The student news site of New Trier High School

New Trier News

The student news site of New Trier High School

New Trier News

The student news site of New Trier High School

New Trier News

Dear New York Times, I do mind if you say you have ‘a little OCD’

Wylan Sokolov, Staff Reporter
March 24, 2023

On Jan. 22, the New York Times published an article by Maia Szalavitz titled, "I Don’t Mind if You Say You Have ‘a Little OCD'”. Szalavitz, a journalist who specializes in drug addiction, made the...

Santos pictured talking to press after a conference meeting in Washington D.C. on Jan. 25, 2023

Professional politician and professional liar takes seat in congress

Stella Dale, Social Media and Opinions Editor
February 10, 2023

Recently elected Republican congressman George Santos is a 34-year old Queens-born liar. Representing New York’s third congressional district. Like a real New Yorker, Santos has glorified his life, which...

Muslim women in India protest for their rights to wear hijab in schools

The feminist hypocrisy on villainizing hijab for ‘freedom’

Said Aydin, Managing Editor
February 3, 2023

A few months ago, after the death of 22 year old Iranian Mahsa Amini—who was killed under the custody of the Iranian morality police due to not wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf worn by Muslim...

New Years resolutions are a myth and phony. Now that January has passed, set goals and resolutions–not “New Year’s” resolutions” you know that aren’t real.

New year, fake me

Stella Dale, Social Media and Opinions Editor
February 3, 2023

You would think that gyms on January 1st would convince people to get memberships for their sales. That isn’t the case for Equinox, because they have a policy where they don’t let people join on January...

With Thanksgiving around the corner, Its important to stay mindful about the college questions

Give me a break

Lucy Kelly, News Editor
November 22, 2022

“What colleges are you applying to?”  “Are you thinking about where you want to go yet?”  “Have you started working on your list yet?” “That's a very smart school.”  or “That’ll...

An activist from Extinction Rebellion fixes a sticker on her anorak during a protest against the soccer World Cup being held in Qatar

Western world in no position to virtue signal on Qatar World Cup location

Said Aydin, Managing Editor
November 22, 2022

It’s football season, and with the kickoff of the 2022 World Cup comes a kickoff of criticism of the event and the organizers, specifically the choice of the location being in Qatar.  The complaints...

Hindu women hold oil lamps at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

When will Windy City welcome Diwali?

Maya Ramaswamy, Editor in Chief
November 22, 2022

On Oct. 20, Mayor Eric Adams announced that Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting next year. The day after I heard the news, I received a box of dresses from my grandmother in...

Litter like snack bags, masks, and even tampons lay on the Scrounge floor at the end of the day

Littering around school reeks of laziness

Said Aydin, Managing Editor
November 14, 2022

It goes wherever you go. It curses the halls of New Trier. You go to the scrounge and it’s there. The stairwells. The lunchrooms, especially. This monster isn’t COVID or some odor that follows you...

Being Bipolar doesnt excuse the greatest rapper of all time

Being Bipolar doesn’t excuse the greatest rapper of all time

Stella Dale, Social Media and Opinions Editor
November 4, 2022

It’s no secret that fan favorite rapper Kanye West is always in the headlines, whether for his ongoing relationship with Taylor Swift or ex-wife’s ex-boyfriend Pete Davidson hate remarks. And last...

In a post Roe v. Wade overturn era, misogyny brews on the internet

The tumultuous rise of Andrew Tate

Sarah Lin, Editor in Chief
October 21, 2022

I’m not sure what I expected my senior year to look like. What I certainly didn’t expect was to be catcalled on the first day of school, in the halls of New Trier. I won’t go into detail about...

Instagram is the main platform filled with slacktivist posts from students

No one cares: stop posting politics on your stories

Said Aydin, Managing Editor
October 14, 2022

I hop on Instagram. and click on my friend’s stories and see a picture of someone at a baseball game. Nice.  I click another one and this time it’s a political infographic with overwhelming...

The A lunch block leaves students eating their lunches at the unreasonable hour of 10:20 in the morning

Lunch for breakfast?

Ana Torresarpi, Managing Editor
September 29, 2022

What hour would you consider to be acceptable for eating lunch? 11:00 AM, for a nice brunch, maybe. Noon sounds perfectly reasonable. Most of us would laugh at the notion of eating lunch at 10:20 in the...

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