I like to think that I clean myself and my messes nicely after I'm done using the toilet, but apparently not everyone is like this. Ever since I witnessed a severely disgusting event at the Mexico Road...

  Patriotic Americans tend to put our founding fathers on some type of pedestal. We view the men that brought our nation to life as demigods sent from heaven. From a young age, we are taught that...

In a world of ever-growing problems with absolutely no possible resolutions whatsoever, the only logical solution is to watch and learn from the decade that provided the most amazing movies to ever grace...

It’s not difficult for people to pinpoint me as an overachiever. If you’ve never met me and you asked me something along the lines of, “what do you do in your spare time,” or “what are your hobbies,”...

I just got home from a long and stressful day of school, work, or just life in general. You may think the last thing I would need after a period of high stress is a dog or cat constantly bothering me....

Love. Is the idea of high school love even worth it? We as teenagers are already crammed with school, family, and extracurricular activites so is there any room in that busy schedule to deal with a relationship....

“Hahaha, that reminds me of the time I --” Cut off. “Yeah, remember when --” Interrupted. “I mean, I think that maybe…” Ignored. A voice that has an opinion, but no volume....

Approaching the pit preceding the crowd that only grants access to those wearing vinyl stickers reading “All Access Photo Pass” I anxiously adjust my camera settings and waste no time preparing to...

You wake up in a cold sweat, chest heaving like the breath is leaving you at 80 miles an hour. Was it a dream? No, you decide. You realize that in the fragile state of your subconscious that a pressing...

“Will it hurt a lot?” “Will I feel weird after?”  “How long will it take?”  I sat in AP Lit, asking these same panicked questions repeatedly, as my peers effortlessly entered...

Each morning, after turning off the alarm that so horrendously blares and startles me into consciousness, I unlock my phone and browse various apps, not quite ready to fully awaken and prepare myself for...

As I approached the block ready to swim the 100 back, multiple feelings were coursing through my veins. This was the very last race that I would swim, ever, in high school. This was the last GAC’s that...