Facing Boredom: What Self Isolation Will No Longer Let Me Avoid
Opinion by J1 Reporter Rachel Achola “I’m bored,” is a phrase that has become familiar in my day to day life. It has driven me to make countless bad decisions […]
Category Archives: opinion
QuaranTEEN’s 17th Birthday
Commentary By J1 Reporter Sophia Simmons Although big birthday celebrations are cancelled this spring with COVID-19, that does not mean celebrating another year of life is. On April 19, I […]
1 Month into Quarantine, Journalism 1- Block G Reflections
Quinn F: In all honesty, I haven’t minded quarantine that much. Of course I miss seeing my friends, and my family can drive me crazy by being up in my room […]
Can’t Have a Virus Without US: Social Distancing is a Group Effort
Opinion By J1 Reporter Maddie Genoways Social distancing. I mean, that really sounds like someone else’s problem, right? No one else is out, so who cares if you grab lunch […]
Am I wasting my youth?
Opinion Column By J1 Reporter Frannie Cihunka Today’s culture is incredibly fast-paced. Our society has fallen into the belief that success equals happiness. It’s especially difficult for teenagers to escape […]
Enduring the Epidemic
Opinion By J1 Reporter Gaea Kaan It’s hard to think about things besides boredom or what you might do tomorrow, but for some members of society, the next day is […]
When Teachers over-assign, they are stressing out parents
Opinion by J1 reporter Quinn Findley With schools closing down until further notice, teachers have been forced to create unique ways to teach online, but not every school has the […]
U.S. women’s soccer continues the fight for equal pay
Opinion by J1 Reporter Cece West Growing up, the U.S. women’s soccer team has not only been an influence for me, but for many girls around the country. I remember […]
2020 Women’s March brings community together
Commentary By J1 Reporter Rachel Achola “You see how smart women are, how capable they are and how innovative they are. It makes you wonder why we aren’t given the […]
Don’t be insensitive at possibility of war
Staff Editorial As international news stories surrounded America’s disputes with Iran in mid-January, American teenagers were presented with the possibility of war for the very first time. However, from the […]
Conspiracies surround rappers’ deaths
Opinion by EllaMeis More and more rappers are dying out of the blue, leaving fans in a state of sadness and shock because of the musical impact they had. Theories […]
Support women’s cosmetic choices
Opinion by HollyMcCutcheon We stand at protests with signs supporting feminism while wearing a “Girls Support Girls” shirt, yet when a woman makes the choice to undergo cosmetic injections or […]
Cosmetic surgery corrupts empowerment
Opinion by ChloeHerbert Cosmetic surgery demeans women. If we truly wished to empower one another, we wouldn’t support an industry that tells women their bodies aren’t good enough. If we […]
A girl of their dreams, but not in reality
Opinion by ArianaGanson Everyone has a different outlook on someone, whether it’s a reflection of their present or past self. People tend to use their own emotions and outlooks to […]
Good food, but a little fishy
Review By J1 Reporter Margaret Kelly Saturdays may be for the boys, but Fridays are for the girls. Recently, I spent a night out with a couple of my coworkers, […]
Stop telling me Santa isn’t real
Opinion by MaggiePeklo In fourth grade I had a crisis: my classmates told me Santa Claus didn’t exist and that my parents put presents under the Christmas tree. As a […]
Pets aren’t people, please stop treating them so
Opinion by Chloe Herbert I’ve had a pet since the moment I was born. Our first family pet was a beagle named Lady, and I’d curl up alongside her in […]
Letter to the editor
Letter From ArijKhan ’20 Being a child of two immigrants myself, I have often found it difficult to navigate “normal” high school experiences. When I came to Marian, I had […]
‘Joker’: is it worth outrageous, dividing controversy?
Opinion by MaggieMantini Todd Phillips’ “Joker” is a film about an alienated individual, whose embrace of revolutionary evil becomes a kind of integrity. It has been argued that “Joker” has […]
Memory care facilities: for patients or for profit?
Opinion by MaggieMantini In 2012, Margaret Billman, my nana, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, an irreversible brain disorder that slowly destroys memory. Since then, my family and I have watched her […]
