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Leaving high school, with comforts of home

Leaving high school, with comforts of home

Afsah Khan April 10, 2014

With the thought of leaving home to attend college is close to becoming a reality for many seniors, my friends talk about their excitement to “finally” get away from their parents and live on their...

photo by Mikaela Acton

Science education in U.S. lacks adequate hands-on activities

Afsah Khan March 20, 2014

Six times a year, students get up early on a Saturday morning and make the commute to school to take the American College Testing exam, otherwise known as the ACT. The test consists of an English, mathematics,...

Debbie McDonough walks down the catwalk. Photo by Sophie Whyte.

Disruption at Global Village fashion show baffles, disappoints

Afsah Khan March 11, 2014

Ever since I was a sophomore, I’ve looked forward to the Global Village fashion show. Every year, I start planning my outfit a month in advance and lay it out the night before so I’m ready to go in...

Poetry, arts and crafts kick off Global Village week

Poetry, arts and crafts kick off Global Village week

Afsah Khan March 5, 2014

As student volunteers painted delicate patterns of henna onto students' hands, the onlooking crowd listened to recitations of international poems during lunch today. The festivities kicked off Global Village...

Oscar 'Best Original Score' predictions

Oscar ‘Best Original Score’ predictions

Sophie Whyte March 2, 2014

[heading size="25" margin="10"]Best Original Score[/heading] [tabs] [tab title="Philomena"] Philomena Philomena is scored by Alexandre Desplat, one of the biggest names in the music-scoring business....

Four tunes compete for the 'Best Original Song' Oscar

Four tunes compete for the ‘Best Original Song’ Oscar

Sophie Whyte February 28, 2014

[heading size="25" margin="10"]Best Original Song[/heading] [tabs] [tab title="Happy"] Happy   Everyone has good days. Days when everything seems to be going right, the sun is shining bright outside,...

To Afsah, From Michelle

Career choices often go underappreciated

Afsah Khan January 25, 2014

As acceptance letters from colleges are slowly trickling into the hands of eager applicants, a common question among high school seniors, including myself, is what we actually want to do with our lives....

To Afsah, From Michelle

Let it snow

Afsah Khan January 14, 2014

Back in elementary school, snow used to be the best thing ever to happen. No matter what time of the year it was, my friends and I considered any form of wintry weather to be a blessing. In our young minds,...

To Afsah, From Michelle

Ringing in the New Year

Afsah Khan January 3, 2014

As I watched the fireworks light up the night sky on New Year's Eve, I thought of how fast-paced 2013 was. This was the first year that I honestly couldn't believe flew by so quickly. Even though I don't...

Cell phones pose danger to teens

Cell phones pose danger to teens

Afsah Khan December 27, 2013

Senior Elexis Ferguson is “addicted” to her phone. She uses it as her calendar, as her alarm, and as a phone book filled with numbers of all her friends and important contacts. Without her phone, Ferguson...

12 DIYs: Chocolate Chip Cookies in a jar

12 DIYs: Chocolate Chip Cookies in a jar

Afsah Khan December 24, 2013

Nearly all of us have experienced the embarrassment of waiting until the last minute to buy someone a gift. Although last-minute gifts usually don't turn out to be the best, these mason jar cookies are...

art by Yasmeen El-Jayoussi

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way

Emily Franke December 18, 2013

Past events often take on an identity of their own, in retrospect. Each individual has their own perspective on the past, whether it is a particular time period, the decade of their birth or their own...

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