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Art by: Julia Marcos

Eye 2 Eye: Materialism

Saanvi Dasari and Natalie Baghdanian May 22, 2025

Headline: Materialism could be ruining your life Deck: It can be a one-way street that ends with losing the value of everything Byline: Natalie Baghdanian, Managing Editor & News Editor Money can’t...

Art by Caroline Bi

Snap out of it

Justine Picard, Features Editor May 21, 2025

I stare at a wall for 10 minutes, I feel relaxed. I let my thoughts emerge and pass by unannounced without needing a reason to stay. I initially thought staring at a wall would be excruciatingly dull for...

Letterboxd

Tearing open the Letterboxd

Tanvi Jeurkar, Social Media Manager May 20, 2025

All the cinephiles out there who refer to movies as “films,” constantly rave about “Fight Club” and “Kill Bill” and write reviews for every movie they watch should consider taking their opinions...

From viral to VIP

From viral to VIP

Kelsey Frieborn, Business and Communications Manager May 20, 2025

Imagine seeing Beyonce, a 35-time Grammy winner, standing next to Charli Damelio, an influencer who gained overnight fame for dancing in a fifteen-second video. Five years ago, this would have shocked...

Why are we seeing so many STEM classes . . . and where are the humanities?

Why are we seeing so many STEM classes . . . and where are the humanities?

Yash Parikh, Abhinav Kodali, and Jessica Qi May 20, 2025

This school year, we’ve seen plenty of changes to the Oak Park High School course catalog. Introduction to Engineering Design was given a follow up course in Principles of Engineering, and the semester-long...

We need to talk about the political state of… our classrooms?

We need to talk about the political state of… our classrooms?

Abhinav Kodali, Senior Staff Writer May 20, 2025

A study conducted by Chapman University discovered that in recent years, fear in Americans has reached an all time high. Harvard’s Institute of Politics found that 64% of young adults were much more...

Art by Anika Ravilla

Want to stop living on repeat? Implement 5 hobbies

Diya Johny and Sahana Sri May 20, 2025

Have you ever felt like you’re living life on repeat: wake up, go to school, do homework, sleep, repeat? Or maybe all your free time is going to mindless scrolling. We often get lost in our day-to-day...

The nonchalant epidemic

Ella Broms and Tanvi Jeurkar May 20, 2025

A new plague has emerged, infecting countless teenagers in Oak Park and worldwide, one characterized by the art of not caring at all: an epidemic of “nonchalant” people, obsessed with perfecting the...

DK Metcalf and Jalen Milroe

The End Zone Report: Volume Nine

Yash Parikh and Dylan Boyd April 9, 2025

Welcome to the ninth volume of The End Zone Report, where we talk about anything and everything football. In today’s report we are going to look at the best quarterbacks in the upcoming draft class and...

The sun sets as another OPHS football game commences.

Students – it’s time to take pride in OPHS

Jade Wolff, Social Media Manager April 9, 2025

Cheers. Drums. The buzz of conversations layered over one another. The pop of soda can tabs. Together, these sounds represent one of the most iconic parts of the high school experience: football games.  While...

As a food hall, Neighborly hosts five restaurants that span cuisines and cultures.

Visit Neighborly: The Westlake food hall filled with must-tries

Mara Hankins and Evan Rubenstein April 8, 2025

If you are looking for a variety of food, Neighborly has it all. Located in the Westlake Promenade, this collection of restaurants, located all under one roof, takes the spot of Social Monk, which has...

The Reel Review: ‘Snow White’

The Reel Review: ‘Snow White’

Natalie Baghdanian and Julia Marcos April 7, 2025

People either love or hate live-action remakes, and they do not appear to be going away anytime soon. Each adaptation that comes out has some form of marketing controversy, some more than others, but for...

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