student, I felt lonely at first because I couldn’t relate to a lot of people at school. Only a little more than 3 percent of Oak Park and River Forest Students identify as Asian. However,...

I watched in horror as a homeless man, only known to me as “Mac,” snatched up my cash tips, jar and all. I heard the rattling of spare change. My manager Dave immediately became suspicious and...

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin  The smell of freshly printed pages overwhelms me as I enter my local Barnes...