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“Unintentionally, I was a rat. I was the reason why two people got out. [There’s] nothing I can do about it, but it’s something I am going to have to …
Senior Assassins 2023 pushes seniors to extremes Read More
East Film Club “Knives Out,” “Smile” and “The Truman Show” are just a few of the movies the East Film Club has watched this year. Meeting once a month in …
Club Spotlight: Film Club, Indian Culture Club and Period Club Read More
“Single-source articles are due today guys; let’s get those to the editors by the end of class,” said our journalism teacher Mr. Neal Morgan. These are the words that once …
Senioritis: The myth explained Read More
For the first time in my life, the pinging of my phone and the lighting of its blue-light screen was daunting. Like those slapstick cartoons, the horrid device binged and …
Finding a roommate on Instagram Read More
Yoshimi Yamagata Aoyagi, the Japanese teacher at East Chapel Hill High School and Chapel Hill High School, received international recognition from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Aug. 10, 2022, …
Sensei Aoyagi receives international recognition Read MoreIn the age of constantly circulating Instagram infographics and updated news feeds, the threshold of what not to show, and in turn not to know, has entered a realignment period. …
The epic saga of AP African American Studies Read More
We all need order in our lives – Jane Kim Imagine crying to your Joji queue and all of a sudden, “Like a G6” by Far East Movement starts playing. …
Head to Head: One long playlist or many short ones? Read More
From the span of time between midnight and 6:00 a.m., Reddit’s “r/chanceme” subreddit bursts with desperate seniors (and tryhard juniors) asking strangers on the internet about their chances of getting …
The controversy of affirmative action Read More
“What a wonderful teacher and human being she is,” civics teacher Brian Link said. “She is an East institution. I’m thrilled she’s able to retire.” Sitting in her high school …
Farewell to Ms. Galvin, East’s social studies luminary Read More
As a senior looking to attend college in the near future, I receive a lot of spam emails from various D-list universities. Below is a real email I received Oct. …
Colleges promise heaven on campus Read More