School’s out after a prolonged day of work and testing. You pack up all of your belongings, leave the school, enter the school bus, and sit in twenty minutes worth of traffic. There's nothing like having a tiring day at school, only to find yourself waiting in the unbelievably long line of traffic that wraps around the whole parking lot.    Many...

In March 2020, the spread of COVID-19, more popularly known as the Coronavirus, went viral, so to speak. This national pandemic has sent people all around the world into a frenzy, emptying out grocery stores and locking themselves inside. According to the CDC, over 7,300 people have tested positive for the virus in the United States, and that number...

Classrooms are seen as places for learning, but it’s not the only way. Real-life experiences often help students to understand and absorb more information than the typical learning environment. One of the most practical ways to have these experiences is through school field trips. Emerson schools should offer students more opportunities to travel...

Imagine you are standing in the lunch line once again, thinking to yourself “I’ll just get the same food I get every day.” It is finally your turn to order, but your favorite food is not there. Not only that, but there is no other food you like and you end up getting stuck eating something you do not enjoy. You wish you could just go out to Chipotle...

Most of my fellow student athletes can relate to feeling these things from their sport: swollen muscles, tender body parts, weak legs and arms, excessive bruising, chronic aches, dizziness and headaches. Except, I didn’t just describe the everyday, normal symptoms an athlete feels when playing a sport. These are symptoms that are warnings that could...