Elise Hsu, Staff Writer

January 16, 2020

We’re only two weeks into 2020, but a lot has been happening in those two weeks. Between the looming threat of a war between Iran and the U.S. and the fires in Australia, it may be easy to think that the turn of the decade will bring nothing but negative energy. However, we shouldn’t let the first...

Nisha Marino, Highlander Editor-in-Chief

December 12, 2019

For six semesters, I've found the first few days of break after finals incredibly difficult. It took me a while to figure out why, but I've finally got it: the way the week is structured makes it hard to relax after it's all over. We're so stressed and busy up until the last day, and then suddenly we've...

Anna Feng, Managing Editor

December 10, 2019

From a small town in Texas to playing in stages nationwide, Conan Gray has come a long way. In the past two years, Gray has skyrocketed to stardom. Gray started his music career innocuously, first posting covers on his YouTube channel in 2014. For the next three years, Gray would continue to grow...

Emma Romanowsky, Highlander Editor-in-Chief

December 6, 2019

As the temperature continues to drop, so does body image. The holidays are notoriously associated with massive feasts, over-the-top sales, and the excess of consumption. Christmas time is synonymous with gluttony. Moving from the dinner table to the couch, we hear our one cousin declare with pride,...

Editorial Staff, Site Editors

December 2, 2019

Whether it comes to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the Equality Act, or movements such as Black Lives Matter, minority Americans will not be silenced. It’s been 96 years since the ERA was first proposed by Alice Paul of the National Woman’s Party (NWP). Before she wrote it, members of the...

Nisha Marino, Highlander Editor-in-Chief

November 28, 2019

Our Thanksgiving gratitude is a lie to our families. We spend Thanksgiving saying we're grateful for the people we're around, such as the family we may only see once a year. Maybe we only remember to be grateful for them this one time. But the gratitude we express isn't genuine; it's forced by the...

Emma Romanowsky, Highlander Editor-in-Chief

November 9, 2019

I thought I had my college plan mapped out. I would research schools, study for my tests, write my essays, and then hit submit. It wasn’t until the second semester of my junior year when I realized that I had more questions than I did answers for the entire process. The biggest one was how...

Editorial Staff, Site Editors

November 7, 2019

“Fat is bad for you.” We hear it every day. Whether we’re told by society or by our parents, it’s a never-ending cycle meant to instill fear of fat and a desire to avoid it at all costs in us. It’s why we check the nutrition label before eating and are biased toward buying anything that’s...

Alena Ruhstaller, Managing Editor

November 3, 2019

 I’ve always looked forward to my birthdays as a kid. I viewed 13 as the start of being a teenager, and a sweet sixteen was something that always fascinated me in the movies.  However, 18 was different for me. I thought I was excited to be an adult, but then reality hit.  I was no longer a...

Emma O'Connor

October 31, 2019

I was confused as I saw a mob of people barreling towards us in the darkness. My friend grabbed my hand, and we bolted with the crowd. She told me she heard someone yelling about a shooter. As we sprinted, we saw people knock over barricades and get crushed under the horde. People panicked as they were...