One moment, I’m looking at parts of my life coming together, and I’m feeling more accomplished than ever before. The next moment, some girl I met over the summer is committing to Harvard. Feeling ashamed...

Almost one year ago the “Percy Jackson” TV series premiered on Disney plus. The show was met with mixed reactions. Long-time and die-hard fans were incredibly happy to see their favorite series, almost...

Academic pressure, compiled with extracurricular activities and social life, is a real issue. At Oak Park High School, with many students taking challenging classes, students may spend hours every night...

I didn’t go to bed on election night until somewhere a little after midnight when it had been announced that Trump was officially the winner. I watched comments roll in on social media of people’s...

This is your warning that there will be spoilers ahead. There has been no other cinematic film to come close to the epitome of satirical science fiction horror and there will be no movie that will ever...

Most people have consumed, or at least come into contact with, some sort of true crime media throughout their life, whether it’s a book, TV show, podcast or short-form content on social media. While...

Are you stressed? When I say stressed, I don’t mean relatively stressed about a test, I mean chronically stressed. Is there one class that is on your mind 24/7?  Trust me, I understand you. I am now...

Aside from all the silly jokes revolving around the idea of not getting enough sleep, in truth, it’s not something to be joking around about. Getting five, four or even three hours of sleep is not something...

Warning: this article will contain spoilers for the movie “Uglies.”  As the trend of being incapable of originality continues in Hollywood, Netflix released a movie adaptation on Sept. 13 for a novel...

When someone lands on the topic of 11th grade, especially at a competitive school like OPHS, the words exhausting, dreadful, and demanding are usually involved. This infamous reputation comes from poor...

I still vividly remember the first time I beat Minecraft. I was six, maybe seven-years-old, playing on my dad’s computer that could barely run the game. I had spent hours in this world preparing to beat...

Among the Internet’s many subcommunities, Booktok has become one of the largest and most infamous, mainly on the app TikTok. The creators on Booktok discuss their favorite books through book reviews,...