Every year, like clockwork, it happens. The first leaf falls in autumn, the temperatures dip, and before you can say “Pumpkin Spice Latte,” there’s a house on my block with Christmas lights already...

My body collides with the interior of the vehicle. My shoulder slams against the window with a resounding thud, the impact sending shock waves throughout my body. Blaring car horns and the echoes of my...

On my first day of senior year, I was warmly welcomed by Principal Steve McWilliams, pep rallies and Pepper Construction. For the next four months of my first semester, I grew accustomed to the mysterious...

I am now at the age that my father has dubbed “suitable for watching TV shows.” More specifically, his TV shows: hilarious, strange, 70s TV shows. Full disclosure, I am not one for TV. As a high...

Imagine: it’s 2017 and your favorite Katy Perry song is playing from another room as you get ready for the first day of 5th grade. On the car ride there, you beg your parents to use the phone to catch...

I had the recent pleasure of having a political discussion with a classmate. I am a Democrat, and they are a Republican. Spoiler alert: no one died, although many would rather face the unfortunate than...

It’s 3:30 pm and I’m trudging from the Commons over to my “SAT prep class.” It’s the hoop I’m told I have to jump through to ensure I do well enough on the SAT, so I can get into a good college,...

Group projects, especially teacher-assigned ones, are notoriously dreaded by students. Many people prefer to work independently in general, and bad group experiences could make even the biggest extrovert...

Dear students of BHS, Imagine, for a moment, that you are going through the class selection process you’re almost certainly familiar with. Maybe you have your heart set on your classes for next year,...

It’s holiday shopping time, and for better or worse you and Amazon are becoming besties. While the angst of finding Aunt Margo something other than your go-to-auntie-gift (“Oh…gloves?”) can be...

Have you ever heard of something called culture shock? It happens when you are exposed to a whole culture or habits that you aren't familiar with. If this idea was a bit blurry before for me, it hit me...