Over the course of quarantine and our slow return to normal, many games have seen sharp rises and falls in popularity. Chess has been no exception. Now on an upward trend, the multicolored checkerboard...
Coursing nerves, rushing adrenaline and a whole lot of excitement summed up these four teens' thoughts as they took their makeshift stage. Their audience: a crowd of roughly one thousand peers. The wholly...
March is finally here, which means the NCAA basketball tournament is right around the corner. Every year, 68 of the top NCAA Division I college teams from around the country battle in a single-elimination...
With fresh faces, new captains and key players, the Oak Park High School boys’ tennis team is ready for the 2023 season. The first home game was Feb. 14 against Newbury Park, resulting in a 10-8 victory,...
Love is in the air. IFlirtz and Valentine’s grams are on sale, meaning Valentine’s Day is just around the corner at Oak Park High School. Couples and single folks alike are excited to revel in this...
Madelyne Cascione, Graduated Senior Staff Writer
• February 14, 2023
“Ugly love becomes you. Consumes you. Makes you hate it all. Makes you realize that all the beautiful parts aren’t even worth it. Without the beautiful, you’ll never risk feeling this. You’ll never...
Charlize Ocon, Social Media Manager
• February 14, 2023
As per usual, the internet continues to be a multi-dimensional space filled with conversation. It begins to rear its ugly head when certain communities form on the basis of shared hatred for a particular...
Andrew Hearst, Graduated Opinion Editor
• February 14, 2023
You emerge from your 3rd-period class. You just turned in a test that went about as poorly as it could have. Tears are streaming down your face, hot with shame and embarrassment, and there’s a stubborn...
Say you want to persuade your parents to get a puppy. Five years ago, you may have done extensive research on Google, made a list of pros that heavily outweighed the list of cons, presented the information...
Letters of Youth Association club at Oak Park High School is a pen pal exchange program with the students at the elementary schools of Oak Park Unified School District.
The president of the club, junior...
Hayden Lynch, Graduated Sports Editor
• February 10, 2023
Oak Park Baseball is starting back up with new hopes for a young team. The team had a 14-13 record last year, barely missing the playoffs. Coached by Head Coach Jeffrey Smith, the team hopes to make playoffs...
From Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, a high-altitude balloon of Chinese origin entered American airspace, heading southeast from Montana to the Carolinas. The balloon was shot down by the Air Force over the Atlantic...
