Something to be thankful for

Leslie Parker, Featured Columnist
May 10, 2013

My dad brings me my lunch when I forget it. He tutored me in math when I needed it. He taught me how to drive a stick even though it took a whole month. He has spent countless hours helping me write speeches for every Student Council election. My dad has always been there for me. My dad has always loved... Read more »

Missing love

Kaitlin Humphrey, Featured Columnist
April 28, 2013

     I stare out the window of the plane, wondering and asking God why. I look over to my dad, who sits quietly in his seat, just staring straight ahead. I wish I could say something to him, but I can’t; I’m too upset. I wipe another tear away from under my eye. I’m not upset because I lost... Read more »

Now or litter

Rachel Chen, Featured Columnist
April 19, 2013

An oily sheen appears to coat its surface. A purple glove haunts its corners. Aluminum cans cluster underneath the bridge. Styrofoam containers and plastic bags float until they gradually sink in the murky green water. Some days, Plano’s pond looks better than this, but that’s only because the current... Read more »

Real family

Alexis Sendejas
March 26, 2013

When I was 7, I got the terrible news. All my life it had just been my mother and me. I liked it like that and in my mind it was the correct family. I didn’t need a dad or brothers or sisters or grandparents. I had my mom and she was all I needed. She was my best friend. But then that changed. My mother... Read more »

Live and learn

Leslie Parker, Featured Columnist
March 26, 2013

When I was a little girl, I was overly anxious and fearful. In every experience I would find something to fret about that would nag me for days, until I found the next thing to replace it. I believed every misfortune I was exposed to was going to happen to me. When I was younger it seemed like cancer... Read more »

A leggings epidemic

Rachel Chen, Featured Columnist
March 8, 2013

     There was a terrible rumor spreading through the halls of Wilson Middle School – leggings were going to be banned. As far as we were concerned, there was no logical basis behind this ban. As long as our clothes were in dress code, why would it matter if we wore leggings underneath? Thankfully,... Read more »

Watery grave

Kaitlin Humphrey, Featured Columnist
March 8, 2013

I stare at the pink and white flowers delicately floating in the water under the white memorial. For an instant I’m struck still. I’m unable to move as terror seizes me. I imagine the sight that occurred over 70 years ago. I imagine the bombs exploding as men rushed around in sheer panic, their comrades... Read more »

Hidden lesson

Alexis Sendejas
February 11, 2013

I sat in an uncomfortable green chair on the fourth floor in the 18th room to the left. I was holding my day-old cousin in my arms. She was small and red all over. To me, she was ugly. She was the newest addition to my family and I wasn’t happy about it. The fact that I was there in an uncomfortable... Read more »

Lost in a crowd

Leslie Parker, Featured Columist
February 8, 2013

Sometimes it doesn’t take a swarm of people for me to become lost in a crowd. Sometimes I get lost when I’m just with a group of friends at lunch. It’s a different kind of lost, though. In crowds I can lose little pieces of my individuality. I lose sight of myself and my beliefs. It is not accompanied... Read more »

Goodbye

Kaitlin Humphrey, Featured Columnist
January 23, 2013

     Her watery brown eyes stare back at me, looking through my soul, pleading with me to stay. Memories flash through my mind of her and me – some happy, some sad. I watch as she is taken further and further away from me. I want to run after her but I can’t. I have to remind myself that this... Read more »