Biting my nails

Bailey Stover • April 10, 2020

Senior Mary Kate Grossmann shares her experience as a nail biter, explains how she quit and discusses what prompted her to finally stop.

Two jobs

Bailey Stover • April 10, 2020

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

Bailey Stover • March 31, 2020

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

Bailey Stover • March 31, 2020

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 deterring ads.

Basketball

Bailey Stover • March 31, 2020

Junior Desirae Manning shares her mixed emotions about her decision to quit playing basketball and reflects on what ultimately influenced her choice.

Dance

Bailey Stover • March 31, 2020

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

Bailey Stover • February 18, 2020

Adulthood brings a multitude of challenges ranging from family troubles to financial burdens and everything in-between.

Young adults struggle, succeed with financial intelligence

Anjali Noel Ramesh • February 18, 2020

Transitioning into adulthood, students reflect on how personal finance, parental guidance and work experience influence their financial intuition.

Biology furthers friendships

Sarah Ding • January 8, 2020

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

Bailey Stover • January 8, 2020

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 present, the necessity of human interaction and familiarity throughout one’s life is imperative to his or her success. Humans may mold the world around them and build it up as their own, but their environments shape them in return.

Public embarrassment, humiliation detrimental to health, development

Bailey Stover • November 6, 2019

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’

Sarah Ding • November 6, 2019

Cancel culture, facilitated in part by modern social media use and popular opinion, can create environments of ridicule and shame.