This past Christmas I had the delight of traveling to Disney. I hadn’t been there in nearly 10 years, so I went into the trip with high expectations and the hope of being hit with some nostalgia. After spending a week there,...
It’s hard to give people things---I guess it’s harder to be given things, though. Seems silly, doesn’t it?” remarks Lee, a Chinese servant, in John Steinbeck’s multigenerational epic, East of Eden. Lee represents an outsi...
A record number of candidates have announced their candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. From the Mayor of South Bend, Peter Buttigieg, to a Congresswoman from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, folks from across the party...
As a junior, I’ve had time to develop as both a student and as a person. Along the way, I’ve picked up some good habits that are useful in everyday life, as well as a set of bad ones that I don’t need. Procrastination, for...
As the third quarter comes to a close, the pressure of what courses to take next year is beginning to amp up. Our school has a wealth of courses to choose from, courses ranging from Mao and Modern China to Machine Learning. With...
Sitting at home on Sunday February 16th, I received a request notification from an Instagram user with the name chad_holgoff. Upon opening my phone, I did not recognize the name at all. While delving deeper into Instagram, I read his...
The United States government was partially shut down from December 21st, 2018 to January 25th, 2019. Over the course of these 35 days, government officials had been working without pay, uncertain of when the shutdown would en...
As only a young 9th grader, I was hesitant to pick up and begin reading the 1,000-paged novel It by Stephen King, which seemed more like a daunting task rather than a read for pleasure. Even though the book has been published ...
Entering school for the first time after a long winter break, most US boys probably wished to get back into their pajamas and go back to spending their days in front of the television. Entering the hallowed halls of University...
No one likes standardized testing. Most of us would probably rather receive fifty parking violations from “the Dean” than spend hours on a Saturday morning cranking out multiple-guess questions. At the same time, however,...
