At CHS, we are actually pretty blessed to be able to interact relatively well with special needs students. There’s Best Buddies, United Sound, Special Olympics, Unified Track, etc. We feel that we actually...

With gas prices below $2 for the first time in years, we are less likely to conserve gas and more likely to drive more. However, with increased gas use, there’s an increase in external costs—that is,...

A team is only as good as its weakest player. In other words, a team cannot be great with only a few skilled players; only a team made entirely of talented athletes can be successful. This sports cliché...

ON FEB. 1, UNDER THE GAZE OF MILLIONS OF fans nationwide, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were named the Super Bowl Champions, with Brady winning the Super Bowl MVP. However, it’s a result...

I AM MY OWN UNIQUE PERSON. As a millennial, I have grown up in a generation that embraces self-appreciation.  We teenagers and young adults have even been (oh so appropriately) dubbed the “Me Me...

In 2000, measles was eliminated in the United States. However, last year the number of cases skyrocketed, nearly tripling the highest number seen in the preceding 13 years. Outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable...

As of December 2014, I finished my first semester of precalculus intermediate with a D+. Throughout the semester, my quarterly grades were composed of multiple 100-point quizzes and cumulative tests with...

Last Semester, a boy approached a lunch table my friend and I had occupied first and stared at us for a minute while his friends urged him on to “Tell it like it is” and then very rudely asked us if...

It was about an hour after news of  Paris attacks spread across the web. Oblivious to what was happening in the world as my phone had died awhile before, I was scrolling through my twitter timeline. A...

In light of recent events such as the Michael Brown case in Ferguson which a police officer shot an African-American teenager eight times and the Eric Garner case in New York which a white police officer...

I will never forget stepping off the bus on Dec. 3, 2009, to find my mother waiting for me, her eyes sorrowful and her face tearstained. “Something bad has happened,” she said. My mind raced. Had...

This past August, I went to a relative’s house for homemade pizza. As an avid food lover, I went to the dinner with high expectations—my dad makes a mean homemade pizza. He makes the dough by hand,...