DISCLAIMER: Even though most of the authors mentioned in this article have engaged in damaging behavior, it is essential to respect their pronouns. After each person is introduced, their pronouns are included in parentheses for your reference. Reading is a wildly popular hobby made all that more prevalent with the rise of social media. With the increased connectedness and dispersal
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College admissions are a stressful process to begin with; however, when you throw this past year with COVID into the mix, it’s been even worse. Who knew that was possible? Well apparently it is. There are multiple factors that have gone into this past college application year that have made it more stressful, not to mention harder to get accepted
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Recently, Governor Roy Cooper lifted the outdoor mask mandate. Masks will still be required indoors but no longer in outdoor settings where social distancing is possible. So: how does this new policy affect those of us in high school? Let’s talk about it. Prior to May 1st, the date when this new change was enforced, high school athletes were expected
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We’ve reached the month of May, meaning AP Exam season is upon us. And believe me, I’m sure the last thing you want to do after finishing a rigorous, college level course is a strenuous test covering everything you learned. Unfortunately, we all have to take the exams if we took an AP class this year – it’s inevitable. But,
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With the whirlwind of events that have occurred over the past year, how far would you go to escape reality? For some, they are willing to go as far as traveling to a different reality altogether. In the past couple of months, a technique known as reality shifting has gained popularity on social media sites like TikTok. Reality shifting can
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This year, everything looks different, sports being no exception. The way they are played, watched, and supported is completely different and is changing everyday. One team that is having a special season though is Cougar Baseball. Their season was taken from them last year, and now they are getting the chance that they’ve been waiting for for so long. I
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Yes, you read the title right. One of my close friends, Sophia O’Sullivan, has recently committed to college for her incredible athletic ability with pole vaulting. Pole vaulting is an unique event for track and field where an athlete uses a long and usually flexible pole to lift themselves over a bar set at a certain height. I decided to
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On April 20th, the Apex High chapter of the Gender-Sexuality Alliance, or GSA, held their first meeting since March of 2020. While most of Apex High’s clubs have been able to meet virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, the GSA had been inactive throughout most of the 2020-2021 school year. GSAs are student-run organizations that aim to build community among LGBTQ+
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If you haven’t yet, check out the first Poshmark article here about how to buy on Poshmark. Selling items online may seem daunting. There’s a lot to consider such as shipping costs, packaging, listing prices, and listing fees. Poshmark eliminates a lot of these variables, making it easy to make some quick cash. The first step to selling on Poshmark
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On the morning of April 15th, 2021, the Courier Journal announced that Post Hill Press, an independent publishing press, has contracted to publish a book written by Jonathan Mattingly, one of the people involved in the murder of Beronna Taylor last year. In the article announcing its planned release in the fall of 2021, Post Hill Press named Simon and
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