Whether you are an avid boba drinker, know one or have overheard Northwestern University students talking about where they should go on their next boba adventure, you definitely have not missed seeing...

In January of 2023, a group of dedicated students, administrators, teachers and community members launched the ETHS Sustainability Policy Committee. The committee was created with the intention of developing...

“Progressives return to the days of separate but equal.” That was the headline for a May 12 editorial by the Wall Street Journal—the progressives being ETHS, and ‘the return to the days of separate...

“I walk my own path, I’ve made my own path.” I was so moved by Malory’s piece that after telling everyone in the vicinity to read it, I sat down to write. Malory told her story and I feel like...

What do you think of when you hear about the South Side of Chicago? It’s so much more than what the media makes it out to be. The South Side of Chicago is a place of resilience, trauma,  influential...

One of my most prevalent memories as a young child was going to the afterschool program at the YMCA with a Kumon book in hand and doing the pages my parents had assigned for me that day. I took the bus,...

  It feels like climate change is in the news every day. Maybe another natural disaster hit an island nation. Maybe another oil drilling project was approved by the Biden administration. Or maybe...

Trigger warning: Mentions of rape, police brutality, murder, derogatory terms By Oxford Dictionary’s definition, to be bitter is to be “angry, hurt, or resentful because of one’s bad experiences...

Dogs out – a term that has taken off in the 2020s. But what exactly does it mean? No, contrary to its name, it doesn’t actually have anything to do with dogs, but rather, toes. ‘Having the dogs out’...

Social discourse is a defining component of humanity. The ability to form one’s viewpoint from their unique background and experiences and discussing it with others is the forefront display of our complex...

Have you ever driven at night—or ridden shotgun—and seen a car oncoming, but only for a minute though, because you're soon blinded by bright-bluish lights? Whenever this happens to me, I always...

In 1960, amidst ongoing Civil Rights protests and political turmoil, Charles R. Thomas, an ETHS alumni of 1951, became the school’s first ever African-American educator. Thomas would go on to earn a...