Helen Fagan, Examiner Co-Editor September 22, 2016
This community is a great place to live, no doubt about it.
There’s a reason why affluent citizens choose to spend their time here, a notion affirmed by the fact that the median household income of...
“I just don’t want to do this any- more,” she said. “I think we should see other people.” “Oh, al-right. If that’s what you want. Can I ask why?” he responded.
The two continue...
It’s hard to find a more Nicholas Sparks-esque love story than that of Margaret and Bill Sethness.
In a culture that now reveres instant communication over face-to-face interaction with apps like Snapchat...
One of my most vivid breakups occurred a few years ago, when a girl told me that she was ending things with me because she “wanted to have fun.”
From that moment on, my perspective on relationships...
What’s fun about high school, as opposed to middle school, is that anything goes when you’re beyond the confines of the classroom.
Walking through the halls of New Trier, you’re...
Snapchat’s goal is to provide a form of safe and clean communication, but over the years many New Trier students have utilized the disappearing content to share crude pictures and explicit material.
In...
The concept of Eskimo brothers/sisters is not regarded consistently by the New Trier student body. While some consider it to be a gross and unnecessary acknowledgment of past hookups, other students find...
The world of “Gossip Girl” is a supposed look behind-the-scenes of New York’s Elite.
Set on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the characters spend their time attending a prestigious private school,...
Since Tinder’s launch in 2012, dating apps have become immensely popular, with Tinder alone garnering over 1.6 billion users, a small portion of which are New Trier students.
More and more, New Trier...
Many New Trier students have ditched the idea of dating, replacing it with a less formal hook up relationship-- a booty call.
According to one senior, a booty call is when you text a boy or girl late...
In recent years, Netflix has become not just a glorified time waster, but instead, a new relationship maker.
The phrase “Netflix and chill” was not used until a tweet in 2009 from the user NofaceNina,...
“Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater….,” an old refrain we’ve heard since childhood is still relevant to this day.
In childhood, cheating in a card game might’ve brought shame from your friends....
