It’s strange to think that this will be the last column I write for The Vanguard. Honestly, it makes me a bit sad—there are a lot of stories that I would’ve liked to share. I never got...

Writing my last column, I am filled with the same bittersweet feeling that strikes me when approaching the last few pages of a novel: an eagerness to conclude the story and begin another but also...

Thank you, everyone, for listening. (Or is it reading?) Over the past year, my dedicated fans—shoutout Ms. Hudson and Mr. Vazquez, a select few of my friends, and, of course, my parents—have...

When I began writing this column, I saw it as a fun way of sharing unserious stories with the school community. The lessons embedded in these stories seemed similarly casual—a way of giving more...

One of my best memories from high school is watching “Dirty Dancing” with all my friends on the Friday afternoon before spring break. Between sushi and cupcakes, the 14 of us were transported...

“The Vegetarian,” by this year’s Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang, follows Yeong-hye, a simple and humdrum woman who converts to vegetarianism overnight after a dream. Repulsed by her dream’s...

My dad loves reading. He brings a book everywhere. I’ve always tolerated reading. Don’t get me wrong. Overall, I really like the books I’ve read for school—I have a soft spot for Shakespeare...

The first lines of SZA’s “SOS Deluxe: LANA” sum up the newly released 14-track extension to her massively popular album “SOS”: “No more hiding / I wanna feel the sun on my skin /...

One afternoon over winter break, a scream echoed through the house. Confused, my family and I hurriedly made our way toward my sister Isabelle’s bedroom, wondering what had be happened. Upon...

One of my all-time favorite TV shows is the Netflix comedy “One Day at a Time.” The show follows veteran Penelope Alvarez navigating her new life as a nurse in Los Angeles with her two kids,...

One morning last September, my day began bright and early at 4:30 a.m. Reluctant to leave the comfort and warmth of my makeshift bed, I groaned as I rolled over in my sleeping bag and silenced...

“What’s your name?” is one of the simplest yet equally complicated questions to answer. Some start with a brief spiel on their name’s origin, some spell out its letters, some sigh expectantly...