When I started high school, I expected to leave it having undergone a complete transformation—and I am leaving it having undergone a complete transformation. However, it is not the transformation I was expecting at all. I had been expecting and hoping that I would leave high school with hair that was longer and less poofy and a dress size at
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On Monday, May 22, approximately 18,000 people gathered at Manchester Arena in England, expecting a great night filled with dancing and fun at an Ariana Grande concert. All was well until the last song finished, and tragedy struck. As people began exiting the building, a man set off a homemade bomb in the foyer of the large venue, killing himself
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Today’s society is presented in a plethora of different ways, but one of the most significant ones is representation in media. The way we watch the world portrayed on television often impacts how we view it in real life. If we turn on our televisions and watch an award show where men and women are constantly divided into two different
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“Summer” is a word that should fill every adolescent with nothing but joy and happiness; however, it has recently started filling a large population of adolescents with anxiety and gloom. Hundreds of thousands of young girls dread the warmer months, but why? What could possibly be preventing these girls from enjoying their few months of liberation from school? Well, the
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There are seven weeks until summer break, which means people are scrambling to get their summer to-do lists done. Whether it’s finding a summer job or getting their “summer body” ready, there are plenty of things that students are wanting to get done before break rolls around; if making a summer playlist happens to be one of those things, they
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In a culture where movies, plays, and TV shows are so prevalent, all actors must start somewhere; for many talented young men and women, that “somewhere” is Apex High School. For years, Apex High School’s drama department has thrived, producing countless generations of future actors and musicians and keeping the student population entertained while doing so. However, the drama department
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Graduation is less than three months away which means a plethora of things are currently on all seniors’ minds. Between doing things like selecting colleges and paying enrollment deposits, there are countless mental to-do lists going through every almost-graduate’s head right now. Having that many things can be hard to keep up with sometimes, so to make things a little
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