Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

HUMOR: Why I Quit My Job At Sweet Frog

HUMOR By Treasure Brown An after-school job is supposed to provide you with real-world job experience; it’s supposed to teach you collaboration,…

Bodybuilding with Joseph Ferry (’21)

By TJ Hatchett Bodybuilding dates back to the ancient Greeks, where they were fascinated by enhancing the muscles on the human body….

Boarding School: Another Choice

By Mary Geyer Unlike Collegiate’s students, some students attend boarding schools, which are hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles away from home and…

Bridging Cultures: Sra. Esperanza Soria-Nieto’s Journey from Spain to the U.S.

By Charles Nolde “The food and the weather!” This was the response from Esperanza Soria-Nieto, a Spanish native and current Collegiate Upper…

New Year’s Resolutions Throughout Collegiate

By Maddie McComb As the clock ticked closer to midnight on December 31, the year 2023 was coming to a close, and…

Alex Peavey: Still Fighting And Smiling

By John Seevers “Fight with a smile every day because you love what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with.” This…

A New RomCom Classic: Anyone But You

By Stella Williams Imagine finding yourself halfway across the world celebrating a wedding with both the person you hate most and your…

The Wonderful World of runDisney

By Sean Conner At 4 a.m. on a cold January morning, I groggily walked from my hotel room to the bus stop…

The Benefits of Bringing Family-Style Dining at School

By Caroline Crawford As a new student at Collegiate, I remember the first time I entered McFall Hall. It was bright and…

A Local Pizza Review: The Portnoy Scale Takes on Richmond

By Malcolm Pace Pizza: the universal source of satisfaction for one’s hunger. However, is all pizza the same? The clear, unequivocal answer…