Growing up in a completely different environment from the people around you is something that many people will never be able to fully comprehend; it is almost impossible to fully …
The Gates of Time
Across the galaxy, stars are born, burn and fade, changing so slowly that entire civilizations mistake their transformations for permanence. Worlds drift, nebulae unravel, and the darkness between them reshape …
The Things I Used to Know
By: Lilah Sanchez There are memories trapped in places we’ve stopped looking. My soccer cleats collect dust in the corner of my closet. Clothes I don’t wear anymore, shoved in …
Optimism for Opal: The App Reshaping OLu
By: Caden Choi To every high school student, the motion of picking up a device and scrolling is automatic. Countless hours are spent mindlessly droning over green screen skies and …
Campus Calm: Introducing OLu’s Wellness Center
By: Caden Choi The heart of Orange Lutheran beats with passion, perspiration, and ambition. Whether arduously preparing for a fall sports game, musical performance, or exam, students often find themselves …
What They Tell You and What They Don’t
A short epistolary story by Kendall Sheehan. Dear Marie, Granddaughter, high school goes fast is what they always told me. But what they didn’t tell me is how fast it …
The Plague of Change
By Matthew Pauw Change is like life and death; You cannot control it. You cannot flee from change. Sooner or later, it Will knock on your door. And how will …
Growing Pains by Blake Hofley
“I realized that volleyball was over for me. And that’s not what I would have chosen.” –Hayley Hodson, 2018. Hodson, the No.1 volleyball recruit in the country with Olympic goals, …
The Second Alarm
By: Chloe Hon Nicole’s alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m., the same time it does everyday. She has never once hit the snooze button. She jumps out of bed the …
Frost and Flowers
By: Lilah Sanchez Cold winds and cloudy skies, Winter was perfect in my eyes, Though I missed the warmth of the sun on my skin, and the bright light that …