Why Mother’s Day is Important to Me
The second Sunday in May is one of my favorite days. It usually starts at the crack of dawn when my two younger siblings and...
Staff Editorial—The Game of Life: Northwood should prepare us for more than college
Photo courtesy of John Liu/Flickr Graduation: we spend our whole high school career preparing to get there and doing everything we can to make it,...
In Loss, I Found Myself
It has been a year. I still vividly remember the seemingly never-ending ride home filled with the silence of me staring at my shoes. I...
Acceptance: What growing up with a gay mom taught me
I was at soccer practice in seventh grade when a teammate approached me and asked a simple question. “Does your mom like girls?” Her straightforwardness...
Chew? More Like Ew
“Crunch, crunch, crunch.” That’s the sounds of my 12-year-old brother as he scarfs down his dinner, happy and carefree, unbothered by the sounds of others...
Don’t Have to Be an American Idiot
In the world and in our own culture, the idea of “stupid Americans” has appeared again and again, from Homer Simpson to the capturing of...
Ke Luar: My Experiences as a World Traveller
Ke Luar means To Travel in the native language of Malay. Three years of my life have been spent lived on a small country known...
The weather’s fine up here
It sounds silly, but my entire life is influenced by my height. People, including my friends, gawk and comment about my height daily. For a...
Vanagon and Again, and Again
“Ooh I like your necklace! Is that a school bus?” The daily asked question of many, with the same, sighing but humorous response of, “No…...