Kelsey Dantuma is a senior entering her third and final year on staff for The Central Trend. In all honesty, Kelsey has found a home through writing for the site but still struggles from time to time to have a healthy relationship with words. When she isn't doing that, she spends her free time hanging out with friends and going to new places.
Favorite part about being on staff: The outlet it provides through the positive and productive environment of other members
Types of stories she loves to write: Editorials, but more specifically, current-news-based pieces
Things that make her smile: Her friends, Halloween, listening to new music, and Fridays
Something she's always wanted to try: The Mamma Mia! lifestyle
It’s ugly: all this change.
There are a million different ways to wrap things up into pretty little packages and present, always presenting, but I do that, have been doing that. Every day since I...
The Central Trend is proud to announce 16 winners and honorable mentions for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) annual awards. We thank our viewers, who make it possible for us to...
Music has had a longstanding influence on me ever since seventh grade. Many things have changed since then, including my taste in music, but its importance has never once faltered—it’s my life support.
For...
After a questionable, after-quarantine release, Remote EP, indie-rock band Wallows returns with a new alternative album to kick off the spring season.
While reflective of older projects, such as the...
Allie is the in-your-face pink—demanding your attention so that you just can’t ignore her. Possibly the most overtime growth I have seen has been from this beautiful, shining girl who is compassionate...
2022 has been an up and down year for music, but possibly one of the most confusing albums of this year is I Know NIGO!; mixed and produced by a fashion designer.
Nonetheless, Nigo racked up an impressive...
It seems as if time is a parting, but I find more and more that nothing is ever truly ripped away.
Trying not to think about how fast it’s coming, trying not to let it be slow—absolute and agonizing....
Alex O'Connor, better known as Rex Orange County, has built a career off of uniting indie and pop listeners in a refreshed synth sound. Up until now, successful so far, the artist has curated such a sound...
This story briefly mentions sexual assault and contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of Euphoria.
The final episode of Euphoria season two left viewers with many questions. The plot holes run deep...
Opinions expressed in editorials on The Central Trend are the view of the individual writer and are not the opinion of the entire staff of The Central Trend or the Forest Hills Central staff or administration.
The...
1. What was your reaction to getting nominated on court?
"My reaction was a pleasant surprise, followed by a quick rundown of my entire mental calendar."
2. What does it mean to you to be nominated?
"To...
1. What was your reaction to getting nominated on court?
"I was very surprised, but excited that I was nominated."
2. What does it mean to you to be nominated?
"It means a lot to me that my peers...
The way their reds intertwine with their golden oranges and hues of blue with their temperature—warm, laughing, sleeping, waking, weeping.
Heaping; piles of love so high fibers are spilling out like...
1. What was your reaction to getting nominated on court?
“I was super surprised to be nominated. I think that there are a lot of other people that deserved to be on it, but I was happy to know some...
Finding the perfect words in my dreams.
Waking up sweating, skin-crawling, teeth aching from gritting, biting down; it’s four then it’s five-thirty. Indents on the sheets where I ignore the shape,...
Wooly and felt faces, eerily small features, and enlarged heads glared at me in pixels from the corner of my TV screen.
As plain as a movie titled The House may sound, this Netflix Original film was...
Out of all of the types of nihilism, existential nihilism receives the most literal and philosophical attention.
Social, financial, and mental forces working against me cling to the soles of my shoes...
I’m driving home while it’s snowing on a Thursday night. I was coming home from work and thinking about the ways in which I would go about moving forward—catching up to the world around me. But still,...
Seasons mark every fifteen minutes on the clock for me, time moves faster this way—is more bearable this way. Everything I have touched over the past year has fallen apart in matters of seconds; innocent...
I went into my closet today and brought out a clay mushroom man. I placed him on my dresser—no, that didn’t look right. I placed him on my desk. In the far left corner by a green knitted hat, he sits...
On a particular night in the summer, my brother and friends pointed out that I play too much of Lil Uzi Vert's music on a regular basis and remind me that Eternal Atake was released over a year ago. They...
Twelve has always been one of my favorite numbers. I’ve seen it as symmetry, wholeness, fullness; its perfection has always been a glowing idealogy in those moments where my vision blurs and my mind...
“Pumpkin iced chai,” Natalie Mix’s collaborative playlist on Spotify, encompasses the warm hues of the fall season. Some members of staff have added songs from all genres, filling our daily soundtrack...
