Argyrenia Pipinos, Lifestyle Editor
December 16, 2024
The sound of gunfire echoed in a neighborhood this August, leaving an innocent Uber driver dead. The shooters weren’t hardened criminals but children as young as 11, who...
Mira Mukherjee, In-Depth Editor
December 16, 2024
A few years ago, my parents were told their children would not amount to anything. Hosting a dinner one Saturday night, they had planned on an evening of relaxation; but during...
Mahdis Riazikhah, Co-Opinions Editor
December 16, 2024
I gaze at my reflection in the mirror. Stretch marks litter my stomach. I feel eyes drilling holes into my skin. A faint whisper in my ear echoes, “Fat.” I feel as if...
December 16, 2024
As the semester wraps up, a familiar foe returns to haunt students and teachers across MN alike. Choruses of pleas and tears fill the halls as teachers enter final semester...
Teja Sridher, Co-Opinions Editor
November 4, 2024
As the Disney theme fills the room with joy, you sit there, enthralled by the magic happening behind the screen. At that moment, life seems far too innocent as a kid. However,...
Rhea Jain, Staff Writer
November 4, 2024
You went to the Eras tour at Arrowhead? You’re not like one of those crazy swifties?” I remember hearing these 16 words come out of people’s mouths after I told them...
Mia Castro, Editor-in-Chief
November 4, 2024
On every legal and public document, my address is written as 15567 Hickory St. This is my house. My place of residence. But what sets this building apart from...
The Hoofbeat, Staff Editorial
November 4, 2024
The Founding Fathers warned against a two-party system. Our country didn’t listen, and here we are today—a country with a two-party system that is more divided than ever. The...
Anuj Singh, Front Page Editor
September 25, 2024
It’s a cycle we know much too well. A humanitarian disaster happens. A mass shooting occurs. The media spends a week paddling non-stop headlines about the unprecedented...
Kai Pavlova, Staff Writer
September 25, 2024
Gaslighting, romance, manipulation. A 2016 novel written by author Colleen Hoover tells the love story of Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid. Wait… did I just say love? After...
Mia Castro, Editor-in-Cheif
September 25, 2024
The evening sun lowers over Allen Burrell Jr.’s cap, his eyes squinting against the falling amber light. The sour smell of hot plastic turf fills Burrell’s nostrils as...