It’s 11:20 in the morning and the 4th-period lunch crowd has one thing on their minds: food. The budget is tight, as the part-time job isn’t yielding as much money as I previously thought. The lunch...
With the return to a new school year, many Boulder High students (admittedly me included) find themselves in the stressful annual predicament of rushing to finish their required summer reading before classes begin. In a quick sweep of the school, the vast majority of students interviewed across all grade...
When one places 2153 teenagers into one building, packed twenty five or more to a room, there is an unfortunate reality to be faced: Kids are going to get sick. No matter how much hand-washing, mask wearing, and hug avoiding is done, illness spreads like wildfire. There is, of course, one obvious...
For centuries the menstrual cycle was seen as impure, supernatural, and unhygienic. From ancient societies claiming that period blood would make you sick if you touched it, to 20th-century marketing, women have been under fire for far too long. The consistent stigmatization of periods has gaslit women...
In 2022, I decided to become a vegetarian. Contrary to many who go on vegetarian diets, I didn’t really think about the effects of my nutritional choices until after I changed my diet. I went vegetarian spontaneously on a whim, not considering why I was making the switch… or why I hadn’t done it...
Whether you're a seasoned gym bro or fresh into the world of fitness, it can be a daunting and unruly place. With hordes of tank-top-wearing prepubescents and middle-aged women milling around, there is a lot to track. And with a 3.6% increase in the number of gym memberships in 2021 according to IHRSA,...
Halloween is a special time here at Boulder High. Wandering the halls, you may pass a handful of students and teachers wearing costumes. So why dress-up? Such an idea seems to repulse some students and invoke second-hand embarrassment. Lucas Lepoutre, '24, says he will probably not wear a costume to...
I’ll admit, I, along with the majority of my fellow classmates whom I started this school year with, held a riveting hatred for the ID policy. Ugly photos and lanyards that don’t match the fit, students collectively agree that the requirement and enforcement of student IDs is futile. Although...
Not a street, not a road; stroads represent a continuity of overbudgetted and dangerous transportation trends in America. To better understand the detriments of such a development, it is important to define our terms: A stroad is a hybrid thoroughfare that combines the high speed of a road, with...
