Bearing News

Alt-right media targets children, creates family division

Parker Boone • November 9, 2020

When I was fourteen years old, I was encouraged by my family, friends and school to be as politically active as I could. I remember when Scott Wittenborn and Lacey Hahn, my freshman civics teachers, asked...

A letter to Gen Z ahead of the upcoming election

Nora Crutcher-McGowan • October 27, 2020

Although I was old enough to remember Obama’s reelection, it didn’t have nearly the same impact on me as the 2016 election. This election introduced me to a world of American politics that is often unjust, repetitive and hopeless.

Hypocrisy in advocacy

Shruti Gautam • October 19, 2020

The emcee gestured toward me, as I stood near the banners behind them. Drowning in a too-bulky navy coat and a violet hat protecting my ears from the chilly January air, I made my way to the center of the stage at the downtown amphitheater for the Women’s March.

California to Columbia: moving across the country during COVID-19

Emma Stefanutti • October 11, 2020

Moving is a difficult, anxiety-inducing and draining task, especially when it’s long-distance. Leaving behind friends and starting a new life in a new town is stressful enough—imagine having to do it in the middle of a global pandemic.

Discovering passions proves essential for well-being

Sarah Ding • April 1, 2020

Too often, people portray themselves as completely boxed-in, focused individuals when they could branch out and diversify their interests. Not every hobby must be the basis of one’s personality, nor must they be monetized in order to be deemed worthy of one’s time.

Faith moves mountains

Maddie Orr • March 30, 2020

When I was in Colorado last summer with my church, The Crossing, I listened to a sermon at the Cottonwood Pass at the peak of a long hike, surrounded by melting snow and the vastness of the world around me. Although the enormity that was the Rocky Mountains threatened to swallow me up and make me feel small and insignificant, the beauty of God’s creation lifted me up instead.

Questionable ideologies turn into damaging mindsets

Sarah Mosteller • March 28, 2020

Throughout elementary school, I believed when boys pestered me it meant they had a crush on me. That mindset didn't put me at risk of dating violence at a young age, but in middle and high school where flirting is more common those beliefs make me more susceptible to abusive, manipulative, or violent relationships than girls who were taught consent.

The Wasian complication

Isaac Yontz • March 19, 2020

Filipino and white culture are polarized, and it makes being somewhere in between confusing. Wasian culture, characterized by being a half-Asian, half-white teenager, is prominent on social media platforms like TikTok; although there is a Wasian community online, Columbia is not known for its diversity.

Speedo Region VIII Sectionals canceled because of COVID-19 health concerns

Turner DeArmond • March 16, 2020

Junior Turner DeArmond's swim season was supposed to culminate the Speedo Region VIII Sectionals March 12-15, but COVID-19 health concerns cut it short.

Family meals make memories, shape habits

Audrey Novinger • March 14, 2020

If one peeked into my pale-yellow kitchen on any given day of the week between 6 and 7 p.m., he or she would glimpse my family of four seated in tall, wooden, swivel-backed chairs around a circular table,...

Nostalgia stirs introspection

Bailey Stover • February 25, 2020

Talking about how my life has changed becomes increasingly difficult when I struggle to recall the sequence of my youth. The only consistent memory my Swiss cheese brain has kept safe from time’s thieving grasp has been the Sunday mornings I spent with my grandpa in his house, which hasn’t changed since I was born.

Consumer actions necessary to reshape fashion industry

Audrey Novinger • February 20, 2020

My views on the fashion industry changed dramatically after learning about the social and environmental consequences of fast fashion.