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From Division III to the Major Leagues | By Robert Maher and Caleb Cox bestofsno.com/83284/sports...
From Division III to the Major Leagues
From attending a small Division III school, Mount Union College, to now being Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Sports Enterprise reporter, Noah Hiles has truly climbed the ladder of success in the sports journalism...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
From Division III to the Major Leagues | By Robert Maher and Caleb Cox bestofsno.com/83284/sports...
“Less than one percent:” Molly Smallwood and the human toll of Northern Kentucky University’s budget cuts | By Henry Crawford, Northern Kentucky University
“Less than one percent:” Molly Smallwood and the human toll of Northern Kentucky University’s budget cuts
A meeting request landed in Molly Smallwood’s inbox at 11:45 a.m., labeled simply as a “check-in.” It was Monday, Oct. 6, and Molly Smallwood had returned early from her approved 12-week maternity...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Less than one percent:” Molly Smallwood and the human toll of Northern Kentucky University’s budget cuts | By Henry Crawford, Northern Kentucky University
Football seniors face adversity throughout coaching inconsistencies | By Lilly Amato and Lizzie Jarrell
Football seniors face adversity throughout coaching inconsistencies
Four seasons, four head coaches—for the seniors on the football team, the only constant has been change. At the beginning of every season, the Class of 2026 has not only seen a new coach, but a new...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Football seniors face adversity throughout coaching inconsistencies | By Lilly Amato and Lizzie Jarrell
Davin Lee ‘26 Takes Home Prestigious National YoungArts Award | By Jackson Pick, Lake Forest Academy
Davin Lee ‘26 Takes Home Prestigious National YoungArts Award
During an orchestra rehearsal on Nov. 24, Davin Lee ‘26 received a notification on his phone and checked his email. After reading it, Lee quickly stepped outside of the orchestra room. “I remember...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Davin Lee ‘26 Takes Home Prestigious National YoungArts Award | By Jackson Pick, Lake Forest Academy
[IN-DEPTH] Bright rooms create bright futures: how windows affect students and staff | By Ja'Nyah Villa, West Chicago Community High School
[IN-DEPTH] Bright rooms create bright futures: how windows affect students and staff
By early afternoon, sunlight beams through the floor-length windows across the second-floor hallway at WEGO, casting long, warm stripes on the tile. Turn a corner, though, and the glow disappears –...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
[IN-DEPTH] Bright rooms create bright futures: how windows affect students and staff | By Ja'Nyah Villa, West Chicago Community High School
Booked for Life: Changing the Way Students Read | By Laura Wells, North Allegheny Senior High School
Booked for Life: Changing the Way Students Read
In high school classrooms all over the country, the English curriculum requires students to read books chosen for their plot lines, themes, and real-world connections. While these pieces are important,...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Booked for Life: Changing the Way Students Read | By Laura Wells, North Allegheny Senior High School
Strength in pink | By Logan Jones, Richland Northeast High School
Strength in pink
When my parents called a family meeting with my two sisters and me, I knew the news they were about to break was not good—the room filled with a solemn tension that could’ve been cut with a kitchen...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Strength in pink | By Logan Jones, Richland Northeast High School
Innovation meets insulin | By Sophie Singh, West High School
Innovation meets insulin
14-year-old Kate Eilderts ’26 walked into what seemed like a normal doctor’s checkup — only to leave her local hospital with an unexpected, life-altering diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. Eilderts is...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Innovation meets insulin | By Sophie Singh, West High School
The Pope Asked a Question. Portland Is Still Answering. | By Kieran Crist-Kenworthy and Clover Martin
The Pope Asked a Question. Portland Is Still Answering.
Pope Leo XIV issued a call to action to Americans on Nov. 4 while speaking to journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo. His statement came in response to questions about detained migrants...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Pope Asked a Question. Portland Is Still Answering. | By Kieran Crist-Kenworthy and Clover Martin
North Carolina redraws congressional maps, sparks voter concern | By Monroe Huckaby, Wakefield High School - NC
North Carolina redraws congressional maps, sparks voter concern
With recent redistricting in North Carolina, concerns of gerrymandering and voter suppression are running high among citizens. Gerrymandering is the act of government officials reconfiguring maps for...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
North Carolina redraws congressional maps, sparks voter concern | By Monroe Huckaby, Wakefield High School - NC
When is it Appropriate to Celebrate Christmas: A Debate | By Andrew Tropp, Ben Balian, Jack Martin, and Will Simpson bestofsno.com/83236/multim...
When is it Appropriate to Celebrate Christmas: A Debate
Today, Andrew Tropp, Ben Balian, Jack Martin, and Will Simpson debated when you can start to celebrate Christmas. This story was originally published on The Crimson on November 24, 2025. Story continues...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When is it Appropriate to Celebrate Christmas: A Debate | By Andrew Tropp, Ben Balian, Jack Martin, and Will Simpson bestofsno.com/83236/multim...
