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 »

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 »

My world upside-down

Rachel Chen, Featured Columnist
November 28, 2012

    It was almost like she was dead. I remember my mom telling me not to say that, but it was how I felt. For the past 13 years, my older sister had been with me through everything. Through the six times my family has moved, from Texas to Virginia to British Columbia and back. She was with me when... Read more »

Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Kiss” album review

Rachel Chen, Staff Writer
November 9, 2012

     When Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen’s single “Call Me Maybe” was released last year and later reached popular acclaim, it was the first song by a female Canadian artist to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 list since 2007. Later her duet with Adam Young of Owl City, “Good Time”,... Read more »

‘Perks of being a wallflower’ review

Priyanka Hardikar, Staff Writer
October 13, 2012

Novelist and director Stephen Chbosky captures the hearts of the audience with his new film “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” based on his highly emotive novel of the same name. The movie is told in first person from the perspective of Charlie, a freshman in high school. He writes letters to himself... Read more »

The Dividing Factor: Students share opinions of their faith

Alexis Harris, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012

Beliefs don’t just define people – they can divide them.  With nearly 2600 students, it would be close to impossible to have every student believe in the same thing.  While one student has seen the change of ideas from opposite sides of the country, another has spent her adolescence trying to bring... Read more »

‘It’s Elementary, my dear Watson’: Review of CBS show “Elementary”

Kaitlin Humphrey, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012

     Mystery, attention to detail and deductive reasoning make up the basis of the new CBS show “Elementary”. Putting a modern twist on the classic characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, the show premiered on Sept. 27 at 9 p.m.      Although the plot is highly predictable, the character... Read more »

Enough to break my heart

Rachel Chen, Featured Columnist
October 4, 2012

     The sound of my violin echoes off the wall in an almost-surreal manner. It is 10 times louder in this practice room than the ones I am used to. I feel claustrophobic too, even though this room is bigger. My heart is beating faster than usual and my whole body feels tense.      I take a deep... Read more »

My silver lining

Lexi Sendejas, Featured Columnist
September 22, 2012

It is not often in life that one’s heart falls to their stomach and the whole world shatters as if it were a simple glass pitcher. No one should really have to experience this, but as I sat in my bed looking over my “junk” box, the most recent home for various receipts, tickets and wrappers, I... Read more »

If I could trade a day for a day

Leslie Parker, Featured Columinst
September 22, 2012

      If  I could trade a day for a day I would trade the worst day of my life for tomorrow, or tomorrow’s tomorrow, or tomorrow tomorrow’s tomorrow’s tomorrow. The worst day of my life was Oct. 9, 2011. I remember every detail about that day from the moment I opened my eyes that morning... Read more »