What Should I Tell My Doctor?
Zoë Miller, Features Editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under FEATURE, SHOWCASE, Uncategorized
Teenagers navigate a sea of choices as they grow up. This includes their healthcare. Some of the different questions teens may face include: Should I see a doctor alone? Should I come out to my doctor? What should I tell my doctor? “I’ll tell my doctor stuff about my sexual activity, but that...
Girls in Gowns
February 13, 2019
Filed under FEATURE
"You know it’s already hard for us. You know as Black women you’ve got to work a little harder in academic spaces, so you might as well put that foot forward and do what you can right now." ~Jade Merriwhether
Deaf: Not Disabled
February 11, 2019
Filed under FEATURE
The term, “Deaf culture” is something most have never even heard of. Most people don’t realize that it even exists. People have heard of, and are familiar with, terms such as pop culture, Black culture, and jazz culture. Deaf culture, however, is something that isn’t often recognized nor studied, t...
On the Street
Emme Perencevich and Alison Kenaston
January 9, 2019
Filed under FEATURE, Uncategorized
Born out of surf-skate culture, streetwear has blended high-class fashion labels and more established brands since the late 1970s. In 1994 James Jebbia founded a small startup in downtown Manhattan. Almost twenty-five years later, Supreme is worth over a billion dollars. The juxtaposition of a...
Winter Horoscopes by the Little Hoax
Reese Hill, Reporter
December 21, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Horoscopes, Satire, SHOWCASE, The Little Hoax
DISCLAIMER: The Little Hoax and its horoscopes are a satirical blog. (…Or are they?) Follow this advice column at your own discretion. Aries (March 21 - April 19): You may find that your usually energetic attitude is hampered during these next few months, experiencing lethargic tendencies and a general...
Soups for Sharing
December 20, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, FOOD, SHOWCASE
LEMONY CARROT AND CAULIFLOWER SOUP INGREDIENTS: 1 tablespoon coriander seeds 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more for serving 1 large white onion, peeled and diced (2 cups) 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 5 medium carrots (1 pound), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups) 1 ½ t...
Bringing the Heat
Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos and Zoë Miller
December 20, 2018
In a haze of fumes the Capsaicin Bros dice, blend, and sanitize. Heat fills the room. After all the work is done, their product, Death Wish, is what’s left. Mitchell Wilkes ‘20, Paul Cornell ‘20, Anthony Murphy ‘20 and Noah Weaver ‘20 make up the Capsaicin Brothers. Their product, Death Wish, has ...
In Focus
Mira Bohannan Kumar, Web & Copy Editor
December 19, 2018
Filed under FEATURE
Margaret Glenn ‘20 has known for the better part of a decade that her brain works in a different way than most. “As a kid, I always spaced out when other people didn’t. I had trouble staying organized when other people didn’t. I had trouble focusing on things. I had trouble completing tasks,” G...
Secondhand Steals for the Winter Season
Mariam Keita, Mira Kumar, Everline Bwayo, and Cecile Bendera
December 18, 2018
Filed under Fashion, FEATURE, SHOWCASE
If we look for the intersectionality between Foucault and Schopenhauer, we can see that not only is life a prison, but that it is a prison from which the only escape is to acknowledge our own purposelessness, and that our psychological imprisonment is eternal and transformative. This display of winte...
Those Crazy Years: A Collection of Teachers’ High School Experiences
Julianne Berry-Stoelzle, Reporter
December 18, 2018
Sizing Down
Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos and Jesse Hausknecht-Brown
December 18, 2018
The first thing Ali Herdliska ‘20 does after school each day is relieve her constant back pain by lying down. After eight hours of sitting in a desk at school with five-minute breaks every 49 minutes, four pounds of breast tissue weighing down on her neck and back, she is finally free. “I feel...
Have Bike, Will Travel
Mira Bohannan Kumar and Owen Sorenson
November 15, 2018
Filed under FEATURE
For many high schoolers, getting a driver’s license--and maybe a car to go with it--is a rite of passage. At City High, conflicts abound over lowerclassmen parking in the lots closest to the school, which juniors and seniors jealously guard. But Walter McDonough ‘19 didn’t buy into this system. ...
Co-Executive Editor
You drop your phone. Your heart stops. "Is my most loved device done for?" You wonder to yourself. As your arm feverishly and quietly stretches downward you begin to fear the worst. You start conceiving...