“[At New Salem,] you got money for your fundraising group [by working], and at the time, I was on the dance team, so for every night that you worked, every person would get [around] $100 or something...
A library of mediocre poems lives in a box in the back of my jeans. They don’t age, but I do—more forgotten, misplaced, and misused than anything else. As it all comes undone, they lack a home—organization...
Throughout my freshman year of high school, I filled much of my time with background tunes of indie rock as I navigated through the halls trying to find myself.
At the time I was a Spotify user—oh,...
I have always had a habit of taking on more than my body and brain can hold. These things take up space until my head is fuzzy and my lungs are sore from trying to suck in enough air to hold up the frame...
What was your reaction to hearing your name called?
"I was surprised; honestly, it was crazy."
Why do you think you were nominated for court?
"Maybe because I got to know more people [and] because...
For Christmas last year, freshman Logan Mix and his siblings received a ping pong table as a conjoined present.
“[My sister, Natalie Mix] convinced us to ask for a shared present,” Logan said, “and...
Three years ago, Drake released Scorpian, arguably one of his most popular albums with not a single objectively bad song. Tracks such as “Nice for What” and “After Dark” featuring Static Major...
What made you decide to join Improv?
"When I was little, [alumni] Emily Toppen used to babysit my sister and me. Occasionally, over the summer, she would host improv practices and we would end up being...
Although Forest Hills students and staff, if vaccinated, are free to choose whether to wear a mask or not, the unvaccinated and children under the age of twelve are required to mask up at the beginning...
Early on August 29, 2021, Donda, Kanye West’s tenth studio album, claimed its spot as the second biggest album debut on Spotify. With the constant change of titles and tracklists throughout the initial...
The Central Trend is proud to announce 16 winners and honorable mentions for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) annual awards. We thank our viewers, who make it possible for us to continue...
The pain I have felt recently has me shelled out; it is indescribable. It has been months since I have written anything except sad poetry and the occasional column, and even working with most of what I...
“Don’t eat so fast.”
“Hold your shoulders back and stop slouching.”
“Stop wearing such big clothes; you have a great figure to show.”
“Don’t swear so much; it isn’t ladylike.”
All...
As we have run down the clock—entering the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic—we have made progress in a time of unceasing hopelessness and loss. We have passed the date marking the first COVID-19...
For everyone around the country, January 20, 2021 marked a significant and pivotal moment in history—the inauguration of Joe Biden, the United States’ 46th President. No matter what an individual’s...
Being a senior can be stressful and chaotic throughout the many months of anticipation leading up to graduation. This can instill burnout and motivation loss in students, especially when juggling several...
Twinkling effervescence surrounded you
as I watched you throughout the days
where the grass melted deeper into its own pigment,
and I came to know you in a world that functioned the way I imagined...
The holiday season has been losing it’s pine-scented touch over the years.
Replaced by alternative supplements, the pill that is excitement for the holidays sits idly by in the cupboard under my sink....
Mason Yarnell, the new kid who moved in next door around eleven years ago.
Mason, you truly are my platonic soulmate—sometimes even I struggle to find where you end and I begin. We have had our week-long...
With countless English classes offered at Forest Hills Central, the opportunities to learn from literature are endless; yet, certain books litter the English department’s curriculum. In this series,...
My experience with required reading began the summer before ninth grade: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
In hindsight, this was the beginning of the end as far as “enjoyable” books go.
While...
Concepts of Algebra Two: a class I had promised myself I would avoid at all costs.
Nonetheless, to me and the district's dismay, I am not a higher statistic when it comes to math. But, through all of...
Sophomore Sophia Badaluco describes herself as “funny, mature for [her] age, and a big fan of Australia.”
Nonetheless, throughout her tendency to focus on being responsible, there is so much more...
Name: Russell Baird
Grade: 11
Roles: Narrator, Prince Charming
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages to having a smaller cast compared to other years?
"It's kind of nice that it's...
Limited pre-sold tickets available only to families of cast/crew.
Show streaming information is available on the FHC Theater website.
There is also a pre-recorded version available.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A woman famous for her dissents; standing against the majority—and on the side of women through discrimination—on the basis of sex.
Despite what many people may believe, there...
Claimed since the beginning of it all, the last week of April was always her week.
Nonetheless, as time went on, it turned out to be a groundhog day of sorts—forgotten and misconstrued in the everyday...
1. What was your reaction when you heard your name called?
"I was obviously excited, I mean everyone's excited, but there were just so many people I felt were so eligible for court that I didn't really...
