Category Archives: Honors Features

Longer, more in-depth features written by Honors students over the course of a semester.

There She Is… Miss America

By Lauren Lucy “There she is… Miss America!” A familiar tune sung by Bert Parks fills the auditorium as tears run down…

The Importance of Developing Your Mental Game

By Amani Kimball-McKavish It is the night before the championship game. You lay awake in bed, watching the clock’s hand tick farther…

Caffeine in the Teen Mind

By Taylor Domson A cup of coffee. A glass of sweet tea. A cold Diet Coke. An energy drink—Bang, Monster, or perhaps…

The Resilience of Collegiate’s Arts Program

By Emily Deskevich Collegiate has long prided themselves on their Fine Arts performance programs: music performance, dance, and theater. However, at the…

Do Our Phones Listen to Us? Social Media, Alexa, and Hacking Explored

By Katherine Goff I will never forget my first encounter with my iPhone listening to me in 8th Grade. While watching the…

A Historic Change to College Sports: the NIL Deal

By Reid Coleman The Duke fans roared as Zion Williamson delivered yet another high-flying, electrifying dunk. Williamson is now an NBA basketball…

The Zeballos Immigration Journey

By Nina Zeballos I walk into the kitchen and am immediately greeted with the mouth-watering smell of my grandmother’s arroz con pollo,…

Who Really is Martin Shkreli?

By Jonathan Yackel In the eyes of some members of the public, the world of Wall Street investment banking is evil. They…

9/11: the 20th Anniversary and the Significance to the Next Generation

By Anna Armstrong Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was a day that utterly altered American society. A day that the nation grieves twenty…

Stigmatization of Male Mental Health

By Ava Riddle During halftime of the November 5, 2018 Cleveland Cavaliers versus Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball game, All-Star Cavalier Kevin Love…