Gretna Diving Team returns after six years, looks to grow program | By Madeline Petrick, Gretna East High School
Gretna Diving Team returns after six years, looks to grow program
This story was originally published on The Wingspan on December 3, 2025. Story continues below advertisement
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December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gretna Diving Team returns after six years, looks to grow program | By Madeline Petrick, Gretna East High School
Inside revived SEC Volleyball Tournament’s bid to be ‘premier volleyball event nationally’ | By Ian Curtis, Texas A&M University - College Station
Inside revived SEC Volleyball Tournament’s bid to be ‘premier volleyball event nationally’
Texas A&M volleyball fans Paul and Shawna Ricks had a weekend to remember. The first leg of their family trip took them from their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to College Station for A&M football’s...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Inside revived SEC Volleyball Tournament’s bid to be ‘premier volleyball event nationally’ | By Ian Curtis, Texas A&M University - College Station
Finding his voice: Roy Faulkner’s story of healing through poetry | By Ella Rose Johnston, Northern Kentucky University
Finding his voice: Roy Faulkner’s story of healing through poetry
The pen trembles slightly in his hand, hovering over the page. Outside, the sunlight fades behind the trees around his small Northern Kentucky home. While shadows settle across his desk, a black composition...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Finding his voice: Roy Faulkner’s story of healing through poetry | By Ella Rose Johnston, Northern Kentucky University
Beyond the drill, ROTC cadets commit to values and lasting bonds | By Stella Pihlstrom, Drake University
Beyond the drill, ROTC cadets commit to values and lasting bonds
While most of Drake University’s campus is sleeping, Drake University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets meet at 6 a.m. — or “0600 hours,” as they would call it — to complete their...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Beyond the drill, ROTC cadets commit to values and lasting bonds | By Stella Pihlstrom, Drake University
AP Physics Students Learn Through Games | By Natalie Grill, Marquette High School
AP Physics Students Learn Through Games
AJ Sansom, AP Physics Teacher, uses physics-related games as an opportunity to continue students’ learning while giving them a way to relax. This has created a sense of community within classes, leading...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
AP Physics Students Learn Through Games | By Natalie Grill, Marquette High School
Beyond the affair: The impact of parental infidelity on children | By Naomi Hsu, Carlmont High School
Beyond the affair: The impact of parental infidelity on children
Ava Williams* didn’t know what to say when her mom cried into her shoulder. At the age of 14, with no relationship experience, Williams could only rub her mother’s back in consolation after hearing...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Beyond the affair: The impact of parental infidelity on children | By Naomi Hsu, Carlmont High School
Twirling to the top | By Catherine Xue, Bellaire High School
Twirling to the top
As she twirls her baton at a Rockets game, bright lights and cameras highlight her on national television. The cameraman goes in for his close-up, but he’s too close. She bumps into him, dropping her...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Twirling to the top | By Catherine Xue, Bellaire High School
Waste into wonder | By Andy Laman, Algonquin Regional High School bestofsno.com/83215/featur...
Waste into wonder
In the Algonquin community, where many educational resources are in excess, juniors Divyagni Shivashok and Kunal Jandu saw an opportunity to take the books that would otherwise go to waste and provide...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Waste into wonder | By Andy Laman, Algonquin Regional High School bestofsno.com/83215/featur...
Ethan Chen builds strength from the ground up | By Emily Cheah, Lynbrook High School - CA
Ethan Chen builds strength from the ground up
Fingers splayed wide, sophomore Ethan Chen steadies himself upside down as his arms extend beneath him. 57 seconds, 58, 59 — it’s his longest handstand yet. For Chen, it’s more than just a new record;...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ethan Chen builds strength from the ground up | By Emily Cheah, Lynbrook High School - CA
Going All the Way: Students and Rock Legends Unite for Eric Carmen Tribute | By Lydia Koons and Delaney Starr bestofsno.com/83217/arts-e...
Going All the Way: Students and Rock Legends Unite for Eric Carmen Tribute
On the night of Nov. 25, the Lakewood High School Civic Auditorium didn’t just sound like a concert—it felt like a homecoming. Inside, the sound of electric violins mixed with vintage guitars as 45...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Going All the Way: Students and Rock Legends Unite for Eric Carmen Tribute | By Lydia Koons and Delaney Starr bestofsno.com/83217/arts-e...
Inside Political Pulse, The OHS Society That Can’t Stop Arguing | By Rishi Janakiraman, Stanford Online High School
Inside Political Pulse, The OHS Society That Can’t Stop Arguing
Student Life at Stanford Online High School (OHS) describes the school’s mission as building “a worldwide community of intellectually adventurous students” who “share diverse perspectives in thoughtful...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Inside Political Pulse, The OHS Society That Can’t Stop Arguing | By Rishi Janakiraman, Stanford Online High School
Music through machines | By Dimash Baimakhan, Liberty High School - TX
Music through machines
Twang. Pluck. Plink. Thump. Sounds typically only heard in a band… until now. Students in Computer Science 3 are reaching past algorithms and practice problems to a new octave through the aid...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Music through machines | By Dimash Baimakhan, Liberty High School - TX
NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN: The silent protest on my forehead | By Manushree Navaneethakrishnan, Vanderbilt University
NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN: The silent protest on my forehead
Every morning you’ll find me in the same spot, doing the same thing: deeply lining my eyes with kohl, and after one too many spritzes of my setting spray, pulling open my drawer to carefully extract...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN: The silent protest on my forehead | By Manushree Navaneethakrishnan, Vanderbilt University
MVHS alum ‘25 Allen Li speaks on his experience in physics | By Lora Lee and Benjamin Zhang bestofsno.com/83208/featur...
MVHS alum ‘25 Allen Li speaks on his experience in physics
Surrounded by self-built wooden models, scattered pieces of origami and introductory circuitry sets ever since he was a kid, MVHS alum ‘25 Allen Li joined the Science Olympiad Team when he entered Kennedy...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
MVHS alum ‘25 Allen Li speaks on his experience in physics | By Lora Lee and Benjamin Zhang bestofsno.com/83208/featur...