*WARNING: discussion of suicide*
I’m Thinking of Ending Things, directed by Charlie Kaufman, is an existential roller coaster ride until the very last minutes of the film.
Nonetheless, delving...
The war between students and administration rages on as high schoolers push to have Homecoming. And, with some being denied the opportunity, COVID-19 thrives under the prospect of community-hosted "homecoming...
Sophomore Sam Logan is no stranger to change. In fact, one could even go as far as to say he embraces it; almost every aspect of Sam’s life has involved him putting himself in a more-or-less uncomfortable...
While COVID-19 is still alive and well, many members of Ranger Country have grown wary of what will happen to the traditions so close to the hearts of the members of the community. This series delves deep...
In truth, LANY was a band with minimal songs peppered throughout my everyday playlists. Prior to listening to their new album, mama’s boy, I thought of them in the sense of a few hit songs but nothing...
“Will you shut up, man,” Democratic nominee Joe Biden said during the first 2020 presidential debate.
This simple statement encompasses what a portion of the nation is feeling in recovery from the...
For FHC students, teachers, and parents, it's no secret that there is a new dynamic in the building this school year. Nonetheless, education moves on—whether that be through choosing to go completely...
Social, political, and economic equality are the three root principles of feminism. And to add on to this, there is also a battle for women against systemic inequality on a daily basis.
As if on cue,...
Living in Michigan, what can be expected besides the predictable unpredictability of lake-effect snow and just overall average weather conditions? However, for places such as California, this is simply...
“My choice isn’t what I breathe in, it’s what I exhale... And right now, in this moment, I feel a need for all of us to breathe fire.”
Months ago, I came across this quote in a Twitter thread...
Time.
I, for one, have spent way too much of it thinking about how much of it I have lost—hence the never-ending cycle of me switching my mindset between giving up and having hope.
It is exhausting,...
Name: Frankie Anderson
Grade: 9
1. How has having parents who are teachers impacted your experience with online learning compared to the average student?
"When I don't get stuff, I know I can...
Name: Adam Mix
Place of Work: Spectrum Health
Job Title: Director of the Solid Organ Transplant Program and the Cardiac Surgery Program
1. What did a normal day in your job look like before the...
Lucky amongst the more than 1,000 students at FHC, Vinod Rajakrishna has had the opportunity to live in several places throughout his lifetime. And, through these experiences, Vinod has developed a strong...
Burnout. An illustrious shadow hiding behind many FHC students’ school personas.
Like an old friend, it comes back around again and again, though each time different from the last. For some, it shows...
For junior Rachel Schenck, her schedule is packed to the brim with advanced classes as well as extracurriculars.
Rachel is a multi-sport athlete. This winter, she is on the FHC wrestling team and is...
Homecoming and Winterfest have long had a variety of attributes that set them apart from one another. For many students, the appeal of Homecoming branches from all the bells and whistles—ranging from...
Happy New Year.
Though it took me a few listens, I was pleasantly surprised to discover this hidden motif at the beginning of Summer Salt’s new song, Fire Flower.
Although Summer Salt has taken...
Exams are a daunting tidal wave.
With the testing expeditiously approaching, it’s no wonder that students’ stress levels are increasing as each day passes by.
Sophomore Jaelynn Carlson, who,...
There are times when everything feels bland.
Times where no amount of creativity can dig me out of a hole of insignificance and doubt.
To some, this lack of variation can be reassuring; for me,...
Freshman Madi Zeien loves to travel. In fact, she has visited over twenty places around the world already—ranging from Europe to Puerto Rico.
Out of all the places she has visited, France is by far...
Lexi — for hyping me up
Thank you for always staying so positive. You pick me up when I’m down, and you laugh with me when I’m on top of the world. Whenever I am with you, my smile appears boundless,...
Cavetown has long hidden behind the use of upbeat, soft strumming guitar and ukulele; Things That Make it Warm is no exception to the continuous flow of similar-sounding songs.
Cavetown has long been...
As the chilly, unforgiving weather sets in during this closely approaching winter season, road conditions deteriorate, leaving many drivers—students, bus drivers, staff, and parents—unsettled.
Road...
She simply entered in search of something new; she believed a quick in-and-out run should be efficient enough.
All it took was the faint air of a sugar-cookie scented candle to bring her home; the sweet...
1,400,000.
This is the estimated amount of suicide attempts in 2017 in the United States alone.
Beyond this, there are at least 123 suicides a day.
Netflix’s brand new series, The Politician...
