Taylor Swift just wrapped up her first year on her International World Eras Tour. Breaking countless attendance records in stadiums across the globe, Swift has single-handedly made history by touring in 2023. She started her tour on March 17th, 2023 in Glendale Arizona. From even before her first show, Swift was attracting extreme amounts of…
2023 Spotify Wrapped Top Podcast Topics: Tom Brady’s Retirement
Following his 22nd season in the NFL, On February 1st, 2023 quarterback Tom Brady made his retirement official and hung up the cleats. In his storied career, Brady racked up 7 Super Bowl wins, the most passing yards in league history, and was ranked as the best player ever by the NFL Top 100 Players…
2023 Spotify Wrapped Top Podcast Stories: The OceanGate Titan Submarine – A Disaster Waiting to happen
On June 18, 2023, the world was taken aback when a submarine that was touring the Titanic wreck went missing. The debris was found 4 days later, confirming the deaths of the 5 passengers. The Titanic wreckage might be one of the most known shipwrecks world wide, and has captured a wide audience of people…
2023 Trends: “Roman Empire”: What is it?
Many are asking about the viral TikTok saying “Roman Empire”. What exactly does it all mean? The catchy phrase started by girls asking boys, “how often do you think about the Roman Empire?” To which they repeatedly replied, 2 times a day…” This trend is meant to poke fun at the stereotypical differences between men…
Future of AI: How Artificial Intelligence Will Shape Humanity
Given the exponential growth of the artificial intelligence market throughout 2023, questions regarding the limits of technology and its impact on human life arose. Throughout history, the industrial revolutions have evidentiated the impact that the emergence of technological innovations has on human behavior and organization. When incorporated into the media and the workplace, the influence…
Emma’s Book Reviews: Little Woman Is the Highlight of Junior Year In Books (So Far)
As my junior year has long since begun with a bang and most adults have suddenly decided that I should be able to give a concrete and definite answer as to where I want to go to college, reading for pleasure has taken quite a backseat, often to the dreaded American Pageant. Amidst the chaos, I…
Lab-Grown Chicken, an Environmental Boon?
For many people, the idea of lab-grown meat is extremely off-putting. Even though it may not be too different than the hundreds of synthetically produced chemicals we ingest through other foods, something about meat being grown unnaturally seems disgusting at worst and intimidating at best. As one reviewer of lab-grown chicken at MIT dug into…
“The Curious Savage” Fall 2023 Play Review
After seeing Avonworth High School’s “The Curious Savage” three separate times I can surely say that as a performer myself, I am extremely impressed with the hard work, dedication, and talent my peers have presented us with this year. At the start of the performance, we are introduced to a display of mentally ill, committed…
Editorial: Construction at AHS Not Student-Centered
Schools are supposed to be places of learning, so when my attempts to understand the Ideal Gas Law in AP Chemistry are interrupted by jackhammers, I cannot help but wonder who exactly thought that students could learn through such disruptions. Though the construction project has just begun, it has already proven itself to be lacking. …
AHS Continues Recognizing Children’s Grief Awareness Day
Every third Thursday of November marks Children’s Grief Awareness, a day to recognize children suffering the loss of a loved one. Many people underestimate how hard it is on a child to lose someone, and how much support they need. This event takes place to help teach the community about grieving children. It helps give…