With the presidential election coming up in November, it’s occurred to me that even if I was 18 by voting day, I’d still have no idea who to vote for because of my complete lack of knowledge about...

For the last three years, I’ve had to listen to the seniors whine about their college applications. I would pat them on the back and pretend to understand what they were talking about, but really I had...

It’s become quite trendy in the days following the sexting scandal to rant about how the school policy that allows paraprofessionals to confiscate and search our cell phones infringes on our constitutional...

What better way to solidify New Trier’s reputation of being the “rich people” school than to buy 600 kids an iPad 2. While these were given out with good intentions, am I the only one who thinks...

I hate the beginning of the school year for many reasons, one of them being that I now have to take naps on the floor of the library instead of my bed.  Mostly, I can’t stand the name games. I usually...

When the idea of college begins to sink in for seniors around this time of year, there is a popular trend for them to change their Facebook name to something like “Alex Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...

I am not one of those people who has been waiting to be a senior since the first day freshmen year. Subconsciously, I think I always believed I would drop out before I actually made it to senior year,...

Do you remember the last ten days of elementary school? You know, how the seventh day was funky hair day, the third day was pajama day and so on. But now it seems like the last ten days of school are the...

Every year, as seniors reach the final weeks of their time at New Trier,  Dr. Dohrer makes morning announcements over the PA system in the morning, teachers sternly address their students, and eager sophomores...

For the past three weeks people have been asking me when the Destinations Issue of the paper comes out. After telling them that I have absolutely no say in how or when the paper comes out, people say something...

For the first time in our nation’s history, our sitting president has openly supported gay marriage.  Although many people are raging about how wrong Obama’s stance is, and that he is only supporting...

“You have brains in your head.  You have feet in your shoes.  You can steer yourself any direction you choose,” wrote Dr. Seuss in the book that’s borderline cliché around graduation time:  “Oh,...