The rise of social media has brought out new opportunities for people who seek fame: the art of influencing.
But like most things, it comes with a downside. An influencer’s job is to connect with...
I have always known I’ve wanted to be a teacher. Even in the fourth grade “Dress for Success” parade, I wore my best teacher outfit and brought math equations for everyone to solve. I am majoring...
As I scroll through social media each day, I’m exposed to hundreds of different videos and posts. Most of the time when I go on Instagram or TikTok, I do it to laugh and entertain myself, but sometimes...
Each day at 7:50am, the late bell rings in half empty classrooms as students line up on main street to scan in. Many students arrive as first period is in session, putting themselves at a disadvantage,...
100 days into the Trump administration, and things have already gone from bad to worse. ICE raids, health department scandals and completely unnecessary trade wars; while the news is focused on Trump’s...
The place where I feel the most insecure is in a room full of desks with students clicking away on keyboards as I try to type even faster. I feel the competition build as I try to write a longer paragraph...
Summer came and went, and suddenly I realized I was starting my senior year, and I had done nothing to prepare for college applications. No letters of recommendation, no decided major, no research done...
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...
