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The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

By Isaac Flint

Isaac Flint | The grain never stops

Isaac Flint, In Depth & Digital Content Editor May 8, 2024

In an attempt to reject the egregiousness of equating chronic pain to a number on a scale from 1 to 10, I have learned to describe my migraine pain in various ways. My head as an old house, the pain a...

This month's In-Depth explores the nuances surrounding safety in ETHS and the broader Evanston community.

Eyes on safety

Sophia Sherman and Isaac Flint October 20, 2023
Since 2020, there has been a significant push to reevaluate the role of policing and the methods of which people are kept safe both at the national and local level. Making their way through day-to-day life, ETHS students are forced to constantly be aware of the intersection between their identity and safety—at the school, in the community and during any interaction with authority figures.
GANAS Algebra 2 is just one of the six racial affinity classes that ETHS offers for Black and Latinx students.

Seeking Affinity

Sophia Sherman, Isaac Flint and Marin Ubersox August 15, 2023

2,580 miles away from her home in Medellin, Colombia, Maria Gomez stepped into ETHS for the first time in 2021, a junior in high school. As Gomez made her way through the unfamiliar, winding hallways of...

Worldwide Wildkits

Worldwide Wildkits

Isaac Flint, Staff Writer May 11, 2023

Margo Anderson, University of St. Andrews When applying to college in the fall, Margo Anderson had the opportunity to visit Scotland–a trip where she fell in love with the University of St. Andrews. “I...

Art by Ahania Soni

Opinion | Framing the gender conversation

Isaac Flint, Staff Writer April 20, 2023

Every Saturday, I pull out a shoebox from my bookshelf that has my HRT. I draw up my dose, swab my skin with rubbing alcohol, and give myself the weekly shot. This is not astronomical.  I walk downstairs,...

Camp Kuumba: the launching point to success

Camp Kuumba: the launching point to success

Isaac Flint, Staff Writer April 20, 2023

On Sunday, June 2, 2019, Ryan Allen Bost walked across the stage at the Welsh-Ryan Arena to receive his diploma from Evanston Township High School. A star of the ETHS basketball team, Bost tallied over...

Art by Isaac Flint

Shaped by the past, crafting a more just future in Evanston and beyond for Native Americans

Isaac Flint and Milo Slevin February 27, 2023
Like any American college town, Evanston is a reflection of the university it houses, with Northwestern significantly impacting economic, social and residential development within the community. While Northwestern and Evanston share similar values and priorities, they also share a history of Indigenous erasure, in part, because of both establishments’ direct connections to John Evans. 
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