opinion

  • Keeping your eyes on the prize, but forgetting what’s truly important

    When an athlete goes pro they have one goal; win a championship. Some will do whatever it takes to win a championship even if it means leaving everything behind and moving to a new team. A player like Kevin Durant caused a lot of controversy by doing this simply because he had everything he…

  • Juice cleansing is terrifying

    The culture of Juice Cleansing is bizarre. It’s a bubbling syrup of colorful vanity and a fear of defecation. A juice cleanse is a temporary diet (three to seven days) of cold pressed or unsweetened fresh juice–no Sunny D or Welch’s Grape. An important staple of a cleanse is the lack of claimed impurities:…

  • I’m with Her

    In the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, voters are conflicted; disliked are both candidates. As result, some contemplate voting third party. But supporting Jill Stein of the Green Party and Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party would not help the national situation.   Americans want to vote third party in attempt to…

  • Brangelina is Dead. Get Over It

    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, dubbed Brangelina by the adoring public, are iconic, practically synonymous with modern Hollywood royalty. Their twelve-year relationship has been documented fervently by paparazzi and followed obsessively by fans. This glorification of celebrities and their relationships and the toxicity of the tabloid culture are an unhealthy obsession that speaks to…

  • “Just Suck It Up and Win!”

    The sports industry is an amazing place. Every second is an unpredictable one. Your amazing fantasy team? It can take a turn for the worse in seconds. A team could have a flawless season and quickly go downhill *cough cough the Carolina Panthers*. It’s important to keep in mind that these drastic changes do…

  • The stress of college athletics

    The process of applying to college is possibly the most stressful point of any student’s life. For an athlete, it’s the time where they can finally see if the hours spent at practice, weekends given up for games and tournaments, and sleep lost to manage their school workload along with their sport were worth…

  • Learning to count blessings through the stressing

    I wake up to my blaring alarm and race to school. I carry my jam-packed, 34.2 lb backpack from class to class where I sit for hours and aggressively take notes and stress about whatever test, quiz or assignment I have due. I finish my school day with a few hours of dance team…

  • An Open Letter to Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors

    As IB and AP testing draws to a close while the quad is littered with Prom and Grad Nite fliers, it seems as if suddenly, out of nowhere, senior year is ending. As we all post about our future colleges and search for roommates, fantasize about summer vacations, or cry in advance about insane…

  • Lies and Truths of High School

    As young and naive children who watched Disney Channel and read Harry Potter, we dreamed about high school. We dreamed about tall swanky lockers that we’d decorate with posters and pictures, close friend groups that clashed against other groups, and bubbled-in scantrons of standardized tests that held the key to our success (well, maybe…

  • If you can’t say anything nice, pretend to

    When I used to think of college, I used to think of “going away”- as if the most important thing was leaving, rather than the college itself. Instead, I’m going 7.2 miles “away” from home to Cal Lutheran. This isn’t because I didn’t get in anywhere else or that I’m afraid to experience anything…