By Grace Givan, executive entertainment editor When sophomore Lauren Ellstrand’s grandmother, a former artist, came to babysit her, Ellstrand was taught how to draw animals. Out of all the animals...

By Erin Schultz, associate editor-in-chief Sitting in an otherwise silent classroom, my friend and I were whispering while we were supposed to be reading. As my teacher patrolled the aisles between our...

By Megan Sulak, staff writer  After sophomore Lizzy Mitchell finished watching YouTuber Logan Paul’s vlog from New Year’s Eve about Aokigahara, Japan’s “suicide forest” (see “edge...

By Grace Givan, executive entertainment editor  Q: What is your favorite kind of art and why? A: I just like freestyle sketching. I like a lot of black and white drawings because … I’ve...

By Grace Givan, executive entertainment editor  Each season has activities associated to it; fall, specifically, is the time of year to go to to on nature walks, visit apple orchards and bake...

By Grace Givan, executive entertainment editors  Science teacher Nick DelBoccio paid a total of $220 for his Jedi Halloween Costume for Prospect’s Haunted High School in 2007. DelBoccio ordered...

By Cole Altmayer, copy editor  Video game journalists and actual gamers don’t exactly operate on the same wavelength. In fact, the two groups barely operate in the same universe. Gaming websites...

By Cole Altmayer, copy editor  Reboots, remakes, reimaginings, returns. Doesn’t every variation of the word put a bad taste in your mouth? It’s just clever marketing jargon for, “Hey, let’s take...

By Jenna Koch, entertainment editor  While on the way to the world series Cubs victory parade, senior Emily Lasky decided to take on a long-time interest in vlogging. She had been meaning to start vlogging...

By Jack Ankony, Wyatt Dojutrek and Paul Evers, executive sports editor and sports editors

By Cole Altmayer and Mandi Hall, entertainment editor and staff writer “The Outsiders” still gold after 34 years Gang against gang.  Greasers against Socs.  Lower class against the upper crust.  Sure,...

Photos from the 2017 exchanges in Italy, France and Spain, taken by Jack Ryan, Elisabeth Rohde and Diana Leane, respectively.