The most spoken language in the world is mandarin Chinese. Most rational people probably wouldn’t find this too surprising given China’s insane population count. But if I were to ask an average American...

You’re hunched over your desk, struggling through a packet of trig identity problems. Exasperated, you turn to your teacher and exclaim, “I’m never going to use this in real life.” And the truth...

Fear is a funny thing. It’s irrational, all-consuming and often times misplaced. People fear things they don’t understand, things they can’t explain and things they can’t control. And in today’s...

Dress codes, while utilized globally by educational administrators, hold the potential to disrupt a student’s learning despite its pure intentions. Dress code, something that’s supposed to protect...

Forty-one percent of likely Trump voters support bombing the city of Agrabah, according to a recent poll by Public Policy Polling. Given how threatening anything vaguely Middle-Eastern-sounding is, it’s...

There are only 37 days until you have to commit to a college! You have 45 days remaining to prepare for your AP test! Just 79 days are left until graduation! As these dates come closer, well-meaning friends...

Everywhere you look brackets are posted on the walls. Walking down the hallways all you hear is how surely this will be the year Gonzaga finally wins the tournament. NCAA March Madness has taken over our...

Relationships are supposed to be mutual commitments, symbols of a shared appreciation and understanding. So when one person in a relationship gives endlessly to an ungrateful recipient the relationship...

Next year, one of our beloved teachers will be moving to Gibson Ek, the new Issaquah School District alternative school. While we will miss English teacher Tonja Reischl, the new school’s philosophy...

On December 2, 2015, two shooters carried out a mass shooting that left 14 people dead and 22 seriously injured. This San Bernardino terrorist attack was the worst since the 2012 Newtown shooting at Sandy...

The Starbucks secret menu is a myth We read it online, so it must be true: Starbucks has a secret menu, filled with whimsical wonders and enchanted elixirs. We plot for weeks the magical concoction we’ll...

It’s an average day at school and you’re walking to second period. On the way you pass a couple in the hallway. “I’ll miss you”, “I love you,” you hear them say as you walk by and all you...