Alana Cervera, Online Managing Editor
May 15, 2019
I was a gymnast for nine years. That’s over half my life. From age six until 15 years old, I ate, breathed and slept gymnastics. I traveled across the country and competed every month.
To give you an idea of how involved in gymnastics I was, I never did PE in junior high. Lexi Swanson, my former teammate, and I sat in ...
Yoo Young Chun, Head Photo/Art Editor, Features Editor, Features Columnist
March 30, 2019
Today for lunch I’m going to eat a cucumber sandwich with hummus on white bread. I should have packed whole grain, but I’m allowing myself to eat white in exchange for cutting out any meats. Then for dinner... I think I’m going to eat some rice, maybe some sausages, kimchi, hopefully some stir-fried vegetables. And what...
Laaiba Mahmood, Managing Editor
March 5, 2019
To be honest, I’ve never spent much time thinking about what it means to love myself. I know that the mainstream way to practice self-love is to do face masks, bath with bath bombs, splurge on something, subscribe to the whole “treat yo’self” philosophy Donna Meagle endorses in “Parks and Recreation.” But something...
Yoo Young Chun, Head Photo/Art Editor, Features Editor, Features Columnist
March 5, 2019
The 12 animals of the lunar cycle in order are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
As my family waits for our food, I trace my finger in a circle along the animals displayed on a thin sheet of paper used to protect the restaurant’s glass tables from steaming bowls of noodle...
Yoo Young Chun, Head Photo/Art Editor, Features Editor, Features Columnist
February 4, 2019
I am not afraid of the dark. Most of the time, anyway. Usually, I’m the kind of person that can only sleep when my room is completely dark. I invite the darkness.
But sometimes, on nights when I’ve drank too many caffeinated drinks and can’t seem to fall asleep, the dark calls to mind too many thoughts I’ve tried...
Laaiba Mahmood, Managing Editor, Opinions Columnist
December 30, 2018
I’ve never bought anything from Amazon.
At first, I didn’t have a real explanation as to why I don’t shop on Amazon. My family pays for a Prime subscription, but I’ve never used it. It seems helpful and convenient, but I have a general dislike of online shopping.
I’m just so used to physically seeing what I’m p...
Yoo Young Chun, Head Photo/Art Editor, Features Editor, Features Columnist
December 29, 2018
All hail our school, NCHS! We’ll sing your… crazes? Phases? Dazes?
I don’t know the lyrics to the school song. Every school assembly, when it’s time to stand up from the bleachers and sing the song at the top of our lungs, I get ready to feign interest while mouthing the words and swaying with the rest of my clas...
Yoo Young Chun, Head Photo/Art Editor, Features Editor, Features Columnist
November 28, 2018
I know this isn’t a sports column, but for the first time ever, I want to talk about basketball. Specifically, I want to talk about Kevin Ware, the basketball player who went viral for his leg injury that happened during a game against Duke University in 2013. I didn’t watch the actual game...in fact, I’ve never wa...
Laaiba Mahmood, Managing Editor, Opinions Columnist
November 22, 2018
As a timid freshman looking for ways to get involved at Naperville Central, I attended Rotary Club meetings that had led me to sign up to volunteer at multiple events in the area.
Attending the club meant volunteering at events solely to give back to the community, in line with their motto, “service above self.”
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