In 2019, the 5th generation mobile network, known as 5G, rolled out to the public, allowing high-speed data coverage around the US. And while...
Currently, Michigan is one of the few states that offers women's high school soccer in the spring. Most states offer a fall season or, in the...
I wiped my sweaty palms onto my black jeans and headed to the edge of the stage. Looking out into the audience, I was able to make out the dimly...
The process of turning in assignments has completely changed following the virtual school year. The online learning platform used from last year,...
Picture this: you are a high school senior, applying to college. There’s an ultra-competitive school you have dreamed about attending since you were a little kid. The campus is beautiful, the teachers are brilliant and the cafeteria is a fivestar restaurant. There are plenty of other colleges that you would be okay with, but nothing quite like this...
Undoubtedly, 2020 brought unprecedented hardships. As we rang in the new decade over a year ago, it was almost impossible to imagine the full ramifications of the coronavirus and subsequent pandemic. But here...
Joe Biden has been in office for about six weeks. He has already signed a slew of executive orders reversing many atrocious Trump-era policies. But any sense of profound relief or celebration at having...
I want to start this piece off by saying that it is a bylined opinion article. I speak for myself, as a 17-year-old journalist with opinions. I am not an expert, and this article is written from my feelings....
Throughout our history, the role of the electoral college in American democracy has been a disputed issue. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to Donald Trump....
Currently, Michigan is one of the few states that offers women's high school soccer in the spring. Most states offer a fall season or, in the south, a winter season when high school soccer does not conflict...
I wiped my sweaty palms onto my black jeans and headed to the edge of the stage. Looking out into the audience, I was able to make out the dimly lit faces of friends and family. Trying to remain focused,...
“Tighten up,” my coach says, poking my butt. I squeeze my muscles harder and concentrate. This is a usual day at practice. After years of training, being touched by coaches is something I...
I walked into the testing center half an hour earlier than instructed. Met by an administrator who stood up to my shoulders, I told her my name. “Noah … my name is Noah Bernstein,” I said, pointing...
Well, it happened. Derek Chauvin was found guilty of George Floyd’s murder. CNN reports that Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. It feels like this moment was a long time coming. In many police killings like this one, the officers who pull the trigger...
My Latino and Black brothers’ and sisters’ continuous antipathy has gone on for far too long. As a Black and Latino high school young man, I have been discriminated against countless times....
As a mixed child in a white family, I simultaneously learned about my Blackness and its danger. I remember when my white step-father first exposed the health risks my Black existence invites. There were...
This article was originally published on Dec. 14, 2015. We are bringing it back today. Still relevant. It is of paramount interest to be informed and have an understanding of the difference between...
Recently, my white aunt reposted someone’s photo on Facebook. It was a picture of two officers in riot gear coaxing a police horse with a bloody bandage on its nose. The caption read, “WOW!!! RIOTERs...
Mental health is very important for a person. It is what drives how we feel everyday. Some days it’s great, other times it’s not. Since school has begun, complete with homework and extracurriculars,...
When I was 12 years old, I learned the phrase thigh gap. I had no idea what it meant, but it didn’t take me long to find out. Edited or not, people on social media have the ability to produce an impression...
COVID-19 remains a dangerous threat in 2021. Not just for the elderly, but for children as well. All ages have been affected for almost two years now, but there is a way for this to end––the vaccine. Vaccines...
“I haven’t slept in three days,” said Moose Gultekin, a sophomore at CHS. Gultekin’s exhaustion is largely due to stress from school. She has had to stay up extra late to finish her...
On Jan. 6, 2021, what I like to call ‘rioting insurrectionist state-sanctioned domestic terrorists’ breached the U.S. Capitol. I had left a Zoom call and joined my parents in the family room to...
I sat on my living room couch drinking my coffee as I burst into laughter over TikToks about the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. But then I took a step back and my bliss...
"This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic,” said President George W. Bush, yesterday. American democracy is esteemed in a way few things in our...
“This is not America.” “I am shocked to see this.” “Why is this happening?” Words of surprise covered my feed yesterday afternoon. Those words confused me. Have you not been listening?...
