Lifestyle
Help Save the Environment: Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle
Learn about how to help save the environment by reusing, reducing, and recycling.
Culture
Marching Band Whoopsies
players, 2020 I joined marching band in my second year of high school, and it was one of the best and worst decisions I’ve ever made. Above all else, I spent five hours of every Friday pretending to play and cheering on our football team. Over the course of the Read more…
Creative Writing Entertainment
A Thousand and One Drafts
sometimes I wish I had a typewriter Whether it be an argument I might have in the future that I drafted in my notebook instead of paying attention during math or those 200-page-minimum things I occasionally punch out on Google Docs (11 point Source Sans, 1.15 spacing, just in case Read more…
Entertainment Music Performances
Spotlight: The Stage
try not to panic… No matter how many times you’ve been up on stage, it’s a completely experience every single time, because there is no such thing as a second chance when you’re performing. In your practice room, if you mess up, you can always go back and fix your Read more…
Books Entertainment
Synopsis: Unbroken
Louis Zamperini before a race (suggested reading of book: 12+) Laura Hillenbrand’s around Olympic runner Louis Zamperini, who all odds and survived WWII. Louis grew up as a in Torrance, California, engaging in various criminal activities. Bullied for his Italian background, Louis eventually found his own on his high school Read more…
Lifestyle
Summers in the Adirondacks
8:00 AM. Sunday mornings at Meadowmount Summer Music Festival begin in the Main House. The dorms are perched on the Adirondack mountains in upstate New York, and a ten second walk takes you directly into the cafeteria for a fantastic assortment of homegrown fruits, hand-baked muffins, and cereal. 9:00 Read more…
Lifestyle
Blog: Failed Cooking Attempts
Culinary Every individual that ever decides to set foot inside the kitchen has, at least once, a spectacularly disgusting dish. It’s that thing that tastes like absolute death in food form. You promise yourself you will never attempt something so again. I’ve personally made the same promise multiple Read more…
Culture Holidays
How to Prepare for Valentine’s Day (for Both Single and Couple)
Valentine’s Day, also known as Single Appreciation Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States. It can either be a wonderfully romantic day to spend with your , or if you’re slightly less fortunate, you can always hang out with cheap chocolates and the ultimate loves of your life Read more…
Culture Social Media
TikTok (Academically Explained)
Originally released in September 2016, TikTok caused an international with its diverse of up-to-60-seconds videos. The app and its appeal led to the skyrocketing amount of downloads. In 2018 and 2019, TikTok took the title of most downloaded app on the App Store, and is the 7th highest downloaded mobile Read more…
Entertainment
Heather x Michael
(art by Irene Lee) Suggested Reading: 12+ This fanfiction is about two of my close friends. By nature of the “fanfiction” genre, none of this actually happened, but the main characters are real people. It was a cold day in Irvine, and the wind Heather’s hair as she walked home Read more…