“Amen.” My nights as a child didn’t end with a final goodnight to my family or swipe of my phone as it does now; instead, right before I would settle for bed, I kneeled in front of the cross hanging above my pillows. ...

The Mavericks went head to head against the Westwood Warriors on Friday, Oct. 13 but fell 27-62. “We put in our best that we could,” senior Kai Huang said. “I think that their offense played with a bit more power than ...

Fifteen McNeil students earned National Merit Semifinalist qualifying scores from the 2016 October PSAT. “National Merit Semifinalist status is something to be proud of because it is a high-value recognition by a respectable or...

A red carpet lay across the gym floor for the winners to line up on. A loud, crowded gym at the pep rally on Sept. 15 held the excitement of the underclass court dukes and duchesses. The announcer read off the results: freshmen...

There are some books that from the first sentence, the first page, the first chapter the reader is immediately hooked from start to end. Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee, a novel that I was initially reluctant to begin...

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. These are all titles on a long list of banned books. “The reason we celebrate Banned Books Week is to...