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Opinion

Senior Column | Diary of a caffeine addict: my top five caffeinated drinks

Senior Column | Diary of a caffeine addict: my top five caffeinated drinks

Marin Ubersox, Feature Editor May 13, 2025

I’ve lost plenty of sleep throughout high school. From pulling all-nighters cramming for calculus to waking up at five a.m. for morning practice, I’ve become all too familiar with the existential dread...

Senior Column | As the sun sets on high school, sunrise remains forever

Senior Column | As the sun sets on high school, sunrise remains forever

Eleanor Granstrom, A&E Assistant Editor May 13, 2025

In September, 2021, my freshman year of high school, I awkwardly stumbled around the ETHS Volunteer Fair. The Senior Courtyard was crowded with white plastic tables, colorful banners and sweaty teenagers,...

A regular season game at Field of Dreams in Dyersville (IA) between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees

Opinion | Constant through all the years

Mack Jones, Website Editor April 19, 2025

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked...

Opinion | Hippity-hoppity: Who’s the Bunny?

Opinion | Hippity-hoppity: Who’s the Bunny?

Sammy Jain and Colin Cummings April 17, 2025

Every Easter, we all wake up in a splendid mood—the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and each and every one of us can’t wait to grab our egg baskets and get to hunting those Easter Bunny specialties.  However,...

Opinion | Just keep swimming... or don’t

Opinion | Just keep swimming… or don’t

Isaac Peng, Opinion Editor April 17, 2025

I never thought I would be a swimmer. I don’t think many kids do, growing up. I mean, most parents put their kids in swim lessons — perhaps their instructor even tells them their child is a natural,...

Editorial | Embracing AI in the classroom

Editorial | Embracing AI in the classroom

These days, AI seems to have seeped into every corner of society. From advertising campaigns that push a company’s new ‘AI powered’ product to not-so-far-fetched Internet memes about humans losing...

Opinion | Chemical craze: household items are more dangerous than you’d think

Opinion | Chemical craze: household items are more dangerous than you’d think

Ellie Hersher-Dale, Columnist April 17, 2025

When I was in elementary school, we would go to my Bubbie’s house most weekends. Often, she would end up cooking something. Like most people, my Bubbie had nonstick pans that she would use wherever she...

Opinion | Formula 1 proves Americanizing sports is a winning formula

Opinion | Formula 1 proves Americanizing sports is a winning formula

Ryder Bingaman, Staff Writer April 17, 2025

Let’s be honest, if we went back 10 years, and I asked you what your opinion was on sports such as Formula 1, soccer, or rugby, like many other Americans, you probably wouldn't have much to say....

Opinion | Beware of the homebody effect

Opinion | Beware of the homebody effect

Makeda Hausman, Columnist April 17, 2025

As soon as the minute hand hits seven and the bell rings, I burst out of the school's doors without a second thought. There's a race to leave the building, a scramble to be free. For many, the best part...

Opinion | Trump must “shelve his pride” and stand against totalitarianism in Ukraine conflict

Jaren Davis, Columnist April 17, 2025

"Diverse, creative, and spiritually enlivened" were three ways a National Geographic journalist chose to describe the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, in the summer of 2018. The city had entered a sort of Renaissance...

Opinion | The argument for space exploration

Eli Corr, Guest Columnist March 14, 2025

I would like to start by stating that I am no fan of Elon Musk and his Mars colonization ambitions. I think Mars is a poor candidate to direct crewed spaceflight at for the next few decades. However, this...

Opinion | Kanye’s comments strike a different chord

Sam Froum, Executive Print Editor March 14, 2025

Does making “The College Dropout” give you the right to be antisemitic? Does creating “Graduation” permit you to sell swastika T-shirts? As a Jewish fan of Kanye West, these are the questions I’ve...

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