Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution
Two weeks. That is how long the average New Year’s resolution lasts. For all of the huff people make...
Editorials
Mona’s Movies: Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest
You might be reading this thinking … this is odd, why would a teenager be writing a review for...
The (Thrifted, Gifted, and Beloved) Clothes of Orcas Island
The social hub of Orcas Island concentrates itself in two places: on the ferry, and at the market. The...
Carter’s Kitchen: Mouthwatering Coconut Curry
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, or 5-6 chicken thighs 1 can of coconut milk ¼ cup of tomato sauce ½...
Thian’s Musings: The Final Chapter
14,000 hours. Soon I am trading 14,000 hours for a sheet of paper that says “High School Diploma”, and...
Eloquent Ellie’s Various Venerable Vivacious Verses
Shift Ninety-nine cent lemons and five pounds of potatoes fall bleakly from the grace of a thin plastic...
How Cigarette Money Exerts its Power in our Society
There has been a theory posed by psychologists that the human brain cannot really visualize numbers greater than twenty....
Ask Ed: An Orcas Island Student Advice Column
Dear Ed, I think it afflicts many, but I have the chronic problem of falling asleep after advisory. Many...
Student Preferences for Mint Gum Flavors
With school still online, many things have changed since this time last year. Some things, however, cannot. One such...
Ask Ed: an Orcas Island Student Advice Column
Hi Ed, My cat wakes me up every morning around 30 minutes before my alarm goes off. I...
Carter’s Kitchen; Mini Cheese Cakes Recipe
Graham cracker crust: 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 3 tablespoons brown sugar 5 tablespoons melted unsalted butter...
Marvel Versus DC
Marvel (by Thian Armenia): Back in the late 2000s, it would have been next to impossible for anyone to...