ETHS took on New Trier at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena last season.

There’s absolutely no good way to start this column. And trust me, I would know. I’ve spent hours agonizing over how to begin, typing and deleting and typing and deleting until finally, my head just...

ETHS has a problem: its students are haunted. There’s a sinister force at work in our lives, infiltrating the hallways of the high school and haunting romantic and platonic relationships alike. This...

For those who have never experienced it, a Chicago winter is indescribably cold. The face-stinging winds, sub-zero temperatures and months spent in a sunless, gray haze doesn’t even begin to cover it....

On the night of Friday, Feb. 4, as the buzzer radiated throughout Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena, the ETHS girls basketball team erupted in cheers and sprinted onto the court to celebrate their 51-32...

As soon as fall sports begin, it’s easy to spot a rookie boys varsity soccer player. Every year, new players take an electric razor to the head, but as they lose their hair, they gain a team of driven...

Ice cream is truly the best medicine. It is both healing and preventative, brightening a gloomy day and warding off a bad mood. Personally, I like to think I’m somewhat of an ice cream connoisseur. I...

Last March, ETHS announced a variety of substantial changes for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year to support student wellbeing, including revisions to the tardy and detention policy. The changes are a...

A couple weeks ago, a group of female students did a presentation on the book “Schoolgirls” by Peggy Orenstein in my English class. The book focuses on the effects of the confidence gap and self esteem...

Theater Theater teacher Timothy Herbert has taken online learning and adapted it to his curriculum. Working with students online can be challenging, but the theatre department and Herbert have done their...

Every year for the Oscars, the Grammys, and award shows, millions of dollars and hundreds of hours are spent in preparation for the red carpet. The outfits are dissected and scrutinized by the media and...

I said certified freak, seven days a week  The first lyrics of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new single, “WAP”, left us, like countless others, agape. During the week of Aug. 7, 2020, debuted...

ETHS Seniors Sylvia Tellez and Lara-Nour Walton started their clothing account at the beginning of July. They were looking for a way to make a tangible change for the Black Lives Matter movement and decided...

Over 15 million viewers in the U.S. held their breath as Meghan Rapinoe took a penalty shot on the Dutch goalie, scoring the first goal in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. With another goal from Rose Lavelle,...

After 39 years of teaching, chemistry teacher Valrie Barrett is retiring from a long and rewarding career. Barrett is originally from Jamaica and started her teaching career in the Bahamas where she...

Brandy Melville is famous for its cute graphic tees, plaid skirts and laid back style. But it's also famous for something not so cute-- all of its clothes are one size. Everything except for the some...

On Dec. 22, 2018, many ETHS students were relaxing on their first day of break and preparing for the holidays. Meanwhile, 800,000 federal workers in Evanston and across the country, were undergoing their...