Teens use humor to cope with current pandemic
Madeline Thiara, Components Editor
March 30, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE Teenagers are using social networking apps such as TikTok, Twitter and Instagram to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic through humor, even though many posts make light of certain aspects of the outbreak. One meme discusses how during the boredom of social distancing many people are exploring ...
‘Memeing’ into the new year
Gabrielle Guido, Senior Reporter
January 9, 2020
As teens open their TikTok accounts, many are expecting to find playful dance videos about viral trends, but they have instead found a multitude of memes teasing the United States’ and Iran’s recent military conflict, dubbing it as “World War III.” In the wake of Iran’s threat to the United...
It’s Tik Tok time?
Gray Timberlake, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2019
When senior Malinalli Cervantes created a TikTok that went viral, her primary focus was not the potential security issues she could have created for herself. The TikTok app allows users to post 15 second videos that are typically set to popular music or “sounds.” Videos become “Tik-Tok famous,” like...
Gymnast uses platform
Adele Bonomi, Sports Editor
November 13, 2019
Springy, powerful, double-twisting double backflips make Simmone Biles standout in international competitions, but her confident voice outside the gym is shifting the public face of gymnastics and the definition of what it means to be an elite athlete. Bile’s original moves are impossible for a...
Visiting author gives presentation, participates in discussion
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
April 8, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Students gathered in Syufy Theatre at the end of the school day to hear author Chris Riley speak about his book “After the Mass-Age.” After the presentation, senior Harris Rutherford and sophomore Audrey Pinard led a discussion with Riley. “Riley is connected to our school thr...
Making lasting impressions
Caroline Thompson, Copy Editor
February 14, 2019
In a society reliant on the use of social media, privacy is practically nonexistent, and the internet footprint teenagers make in their school years may be the deal breaker when applying for jobs years in the future. Photos surfaced earlier this month allegedly depicting Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in ...
Phone app can cause user obsession
Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter
December 13, 2018
Freshman Kelly Cronan sends a photo to 120 of her Snapchat friends everyday. Sometimes it’s a photo of herself, what she is doing or who she is with, but the photo always has the same typed or hand-drawn caption with an “s” or the word “streaks.” Snapchat streaks — indicated by a number n...
Students delete addictive social media app for finals week
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
December 11, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Students are deleting Snapchat from their phones to reduce screen time while preparing and studying for final exams. “Deleting Snapchat was a great decision for me because I spent a lot of time consumed in the app,” freshman Takouhi Asdourian said. “I feel like now since Snapchat notification...
Blending two worlds
Cece Giarman, Web Editor
December 16, 2017
With beauty vloggers on YouTube, regular celebrity product endorsements on Instagram, and an increased presence of cosmetic companies online, the makeup and beauty industry’s marketing strategies have changed with the advent of social media. “When I see makeup on Instagram I think I may like, I usually ...
Power teens
Neely Metz, Features Editor
December 9, 2016
Filling Instagram feeds and Snapchat stories with product advertisements, trademarked styles and “hot” trends, teen celebrities can influence the life and mind of youth, leading many to feel pressure to abide by unrealistic beauty expectations to be as “flawless” as their famous counterparts appea...
Social media poses threat to ‘real life’ relationships
Editorial Board
September 26, 2016
While lunch provides a time for peers to chat together before resuming their afternoon classes, many students spend the break constantly checking their phones rather than focusing on the friends around them. As constant app updates and social media platforms parallel our increasing addiction to virtual ...
Social media protects consumers
Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter
March 16, 2016
Sophomore Tess Wilmoth was scrolling through her Instagram feed when she saw a post of a mascara she was interested in buying, but reading the comments changed her opinion. “The packaging said you would get long and thick eyelashes, and it was supposed to make them natural looking,” Wilmoth sa...
Mackenna Moslander and Elise Vulakh
June 8, 2020 • No Comments
WEB EXCLUSIVE In order to follow the guidelines of the Department of Public Health, Convent held both virtual and individual in-person ceremonies for the Class of 2020. The...
Students, faculty gather for 133rd annual Prize Day
June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020
We may never understand, but united we stand
June 2, 2020