Investigative series: Gigi Sinicrope – Giving up and giving back

Every day, I am sure I find myself utilizing the trash cans placed all over the school and my home no less than five or six times a day. On top of this, I shove the wrappers to my morning protein bar in the glove box of my car, and I leave the frilly edges of my papers in the depths of my backpack. Recyclable, yes, but likely, all of the remnants of paper and writing utensils in this bag will be sc...

Students at FHC find an array of issues with their own cars; from broken mirrors to faulty engines, senior Frankie Sutton acquired hers in an interesting way. “I honestly don’t know [why it happened]. I was on Cascade Road, and I was at the red light. A motorcycle man came up on my right side and punched [my car]. I didn’t think I did anything wrong, but I must have. It was scary, I didn’t ...

I take scorching hot showers for an embarrassingly long amount of time basically every night; I individually wash a multitude of dishes if I am too lazy to unload the dishwasher; and, if my water tastes stale, I regularly dump out the remains. And while I have been working to resolve these daily practices, I didn’t even recognize the issues in my actions until far too recently.  I have decid...

I have never once woken up and been forced to wear dirty clothing from the day before, let alone anything I have worn in the past week.  Never has it been necessary to cram my sixteen year-old body into clothing my thirteen year-old self wore, unless of course it was a piece of clothing I decided I couldn’t live without. I make an effort to remind myself just how privileged I am in the life I was born i...