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Reality television’s consequences on the lives of real people

Reality television’s consequences on the lives of real people

Aida Karim March 21, 2025

Riya Patel, avid reality television viewer and sophomore, admits that she finds the genre to be quite entertaining. She said the producers and people who create these programs are well-aware that content...

Students deferred from colleges find “changing your mindset” helpful

Students deferred from colleges find “changing your mindset” helpful

Charlotte Moser March 12, 2025

For senior Ashlyn Higley, applying to college was a difficult, stressful process.  “I definitely think the competitiveness of applying to colleges, especially among your careers, is a lot of pressure,”...

Hamilton County Health Department and CredibleMind partnership provides novel mental health resources

Hamilton County Health Department and CredibleMind partnership provides novel mental health resources

Anthony Pho February 28, 2025

According to the Grove Estate, 345,000 adults in Indiana require mental health care but are not able to receive it. To improve community mental well-being, the Hamilton County health department collaborated...

Students worry TikTok ban shows signs of decomposing democracy

Students worry TikTok ban shows signs of decomposing democracy

Riva Jain and Wynne BruBaker February 24, 2025

The United States Congress banned the praised and popular TikTok app nationwide on Jan. 18 at 10:30 p.m. TikTok was removed from both the Apple app store and Google play store, and remains unavailable...

Virtual communication is undoubtedly detrimental to our social lives and mental health

Virtual communication is undoubtedly detrimental to our social lives and mental health

Aida Karim November 18, 2024

In today’s reality, communication is available for us all the time. It seems impossible to spend a day without a phone or laptop. The capability to perform our day-to-day tasks is dependent upon the...

CYAP’s Annual Mental Health Fundraising Drive Promotes Mental Health Awareness, Improves Wellness of Students

CYAP’s Annual Mental Health Fundraising Drive Promotes Mental Health Awareness, Improves Wellness of Students

Eileen Roh October 16, 2024

The Carmel Youth Assistance Program (CYAP), created in fall 2015 to help strengthen youth through community involvement, has recently concluded its Mental Health Fundraising Drive with the intent of raising...

Junior Manvi Musunuru studies in class with her glasses on Aug 8. Musunuru wore glasses due to difficulty seeing the board in the class. Musunuru said it helped her greatly in classes.

Students, optometrist experience more vision problems due to increased screen time

Keira Kress August 25, 2024

For junior Kate Proctor, the majority of her day is spent online.  “As a student, I’m on my laptop all day in school to do assignments, then after school I have to spend several hours staring at...

Far From the Tree: students weigh the option of taking on family businesses

Far From the Tree: students weigh the option of taking on family businesses

Charlotte Horrocks May 17, 2024

It’s the picture perfect passing-of-the-torch ceremony. It starts with the family store, dressed up in one of those big red ribbons with the scissors to snip it lying on a velvet pillow. Next to it also...

College chaos: unraveling the stress of college applications

College chaos: unraveling the stress of college applications

Catrina Hensley May 7, 2024

For junior Gabrielle Richmond, the college application process has added many items to her ever-growing juggling-act. Alongside keeping up with heavy coursework, extracurriculars including a busy choir...

Students, coach weigh benefits, harms of gym addiction

Students, coach weigh benefits, harms of gym addiction

Jasmine Zhang October 31, 2023

For Matthew Paraboschi, self-proclaimed “gym rat” and senior, mornings are not for sleeping in. While his fellow students are most likely sleeping in the early hours before school starts, Paraboschi...

School should consider moving spring break to mid-March

School should consider moving spring break to mid-March

Lorna Ding March 29, 2023

If there were three words we could use to describe the feeling of second semester, it would be over-kneaded bread dough. To make bread, you need to mix flour, water and yeast, but you can’t mix it for...

Students, teachers share concerns about homework, mental health

Students, teachers share concerns about homework, mental health

Sophia Zhang March 19, 2023

Homework is not a new concept in our everyday lives. Many classes provide homework so students can practice skills and study for exams. However, homework can sometimes have a detrimental effect on students...

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