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TikTok Trends: Metalhead Edition

TikTok Trends: Metalhead Edition

Scott Welsh, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

TikTok has taken grasp of the alternative community and put it in a chokehold. This is another case of trend hoppers doing whatever they can to stay up-to-date with the latest fast fashion or music trends....

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Peeing Paralysis

Scarlett Tucker, Staff Writer June 13, 2024

The bathroom door slams open as I rush inside, feet skidding on the mysteriously wet floors. Seeing no one occupying the room, I sigh in relief and quickly enter one of the graffitied stalls. But just...

The Essay Students Love to Hate

The Essay Students Love to Hate

Scarlett Tucker June 11, 2024

When the Common District Essay, or CDA, comes around each year, the majority of students still have no clue why they’re writing it. Sure, it’s supposed to accomplish some obscure change within the...

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WTF is Weed Wednesday?

Iben Orton and Finley Gober May 29, 2024

Picture this: It's 8:30 a.m. and you’re vying for a parking spot along with hundreds of other student drivers on their way to class. The usual chaos of spot saving and swerving to avoid an accident occurs,...

Why Is It on Us?

Why Is It on Us?

Caitlin Houston, Staff Writer May 24, 2024

Every time I enter the Summit bathrooms, I see a gray poster plastered on each stall door that lists the ways that students can take climate action by taking small steps to be more sustainable. While I...

The Disappointing Underrepresentation of Teens in Media

The Disappointing Underrepresentation of Teens in Media

Fiona Cooper, Staff Writer May 16, 2024

As a child, I imagined my future education to be filled with peppy singalongs, clique battles and a conspicuous absence of schoolwork, thanks to movies like “High School Musical” and “Mean Girls.”...

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The Bare Minimum A

Jesse Radzik, Features Editor May 7, 2024

While discussing a mutually disliked class with a friend a few days ago, I caught myself nonchalantly asserting, “I’m just going to do the bare minimum to get an A.” The phrase made me question how...

Not Everyone Is An Athlete

Not Everyone Is An Athlete

Iben Orton, Opinion's Editor April 18, 2024

As springtime arrives, the freshmen in Integrated Wellness begin their training for the Freshman 5k. This long-standing Summit tradition takes place at the end of the year, alongside students collecting...

College Acceptance Estimations Are Lying to You

College Acceptance Estimations Are Lying to You

Lina McDonald, Opinions Editor April 17, 2024

For seniors, March marks the month of college decisions. Most of the institutions across the nation that use Regular Decision (RD) plans notify applicants by April 1, making the preceding month a flurry...

Women's History Doesn't Stop on March 31

Women’s History Doesn’t Stop on March 31

Kepler Orton, Staff Writer March 22, 2024

When walking down a hallway at Summit I came across a pink sign pinned to a board on the wall, crooked and peeling off as if it was an afterthought. The sign read “Women's History Month,” and below...

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Throw the College Mail Away

Anya Haar, Staff Writer March 19, 2024

This morning as I perused my breakfast options I realized there was just too much to choose from. Cereal, toast, yogurt, oats, eggs or a granola bar? I picked the two best options (toast and cereal), and...

Stoicism, Broicism

Stoicism, Broicism

Jackson Crocker and Dakota Bender March 3, 2024

On a sunny day in Athens, 262 BC, Zeno of Citium–the accredited founder of stoicism–walked out of the school of philosophies, tripped and broke his toe. Then, feeling that the gods were calling him,...

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