Over the past year, I have become very close with my own mental health, specifically my anxiety. But at first, it was hard for me to identify how my anxiety was impacting and getting in the way of my everyday...
The second I walked in the front doors of the high school, I felt like I had something to prove. Was I a complete try-hard? Absolutely. It was more than that, though. I love the culture of East for so...
Lily Montague, Entertainment Editor
• April 29, 2020
I remember sitting in my first ever class of high school, the third row of Mr. Strickland’s World History class, not knowing what the next four years would bring or who I would become. The class filled...
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was a freshman, and she died a year and a half later.
I was angry and heartbroken, but more than that, I had lost my role model and an eminent force...
Imagine you’re a month away from graduating, but instead of going to school you move to Indiana and get a full time job at a GM factory.
At any other time this would sound like a very surprising decision,...
Never, not once, did the idea of a pandemic ending my senior year ever cross my mind.
If I had to take a guess, I would assume that out of 250 something seniors, not one of them would’ve been able...
I have watched way too many “coming of age” high school movies, you know the ones where the girl is choosing between Harvard or Stanford but all she really wants to do is sing. I was always disappointed...
When I was in first grade, my family was going to visit my grandparents in Florida for the holidays. What I did not know was that my parents secretly had plans to surprise me by driving to Disneyworld...
“High school is a time to grow and find yourself,” said everyone ever. This cliche always annoyed me, and I am not sure why. Maybe it was because I didn’t want to admit that there were some things...
As I have tried to write this column I keep coming back to the same question: Is this really what I want to be remembered for? I’ve watched for three years as seniors in the class pour more effort into...
I’m sure many of us have heard this phrase a lot over the past few weeks, but how many of us are actually listening?
On April 9., 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order extending...
"The house is actually from a picture I took. I thought that the house was placed in a beautiful calm area that I wanted to try to paint it with the same cozy calm feeling. I wanted the picture to look...
“Extra hours after practice, early morning runs, giving up time with friends and family, and of course giving up food” John Shelton ‘20. Wrestlers have to go through an immense amount of stress in...
Junior Jillian Brown verbally committed to play basketball for the Northwestern University Wildcats in a tweet this afternoon. “I am extremely excited to announce my commitment to Northwestern University!”...
