As senior year draws to a close and the amount of sunsets that remain until graduation ticks closer and closer to 0, I’ve been looking back at what this year …
Hannah Williamson
An Open Letter to Rule-Followers
So you’re a rule-follower. You wear your mask above your nose. You remember your ID when you come into school. You wash your hands. You wipe down your desk after …
Twenty-nine thousand, two hundred and twenty-six
Twenty-nine thousand, two hundred and twenty six. A running number of lives lost. A number that is continuous. A number that never ceases its endeavor to increase. The invader that …
Pandemic Patriotism
In a country so deep into the COVID-19 pandemic, what does the mask symbolize? For some, it symbolizes conformity. Giving in. Brainwashing, even. But for others, it symbolizes respect. Protection. …
Why You Should Wash Your Hands When You Enter School
We’ve all been there. It’s 8:14, the grating sound of the echoey minute bell music is piercing the air, and you’ve just scanned your ID card. Or, maybe you’re one …
Mid-Pandemic Unity: Where Are You?
Photo Credit: ABC News August 15, 1945: America celebrates Victory in Japan Day, when Japan surrendered after years of brutality rooted in hatred from World War II. American, if not …
A Fruitless Attempt At Surviving Impending Mortality
Sunlight flooded the austere room, rainbows dancing on the walls. If this Neanderthal moved me over 2 inches, I’d be on my way to a decent meal. I was desperate. …
Did It Really Require a Global Pandemic?
Almost exactly 2 years ago, I sat in the very seat I sit in now and wrote about the disease that plagued America: school shootings. And now, in 2020, the …
Memories of an AP Bio Hawaii Trip
Despite the grueling tests and incessant march of written lab reports, AP Bio has its perks; one of them being the staggeringly phenomenal trip to Oahu, Hawaii, where some of …