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The Student Voice of Forest Hills Central

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Two Steps to Looking Great in Your Prom Dress

Two Steps to Looking Great in Your Prom Dress

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer May 6, 2016

Spring means a multitude of things for high school seniors. With Prom, Graduation and AP Exams, this proves to be the most stressful, and expensive, time of year. While all of the preceding things can...

"10 Cloverfield Lane" Proves to be Perplexing

“10 Cloverfield Lane” Proves to be Perplexing

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

As the end of the world seems frighteningly close, the plethora of “end-of-the-world” type movies have taken center stage. With the popular trend in entertainment centered around armageddon, it’s...

Broken Bottle Project Plans to Break Forest Hills' Plastic Usage

Broken Bottle Project Plans to Break Forest Hills’ Plastic Usage

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer March 18, 2016

60 million. That’s how many water bottles end up in landfills and incinerators each day. 60 million water bottles that end up floating in the ocean or lakes or rivers. 60 million water bottles that blow...

How Studio Art Crushed My Anxiety

How Studio Art Crushed My Anxiety

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer March 4, 2016

There is no place that I feel safer than the art wing here at FHC. Nothing brings me more comfort than the smell of acrylic paint, the silky texture of clay, or the soft scratch of pencil on paper. And...

Osaka Steakhouse Proves to Know a Thing About Sushi

Osaka Steakhouse Proves to Know a Thing About Sushi

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer February 26, 2016

I have an obsession with sushi. I could have just eaten a three-course meal with my stomach fully bloated, and if you offered me a California Roll I would find room for at least one piece. Considering...

Online Gym: The New Way to Teach Physical Education?

Online Gym: The New Way to Teach Physical Education?

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer February 12, 2016

Deep in the gallows of Forest Hills Central lies a place only few are blessed to enter: the Online room. Where in the past taking online classes has been for credit recovery for kids that have failed classes,...

I'm running out of gas

I’m running out of gas

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer February 7, 2016

Like most high schoolers, I procrastinate with absolutely everything I do in my life. I have turned in papers at 11:59 PM the day that it’s due. I have neglected to put away my piles of laundry for the...

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Garage Store Proves to be a Customer Service Disaster

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer January 22, 2016

If you often go to Woodland mall, you might have noticed a new store from as far back as last spring. As someone who desperately tries to avoid shopping, I only took notice of Garage this week. I was drawn...

Small Victories

Small Victories

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer December 10, 2015

As the mornings and nights blend together during these cold winter months, suddenly our beds seem to be that much harder to get out of, our motivation becomes that much harder to find, and our lackadaisical...

Where's the Incentive?

Where’s the Incentive?

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer November 24, 2015

Every decision that we make is done with a reward in mind. How is this going to benefit me? How is this going to benefit someone that I know? Where is the reward? This is human nature. You do your...

FHC Dance Team to be "Stronger Than Ever" This Season

FHC Dance Team to be “Stronger Than Ever” This Season

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer November 2, 2015

We all know who they are. They dominate the court during the Homecoming assembly, they command the attention of spectators at the football and basketball games, and they sweep away rivals at their competitions....

Improv Team Lives Up to the Hype

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer October 6, 2015

If I would have known that the Saturday night Improv Show would have drawn such a considerable crowd, I would have gotten to the venue earlier than 5 minutes before it started. Me and the group of 15+...

Learning to Forgive

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer September 28, 2015

“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”...

"The Scorch Trials" Lacks Sizzle

“The Scorch Trials” Lacks Sizzle

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer September 21, 2015

Having already seen the first installment of the Maze Runner trilogy last year, I walked into the chilly Celebration Cinema theater confident that I would be able to flawlessly remember the plot. I was...

Senior Retreat Review

Senior Retreat Review

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff Writer September 16, 2015

“What bus number are you on?” “Please tell me that you’re in cabin Michigan 3 with me” “Are you in group 13?” These frantic flurry of questions between friends consumed the tall...

Age of Adaline

Age of Adaline

Lindsey DeBruin, Staff writer May 29, 2015

As I walked into movie theater 12, I scanned the rows for the perfect seat. During my search I noticed something that I should have guessed already: not one male was present. This was not something...

Varsity Letters: What Should Dictate Who Wins What?

Lindsey DeBruin, staff writer May 28, 2015

Almost all sports are more of a mental game than physical exertion. If the right mindset to succeed is not possessed, winning can be almost impossible. Keeping in mind the amount of brain power that goes...

Helicopter Parents: Are Teens Being Smothered?

Helicopter Parents: Are Teens Being Smothered?

Lindsey DeBruin, staff writer May 28, 2015

Your mother parallel parks into an open space in front of a huge office building. You sit nervously in the passenger seat, dreading your first day of a real, grownup job. “Now sweetheart, I packed...

Bailey Korhorn: Youth on the Field

Bailey Korhorn: Youth on the Field

Lindsey DeBruin, staff writer May 28, 2015

By the time spring time rolls around, high school seniors are expected to have their college plans set. As a recruited athlete, the commitment process needs to happen even sooner. But Sophomore Bailey...

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