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My brother and I with my great grandmother.

Personal Column: Spice infused memories

By Naadiya Walji, Staff Writer March 4, 2024

My summers were full of sewing machines, lost thimbles, and my great-grandmother, my Maa, attempting to teach me how to sew. My autumns were full of masala chai, mandazi, a sweet, fried dough, and stories...

Me and Kriska sitting outside on a pretty day

Personal Column: Saying goodbye

By Bela Jotwani, Staff Writer February 6, 2024

How do you say goodbye to your childhood friend? That’s what I asked myself standing outside my quiet home after 18 hours of traveling. The air was silent and devoid of the familiar barks I called...

Andrew playing the violin as a 4th grader

Personal Column: Exceeding expectasians

By Andrew Lee, Staff Writer February 5, 2024

My paper was drenched. I stared at the numbers, rows of multiplication stacked on top of each other. The symbols, and my vision, began to blur. “Eric already knew how to do this when he was your...

Photo of my mom (left) and dad (right) at my baptism.

Personal Column: My blended family and me

By Daniella Lopez, Staff Writer February 4, 2024

Divorces are supposed to feel like the end of a family… right? December of 2013 was the time when I was supposed to feel the split, the ending of the family of three I’ve become so used to. The...

Mateo and I smiling in a jeep after honking the horn multiple times.

Personal Column: My time as a brother

By Esteban Gallardo, Staff Writer February 4, 2024

When I was around six years old, I first started telling my family that I wanted a little brother, for the sole reason of having someone to play football with. Realistically, I knew it would never happen,...

Arriving to our very first day at the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Personal Column: rocks, rocs and Rox?

By Roxell Bonilla, Sports Editor January 22, 2024

You know what rocks, the American Geophysical Union. I won’t get too sedimental about it because I don’t want y’all thinking that I’m lime. I will take y’all of coarse on a trip to the underground...

One of my more recent performances, as I sing to the audience.

Personal column: The art of eye contact

By Anjali Martinez, News Editor January 22, 2024

Imagine staring into someone’s eyes. I’m sure a special someone comes to mind. Now imagine staring into the eyes of two people. How about one hundred? Seems impossible, right? Well, the trick is...

A visual representation symbolizing how the change of moving houses and renting out my childhood home felt.

Personal Column: Accepting the prelude

By Sasha Cabral, Editor-in-Chief December 3, 2023

Everything was gone. Empty. They had ransacked my house by the time I got back from my college trip to New York and Connecticut, but I expected this to happen. My tía and tío had scheduled the movers...

The photo shows and represents the artistic interpretation of Parentification.

Personal Column: Mature for your age

By Rinn Wilson, Staff Writer April 24, 2023

It was past 10 p.m. as I pushed around the curled-up pasta I threw into a boiling pot of water. It was barely made well; in fact, it seemed to be disfigured into weird shapes that resembled ovals more...

My cousin stands behind me as I attend the Texas Renaissance Festival for, most likely, the first time. My dad records us.

Personal Column: Please, grant me serenity

By Danielle Yampuler, Co-Editor in Chief February 17, 2023

There comes a time every year when stores and games and rides bloom out of the ground, all encapsulated in a little bubble of fantasy and escapism. As summer turns to autumn and the leaves begin to fall...

A message to my parents in 2018 using my Minecraft world. Since I have such a deep love for them, I wanted to be creative with how I showed that. This is one of these instances.

Personal Column: My greatest treasure

By Manizeh Rahman, Contributing Writer February 17, 2023

Boom. "Sesame Street" plays on the TV. I’m happily eating the aloo bhaji, roti, and eggs my dad made for me. The sofa is set to where I have my little nook, closed off from the rest of the couch....

Fireworks with friends on New Years Eve
Source: qmelie Via Pinterest

Personal Column: New year, same me

By Audrey Piczak, Opinions Editor January 27, 2023

I’m not sure how the calendar was made. I remember learning about the Egyptians in my sixth-grade world history class. In 1500 B.C., they measured time with sundials. Their years were not marked by gridded...

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