Lydah Coates

Changes in Evanston Plaza hours disrupt after-school routines

Lydah Coates and Calliope Green • April 20, 2023

The bell rings at 3:35 on an icy January afternoon. Students groggily filter out of their last period class and out the main doors. Those who have warm ways of getting home quickly vanish, while the walkers...

Governmental action on Sand Creek in recent years

Sophia Sherman, Lydah Coates, Charlotte Geyskens and Leah Johnson • February 27, 2023

After 149 years of oppression and ignorance from the government, Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the first Native American to ever serve in Congress, created a bill in hopes of preserving the site and Sand Creek.

Insta-worthy?

Lydah Coates, Staff Writer • January 27, 2023

Four-year Evanston resident Laura Perry starts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a boost of protein from one of 4 Suns signature smoothie bowls. Whether it's the beach smoothie, Berry bowl or plain...

Daycare lets young kids learn about the world and themselves

Tanya Weisman and Lydah Coates • November 28, 2022

Standing in the planetarium courtyard, staff members and students together enjoy the gleeful mesmerized laughter of young children. Stunned and excited, they awe at the cock-a-doodle-do of the rooster...

Stress and substances: the supports in place for students in Evanston

Lauren Dain, Jessica Sehgal, Meg Houseworth, Bridget Baker, Lydah Coates, Calliope Green, Sophie Milner-Gorvine, Stella Israelite and Zoe Kaufman • April 18, 2022

Teenagers are living in an entirely different reality. Despite sarcastic connotations that may frequently accompany that phrase, research suggests that it may be true in some ways. Dopamine, sometimes...