Dear Heart, Hello my old heart, how quiet have you beaten in these past few years? I hardly hear your warm pulse anymore, and I worry the wall I built between us is suffocating you.  The world outside...

When I first heard that the zoo I grew up attending was hosting a lantern festival with a multitude of expertly crafted creations, my expectations were high; they were met the moment I walked through the...

Popcorn is not a choice, but a lifestyle. With that comes judgment on those who consume less than the highest quality corn on the market. The buttered, even amount of salt and oil, fresh out of the popper...

As the buds blossom and the green blades of grass grow, hope for the new dawn of the year sparks inside me. Spring is finally here, and for a brief moment, the sun feels like it could melt the permafrost...

What was your reaction to the court announcement? "I was surprised I got on the court since it felt random and did not expect myself to be chosen." How do you feel about being on court? "I am...

What was your reaction to the court announcement? "I’m not going to lie, I was sleeping in class and I heard [someone say] my last name, and it woke me up, so I was extremely confused. Then I realized...

In the past few years, I have experienced many popular media being made into identical adaptations by big companies to profit off a nostalgia factor from past generations such as of the recent Sonic, Detective...

Every single year, I have always had a sheet of four or so slips of paper labeled ‘bathroom pass,’ and I treat them like gold. Now, doesn't that seem funny—valuing pieces of paper that allow me to...

The definition of apathy is a lack of feeling or emotion: impassiveness, or lack of interest or concern: indifference. Whether a person cares about something to a certain degree, at some point, everyone...

This past Friday, March third, was my seventeenth birthday, and with every single person I talked to, I haggled my brain overtaking an opportunity to brag about my birthday.  Yes, I admit that I am...

Drosera, a carnivorous species living in Australia and South Africa, poses a great learning curve that many people and should get to traverse in the course of their lives. The Sundew, or Drosera as its...

Six full hours of strait musical hit after hit, the Hella Mega Tour featuring Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy marks itself as a shining golden memory that flashes constantly in junior Evan Churches...

Being the quiet kid in most classrooms does not mean I am not concerned with what happens between interactions and conversations I observe. It comes with the perks of being the kid sitting at the back...

I, not the most intelligent or popular in the class, sit and do my work nine times out of 10, but somehow suffer the consequences of looking unbothered. The situation I am referring to is being used as...

I have never felt homesick like this, longing to run down a tranquil path, weaving between tall pines in the amber light of dust. Twilight stretched the skies over me, and the warmth and glow of the sun...

In the dead of Michigan's semi-frozen winter, it sits. Tented by a cave of snowy white plastic, sheltering various kinds of backyard structures and mowers, the camper rests, awaiting the thaw of spring. I,...

Walking through the halls of FHC, it is not uncommon to see students having conversations that seem more purposeful than about the latest Taylor Swift songs or the loudest cars in the student parking lot....

His perch, on a fluffy tan blanket, offers a breathtaking, spectacular bird's eye view of my front stoop and driveway. The perfect spot to see cars drive up and down the road, waiting to see if mom is...

After 25 years, the Pokemon company has announced the last eleven episodes of Ash Ketchum’s journey to becoming a Pokemon Master. The anime will air its last episode late in January, officially ending...

My New Year did not start with joyous laughter and enthusiastic hugs or confetti, but instead the horror of my precipice entertainment disappearing like dust as if Thanos snapped it out of existence. As...

Throughout his whole life in school, junior Harrison (Harry) Holloway has been expanding his horizon on many different fronts. Many of these opportunities allow Harry to take creative liberties with his...

Ever since I was young, I have loved movies. I had a special love for the movie trilogy How To Train Your Dragon. Movies like this offered big worlds for me to explore and immerse myself in. Growing up,...

When I was younger, I had a unique ability to befriend random strangers with a quick conversation and a smile. Looking back, I have no idea how I managed to do it. Well actually, it's something that I...

This year's play, Clue, has many overlooking the most important backbone of the entire show. Only to be acknowledged at the very end of applause and often forgotten is the stage crew. With many new faces...

Within the confines of an archaic fantasy written world, the Chinese company, Hoyo-Verse, has conjured its most extraordinary chapter in Genshin Impact. It includes characters that outsmart the lore, concepts...

Nothing more irks me than turning on the car radio to hear Mariah Carey on a sunny warm autumn day in the middle of October. Why, of all things, do people allow Christmas music when the season is still...

Past the loud clamor and clash of silver and brass instruments, sophomore Angel Dominguez thrives in an environment full of personas and people. Band, like all of the other musical classes FHC provides,...

Pikachu is overrated. Just like the other hundreds of other Pokémon, in general, they matter to me more than the birds and bees in the sky. Yes, despite my unfathomable love for the outdoors, fictional...

I can pull an immaculate Halloween costume together in ten minutes just from my closet alone. Why? To put it blatantly, I have a bad habit of getting things I don’t need. That being said, sure, my...