For decades, the pages of our yearbooks have told the stories of students. Yet, in our recent editions, there has been a missing piece in our seniors’ legacy.  This is the gap left by the removal...

They say that money can’t buy you happiness – but it can certainly buy you a seat at your Ivy League school of choice. The question of who deserves a seat at a particular school – and why –...

Students can struggle to manage both their extracurriculars and academics. There are pros and cons to both and finding the balance between them can be tricky.  Extracurriculars Whether you’re...

There’s so many water bottle options these days, and it seems like there’s a new water bottle trend every year. So DOI decided to select avid users of the three most popular water bottles and defend...

On Oct. 14, 2023, six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed to death while his mother was critically wounded in Chicago under an assumed religiously motivated assault by his landlord. On...

Math XL? Check.  Band practice? Check.  Binge a Webtoon series? Check.  Prove myself as a politically good human by reposting current events to my Instagram story? Check. One of these is...

Before 1984, every teenager dreamed of the day they turned 18, the legal age to buy and drink alcohol. That all ended once the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, now teenagers must wait till...

Amidst a newfound popularity for reading – thanks to BookTok and Booktube - corners of TikTok and YouTube where people review and recommend books – there seems to be a contradiction. Despite a surge...

Imagine you’re back to the start of freshman year at a brand new school filled with both familiar and unfamiliar faces. The terrifying prospect of new classes and the stress of making new friends engulf...