The perfect senior prank
Zach Wols and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
May 19, 2017
With the school year coming to an end, the inevitable senior pranks are quickly approaching. After the senior softball game on Dickinson Field, only time can tell if the pranks will get more severe, but this begs the question, what makes a perfect senior prank? "A perfect senior prank doesn't hurt...
Lollapalooza Preview
Zach Wols and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2017
The city is alive. Empty water bottles on the ground as far as the eye can see and poor decisions everywhere. That time of the year is approaching us once again, ladies and gents: Lolla season. As the popular music festival quickly approaches, and people are desperately attempting to buy tickets, it's a good time to look at the line up for th...
Capatalism on the internet: get rich quick through Instagram
May 9, 2017
If you have been on the internet (specifically Instagram) in the last week, you have undoubtedly seen the recent PR campaign by Sunny Co Clothing. The campaign stated that if you post an Instagram picture of a specific swim suit and tag the company in the picture, then they will send you a free swim...
How to acedemically survive 4th quarter of senior year
Zach Wols and Riley Kowalski, Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2017
You've been in high school for three whole years now. You've been grinding out grades to the best of your ability, taking solace in the fact that your whole future depends on your performance here and now. You are working toward something. Your hard work matters. Until, suddenly, it doesn't. Most se...
Despite elimination, Naess sets standard for Senior Assassins
Joseph Miscimarra and Libby McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2017
For some, Senior Assassins is a game, played by paying $10 at the start and trying a few times to hunt down their targets with Nerf pistols. But for Hinsdale Central senior Jan Erik Naess, assassins is a lifestyle. The object of the game is to use a toy gun to shoot a target, a different person ...
Academic dishonesty is normal
Zach Wols, A&E Editor
March 16, 2017
If you have ever been ill-prepared for a test in high school (and god knows we all have) you have experienced the temptation of academic dishonesty, and more than likely, at least once, you have given into this temptation. And with the severity of the penalties attributed to even the slightest forms...