After Harvard University freshman Leah Tadese got accepted to a number of competitive Ivy League schools, she posted her decision results on TikTok under her account @leah_tad. Her post gained over 450,000...
Before stepping onto the stage at sectionals on Jan. 16, freshman dancer Lucy Neuman found herself shaking, reminding herself that this was the moment that the competitive dance team had worked for all...
On junior Luke Holtmeier’s first day back to school this semester, he backed out of his driveway at 8:10 a.m. as usual in order to arrive at Prospect for his class at 8:35 a.m. As cars piled down the...
Entering Prospect at the beginning of this year, freshman Isabella Smith expected the semester to be challenging. She received straight A’s during her time in middle school and stayed committed to learning...
Senior Allie Winkler remembers hanging out with her friends in the middle of the field at the homecoming dance when she saw a small, young girl’s dress getting ripped down the front, and she soon realized...
The first thing sophomore Joseph Rickher witnessed when walking into the men’s bathroom was the sight of other male students emptying out the menstrual product dispenser, peeling open the products and...
Dana Bright, Senior Manager of Immunization Initiatives at Itasca-based American Academy of Pediatrics, was scrolling through her phone one day when she saw social media posts stating that the COVID-19...
When Brandi Levy was 14 years old, she posted on her private Snapchat story, “F*ck school f*ck softball f*ck cheer f*ck everything” with a photo of her and her friend holding up their middle fingers....
When sophomore *Maria Villanueva turned 15, she planned on taking driver education and completing all the steps to get her permit and later her driver’s license like many other teens were doing. The...
The first time I was introduced to the concept of race was during preschool in Omaha, Neb., when my peers bullied me for having less eurocentric features and excluded me just on the basis of my looks.
They...
Senior Grace Ko would normally be pleased to receive a compliment like anyone else, however, when it attacks her race, the comment is far from welcome. An older white man at Ko’s work told her that her...
One of the most disgusting things I have ever witnessed on TV was the scene of former President Donald Trump openly mocking a reporter with a disability by flailing his arms and using fragmented speech...
![DREAMER: A Mexican immigrant looks towards the future with hope of new opportunities. Although attempts were made to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the previous presidential administration, the system still stands as more immigrants are seeking a better life in the U.S. “I think [immigration] is the fabric of this nation,” Spanish teacher Ryan Schultz said.](https://prospectornow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2-news-immigration-art-900x516.png)
