Technology has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter are so engraved in people’s lives that a we feel anxiety simply by going a day without our phones attached to our hands. Just recently, I overheard two girls talking about their Snapchat streaks. One girl was worried, telling the…
Category: General Interest
Thought-Provoking Accounts for the Most Aware Generation
If only one thing, Generation Z is aware. A product of this generation’s connection to technology, Generation Z has unprecedented access to knowledge. This availability results in awareness of cultural differences, scholarly achievement, and global issues. Often this awareness comes with understanding, another product of technological engagement. An informed perception of the world allows Generation…
The Mental Game
Every sport in one way or another involves a mental element. No athlete’s performance is based purely on one’s physical capabilities and no team’s success is simply a result of players who are in the best shape to perform. While athletics are by the literal definition “physical sports and games of any kind” any athlete…
Winter Blues
Almost nobody appreciates autumn turning ever so quickly into winter. You can no longer wear your treasured Birkenstocks or Rainbow sandals. Sickness is in the air, which is considerably colder than it was a few weeks ago. Additionally, school has been in session long enough for it to lose the luster it had in the…
The Perks of Thrifting
Most people have heard of second-hand shopping, more commonly known as thrifting, but how many have actually done it? It is a common belief that thrift shopping is “only for poor people,” or that wearing clothes that once belonged to someone else is uncomfortable. I am here to tell you that there are several perks…
My Magical Test Gods
Throughout my high school career, there have been weird… instances. Now, I’m not talking about peculiar things I’ve seen but more along the lines of strange phenomena that has happened to me. In the past few years, whether I needed one more block to study for a test or a whole other night, someone or…
Spotlight On: 2018 ADL Youth Congress, Event
The Anti- Defamation League (ADL) held its annual Youth Congress on Friday, April 13th. A group of Marblehead High students went to experience a day of powerful speeches, activities, and workshops. The conference brings together 1500 students and school staff spanning from all of the New England area. The goal is to work on demolishing…
Spotlight On: Kalief Browder, Victim of the Justice System
The United States houses about 25% of the world’s inmates. With mass incarceration being at a high of 2 million, the system is bound to break. With the Kalief Browder story, it truly did. The Criminal Justice system’s duty is to give someone due process; they failed to implement that for Kalief Browder, a bronx…
Spotlight On: Ryan Lowry, Photographer
Ryan Lowry is a an up and coming photographer who is “available for editorial and commercial projects everywhere in the world…. EVERYWHERE”. Lowry has been featured on PDN’s 30 2015, Urban Outfitters, It’s nice that, Vice Interview, The Wild Interview, Book Du Jour: Two Years, and The Latent Image to name a few. Whether he’s…
Women’s History is Everyone’s History
WOMEN beings who create beauty WOMEN protectors of society WOMEN sophisticated simplicity WOMEN holders of unconditional love WOMEN enlightened from above WOMEN backbone of mankind WOMEN lovers of all kinds WOMEN creators of the world WOMEN a combination of fragility and confidence swirled WOMEN cultivated caretakers who break barriers WOMEN Trustworthy carriers WOMEN…