[media-credit name="davidpwhelan" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] The leaves are falling, the days are shorter, and the weather is colder. It’s Winter, and the holidays are coming. When people think of this time of the year, gratitude is often a big...
Zodiac Signs and Gen Z
[media-credit name="Getty Images" align="alignnone" width="293"][/media-credit] In today’s sociopolitical climate, divisions between people are becoming increasingly common. However, there seems to be one less controversial method of categorizing ourselves -- zodiac...
Cancel Culture and Celebrity Accountability
[media-credit name="Huffington Post" align="alignnone" width="300"][/media-credit] In 2019, you can’t go on Twitter without seeing some famous actor or makeup guru being put on blast for some problematic tweet they made 8 years ago. From James Charles to Dave...
Are digital photos too plentiful for the wrong reason?
What makes you want to take a picture? What really drives you to pull out your phone and snap a photo of something? Is it because you desire materialized based validation from people you’ve probably never met on social media? Do you take photos because you want people...
Vaping & Cobras
Vaping. Cobras. Irony. Rat tails. What do these things all have in common? Well, first we have to back up about 100 years and travel to the other side of the world. This takes us to India under British colonial rule. Venomous Cobras were becoming a concern, so they...
Life Inside The State Hospital
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a teen in a mental hospital? The state hospital (located in Provo) is a mental treatment center. In there life is very different for it’s teen patients. Here is a small explanation of how it would be like to live there. At...
Anxiety and Stress. How can you fix it?
[media-credit id=150 align="none" width="290"][/media-credit] Let’s be honest, everyone is stressed and feels anxiety once in a while. It’s a normal thing for a high school student. In a recent survey conducted in our school, one of the main things that caused stress...
How is mental illness lived through, treated, and seen at Orem High School?
Around the world today, there is an ever growing and present issue: mental health. Globally, 1 in 4 people deal with at least one mental health issue -- that’s over one billion people. These illnesses are causing everything from social turmoil to suicide, and...
