Cameron Penner is a senior returning to the newspaper after two-and-a-half long, difficult years away. He took the intro class the first semester of his freshman year and fell in love with writing, but he had to swap out of it second semester for band. And because he needed to get all of his credits to graduate and continue doing band, he never had any time to come back—until now. Cam enjoys trying many new things, ranging from instruments to fun hairstyles. He is so excited to be writing again, even if it’s not in the actual TCT class. He plans to write as much as he can regarding things such as music, pop culture, and more.
Cam or Cameron? Whatever feels best for you!!
Favorite band right now: I’ve been listening to a ton of Guster lately, but I’m into many other groups, such as Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, America, and many other classic rock bands. I also love all things Jazz related.
Favorite DCI show: Bluecoats 2024 was phenomenal and unbeatable. I’d say Phantom Regiment 2024 is a close second; tied for 3rd would be Bluecoats 2025 and Boston Crusaders 2025. Both were great shows, but I’m very happy that Boston won!
How many instruments? There were 14 last time that I counted, so we’ll go with that. Recently, Miss Dykstra unexpectedly gave me a pan flute from Guatemala!
Since the beginning of the new year, many videos of people challenging themselves to talk about life for a minute straight have crossed my social media feed. The catch—they are not allowed to use any...
R&B has been absent from my repeated listening for almost my entire life. Too often, I stick to the indie-rock and jazz albums that I could recite front to back without any thought. Shortly after I...
I don’t remember what warmth feels like. I was once clothed by the blanket of love, waking up every day enveloped in its soothing embrace. I once believed it to be eternal, lasting my entire lifetime...
I am a real musician. I make mistakes when I play my instruments, and when I sing, sometimes, I get voice cracks. When I practice, I often stop and focus on a difficult passage until I can play it correctly...
The bass guitar is criminally overlooked in modern music. I often hear unoriginal, mundane lines written out, frequently confining solely to the root note of the chord. Due to the decline of popular experimental...
After being consistently used for years by past science teachers in their Biology and Environmental Science classes, the greenhouse at FHC has now become completely unusable. Many of the systems required...
"There are places I remember / All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better / Some have gone, and some remain
All these places have their moments / With lovers and friends, I still...
Ever since my feet left the turf, my mind has continuously wandered back to age thirteen, where I stood on the carpeted office floor, requesting a schedule change. I was tired of taking pictures; I wanted...
While he was usually a second-string player, senior Elijah Oppenhuizen was fortunate enough to play three out of four quarters of the varsity football game against Wyoming High School this past season....
While living in Virginia for four years, senior Prad Nalam played extremely competitive badminton. He spent a lot of time with his club group playing tournaments and other small competitions during his...
I am quick to judge people with differing opinions. Some might say that I am a bad person because of this, but that conclusion about my character only reveals that the act of judgment is a natural part...
Throughout my childhood, before I was cursed with open availability, I dreamed of owning my own landline. I pictured the green phone hanging on my wall, accompanied by the curly cord that I could twirl...
As a high school student in the fall of 2025, I am automatically exposed to the recent craze surrounding a certain mobile game: Clash Royale. I am being honest when I say that I went into the "research"...
According to the FHC student body, the general consensus regarding the Senior Dinner Dance on Nov. 2 is an overwhelming feeling of hesitation. Many seniors are confused and unaware of what occurs at the...
Influenced by her mom and her desire to help others, senior Sadie Koffman decided she wanted to start a volunteer club for underclassmen the summer going into her junior year. The two of them went through...
In seventh grade, I believed that I would not exist at thirteen. This was not a suicidal ideation; I just believed once you reached thirteen, life did not continue. On the night of my thirteenth birthday,...
This past summer, my grandma and I finally took on the project we’ve been talking about for years: painting my room. I had never done any project like this before, and I thought it was going to take...
Throughout my 17 years of life and musicianship, I have never seen anyone play ‘the cup’. But that’s how the young band Riff Wood advertises their songs online: two of the three members are playing...
Even though they may be strange, senior Charlize Theron writes down her dreams in her Notes app in hopes that one day, they will be portrayed in her self-directed future films. She believes that all of...
Three years fly by quickly when sitting in a car. Life moves all around; decades worth of trees and memories surround the vehicle, moving at high speeds. This car ride was very enjoyable, filled with sunny...
I always seek out the melodies of life. A vacant silence is a torturous place for the mind, no matter what setting I happen to be in. Alongside a series of tears that run down my cheek as I weep, or if...
A unanimous favorite restaurant among members of the newest food-based club at FHC—the International Cuisine Club—is Indian Masala. For Senior Timothee Larmande, the dish that came to mind that he...
Audrey Milanowski, for inspiring me to join band.
Thank you for taking yearbook in 8th grade. Without it, I wouldn’t have met you or almost any of the people mentioned in this column. Yearbook being...
Senior Sarah Dunn found one of the defining parts of her high school career through two of the most important people in her life.
“My best friend [senior Averie Zaschak] played volleyball, so she...
This time of year will never change.
This time of hot chocolate and pajamas. This time of transforming the house into Home Alone and praying the Grinch won’t steal the gifts. This time of everlasting...
In a perfect musical world, lead singer Alex Turner would have a better voice.
Only being exposed to very few songs by Arctic Monkeys—such as “505” and “Only Ones Who Know,” I didn’t have...
What school can say that their announcements are almost entirely student-run and visually captivating? FHC can, all thanks to Forest Exposure.
FX began in the late 1980s/early 90s while Media Communications...
13 weeks. 91 days. 2184 hours. 131,040 minutes. 7,862,400 seconds.
I found a reason that quickly. I found a family that quickly. I found true laughter that quickly. I found a smile that quickly. I...
