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Biting my nails

Biting my nails

Bailey Stover April 10, 2020
Senior Mary Kate Grossmann shares her experience as a nail biter, explains how she quit and discusses what prompted her to finally stop.
Two jobs

Two jobs

Bailey Stover April 10, 2020
Senior Chloe James recalls her experience working and quitting two jobs. She reflects on what her employment taught her and the discrimination she faced.
Social media

Social media

Bailey Stover March 31, 2020
Senior Isaiah Spellman describes how he used to use social media, why he stopped and his reasons for re-downloading Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Juul and vape photo by Camryn DeVore, Ana Manzano.

Vaping

Bailey Stover March 31, 2020
Junior Lola Gingerich shares why she first began Juuling, what it was like and what made her want to quit. Gingerich shares her thoughts on deterring ads.
Basketball photo by Camryn DeVore.

Basketball

Bailey Stover March 31, 2020
Junior Desirae Manning shares her mixed emotions about her decision to quit playing basketball and reflects on what ultimately influenced her choice.
Tap shoes photo by Camryn DeVore.

Dance

Bailey Stover March 31, 2020
Sophomore Mikayla Nelson shares her experience dancing and talks about what influenced her decision to quit in favor of playing the flute.
A student opens an illustrated curtain, as if to enter into a foreign world. Photo illustration by Sarah Kuhlmann, Ana Manzano.

Independence, experience accompany adulthood

Bailey Stover February 18, 2020
Adulthood brings a multitude of challenges ranging from family troubles to financial burdens and everything in-between.
A student holds a beer bottle, tilting his head back to take a drink. Photo illustration by Sarah Kuhlmann, Ana Manzano.

Young adults struggle, succeed with financial intelligence

Anjali Noel Ramesh February 18, 2020
Transitioning into adulthood, students reflect on how personal finance, parental guidance and work experience influence their financial intuition.
Loneliness Shadow Art by Rachel Stevens.

Biology furthers friendships

Sarah Ding January 8, 2020
Friendships play a significant role in promoting overall health, and principles of psychology and neuroscience help to explain how and why people interact.
Loneliness Shadow Art by Rachel Stevens.

People need people

Bailey Stover January 8, 2020
For two million years, humans have interacted with and needed one another to survive. Through physical stability in the past and emotional satisfaction in the present, the necessity of human interaction and familiarity throughout one’s life is imperative to his or her success. Humans may mold the world around them and build it up as their own, but their environments shape them in return.
Art by Lorelei Dohm.

Public embarrassment, humiliation detrimental to health, development

Bailey Stover November 6, 2019
Through social media platforms such as Instagram, shame and embarrassment permeate adolescence and can negatively influence one's health and happiness.
Art by Lorelei Dohm.

Review, ridicule create culture of ‘canceling’

Sarah Ding November 6, 2019
Cancel culture, facilitated in part by modern social media use and popular opinion, can create environments of ridicule and shame.
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