Wilde Lake has a bathroom problem. For a school of over 1000 students, we have 40 gendered stalls, but only two gender neutral. Three, if you count the nurse’s bathroom.
There simply aren’t enough...
When America elected Donald Trump into office, they elected an out-and-proud transphobe. With his election, the transgender community is panicking, and rightfully so.
Trump’s public and consistent...
Ding! My phone rings with yet another video of a school fight. Too often, a fight breaks out in the hallways of Wilde Lake High School. Even if I don’t watch the fight, I always know it happened because...
The Wilde Lake village center bustles with familiar shops and restaurants for people to visit. Unfortunately, the students of Wilde Lake are confined to a cramped lunch period in the cafeteria, unable...
Caroline Sorensen, Web Editor, Photo Editor, Multimedia Editor
• February 25, 2025
Author Colleen Hoover continuously fails to take romance, domestic violence, and drug use seriously, leaving her impressionable teenage audience with an unhealthy understanding of love.
Hoover has written...
My closet is filled to the brim with sweaters that push the door open. My t-shirt closet is so compact that the hangers no longer slide on the rack. Even with this, the ten items in my online shopping...
From my bed, I can take a trip to another continent, watch what’s happening across the country, and go to a party. I watch other people interact on Instagram and TikTok, and suddenly, I find myself wishing...
The hiss of my can being opened echoes around my silent classroom. It’s like clockwork: As the late bell sounds at 7:50, I am already opening up my daily energy drink and taking a refreshing sip. Whether...
For many, the words artificial intelligence (AI) set off immediate red flags. Cheating, plagiarism, and copying all come to mind when a student says they use AI, but this doesn’t have to be the case.
AI,...
Since our freshmen year, Wilde Lake has been our Ohana. Ms. Marcy Leonard ran events like Caturday Study Halls and Community Nights so students could connect with their community. This year, when we walked...
Every year, Journalism is on the chopping block. With low enrollment in Journalism courses across the county, high school newspapers face class cut threats each year. This threat became a reality for Centennial.
Centennial’s...
During a seven hour school day, sometimes all I need to do is use the bathroom, but to do that, I have to participate in a confusing and unnecessary system.
Wilde Lake introduced a new bathroom system...
