Stress. Just the word itself makes jaws clench, muscles tighten, hearts pound, and heads ache. With homework assignments, college applications, AP and Honors courses, community service, clubs, essays,...
Wafting from the kitchen is the smell of freshly made pancakes, maple syrup, bacon, and eggs. Breakfast is often described as the most important meal of the day. But to some, lunch or dinner are equally...
Going through trash cans to find leftovers from students’ lunches is a typical routine for sophomore Rebecca Nelson’s black lab, Nick. While the one-year-old dog has the usual playful behavior of...
Born in Eastern Russia near Siberia, junior Alyona Brody spent her early childhood with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Brody also had a little brother who was two years younger than her. In...
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[dropcap size=dropcap]C[/dropcap]ell phones aren’t typically allowed out during class time, but in the minutes nearing 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, many students were anxiously checking...
[dropcap size=dropcap]T[/dropcap]ossing and turning in your bed can be extremely frustrurating when you have a big test or game the next day. Even if you don’t, as a teenager it’s important to catch...
Stepping off a plane by herself into a foreign country and navigating through customs in Spanish is not the way most Foothill students begin their junior year, but for Jillian Lopez, the...
Junior Naja Hawara was born and raised in Fairouzeh, a small village in Syria, where "everyone knows everyone." She moved to the United States in fourth grade with her family and still...
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die," is English teacher Yiu Hung Li’s favorite quote from "The Princess Bride." Although his favorite movie doesn’t make it into...
Senior Janile Dabbous has never traveled to Syria where her family is from, but is determined to go there sometime in her life. Her close family does not currently live there, but she has...
Finishing her senior year in the United States was not in exchange student Majia Saarinen’s initial plans. A week after leaving Finland, Saarinen had to manage the first day of a new school in a language...
Without a doubt, the start of the school year brings stressful changes to your lifestyle, leading to less sleep and increased mental strain, common factors that lead to the dreaded dark circles under...
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