“You spent how long there?” one of my classmates asked on the first day of school.  Nine weeks, 63 days, 1512 hours. I spent basically my entire summer before senior year at a sleepaway camp. This...

Many argue that Matel’s improvement of Barbie doll diversity is why Barbie should stay relevant. However, despite their newfound diverse options, the concept of “Barbie'' is past saving because of...

A 2-hour long exam period. Studying upon studying. Work piling up, and stress piling up. Students know what is coming: midterms and finals. Each year during some week in January and the last week of...

The message is clear: teenagers across the nation are struggling with their mental health. In October 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, along with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry...

For years, critics have said that some of the more commercially successful artists are too superficial to be critically acclaimed. To what degree are these claims valid? In order to first answer whether...

Have you ever been to a movie where people stand up and start dancing? I didn’t think I would ever have this experience, but Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour movie changed that. Within 10 minutes of the...

 If you have ever looked back at high school photos from the past, you may think that the kids back then looked older or more mature. Is this a product of the way we think, or have people really begun...

SHEIN is one of the biggest shopping apps on the Apple App Store right now (only behind Temu, which is a whole different can of worms). It’s understandable why; their prices are some of the cheapest...

When you think of concerts, you probably think of fun: dancing, singing, smiling. However, the process behind securing tickets for such events is anything but fun. Long ticket queues, overpriced seats...

On September 17, 2023, the International House of Pancakes became my world, with the Cinn-A-Stack pancake combo changing my life for the better.   IHOP is a casual, sit-down and takeout restaurant...