It is scientifically proven that music has the power to change a human being. However, that doesn’t mean that it is common for a given song to come along and practically change the course of someone’s...
By Tatiana Figarola
In an attempt to have energy throughout the school day, I’ve tried to get myself to go to sleep around 9:30 for years. We’ve all heard about the “eight hours of sleep” that...
After recent events that have been occurring around our towns and the world, it is evident that time is never guaranteed. Life is something out of the hands of each person living the way they want to....
She takes a jog through the streets of her hometown and breathes heavily as the sun’s heat, combined with the length of her run, causes her to sweat profusely. Knowing that the high temperature of...
My morning on January 21st began at 2:45 in the morning, when my mother and I left for Montclair to take a chartered bus to Washington D.C. to attend the Women's March on Washington. There were to be...
For my second semester as a freshman at James Caldwell High School, my elective for the remainder of the year was Interior Decoration with Ms. Heinicke. My first few days of class were not exactly...
Everybody has their limits, their boundaries that keep them from taking risks and doing things they view as uncomfortable. Whether the boundaries stop them from trying a dangerous activity or attempting...
It is widely understood that American high school students have extremely high standards for themselves so therefore have equivalent levels of stress. As a practicing member of this highly strung population...
If there's one thing I've learned throughout high school, it's that your biggest enemy is yourself. High school, in short, is four years of stress piled on top of one another and compacted into a huge...
For the longest time, mental illnesses were not even acknowledged as medical conditions that needed to be treated. Mental illness simply did not exist, and those who may have been diagnosed as mentally...
Life goes on whether you are fully living it or watching it move by. It is a common idea that everyone is living, but I believe that some people are simply existing without even realizing. Being a high...
2016, however you may feel about it, was truly a whirlwind. The most memorable moments were ones that the 2015 versions of ourselves would have laughed at: Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar, the Chicago...
