Twelve years after I first learned the chant, my troop and I still stand in a circle facing each other, each holding up three fingers on our right hands, and recite the Girl Scout promise. People are often surprised when I tell them I’m in Girl Scouts. “Still?” they say, “I didn’t know you could…
It was one of the first weeks of sixth grade when Lanna Ahlberg found herself at school talking on the phone in Traditional Mandarin with her Taiwanese grandmother. Hanging up the phone, Ahlberg found a number of girls staring at her. “In sixth grade, a lot of people thought I was Hispanic or white because…
Your medical treatment can vary greatly based on where you are in the world, but new studies show that your health can also vary greatly based on your geographic location as well. What does geography have to do with health exactly? If you look up healthiest countries in the world, the same countries show up…
Sitting in the dark on the cold gym floor during glow-in-the-dark capture the flag was an explosion of the senses. All I could hear were screams and shrieks over the electronic music blasting from the gym speakers. All I could see were the glow-in-the dark bracelets each girl wore around her arms and neck.…
For many artists, graffiti is a chance to say what they want and for their work to be seen. However, graffiti straddles a fine line between “street art” and “vandalism,” and has plagued the US with debates and legislation for decades. Many cities have designated walls for artists to graffiti on; in Austin, we have…
A gap year is defined as a year in which a student takes out of school to take part in a different enrichment activity before continuing their education. For over a million students every year, this gap year is taken between high school and college or even between college and the workplace. However for senior,…
Senior Kimberly “Kim” Olea had been obsessively opening and closing her laptop all Wednesday morning. Sitting at lunch with her left fist balled up, she clicked with her right hand. “I could feel my heart in my throat,” Olea said. With another click, a new page opened. Congratulations, it read. You’re a finalist. Olea screamed…
Injured Varsity and JV cross country runners work on sustainable strengthening in hopes of running the district race. “I was out for about four weeks. And so I ran twice this past week and my third run of this whole season was this past weekend at the Cedar Creek meet in the two mile. The…
“Residents need to treat this event like they would a forecasted snowstorm,” New Jersey State Police warned those in the Philadelphia area last month. “That means buy your groceries, refill critical medicines, complete your errands before that day. Don’t schedule unnecessary or medical procedures during that period.” At the end of the month, thousands of…
On Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015, the third class of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders graduated at the University of Texas’ Erwin Center. One hundred percent of the class is college bound and in total the class received over $10.2 million in merit scholarships. The entire school attended the graduation ceremony along with…
This week, the Ann Richards School will be totally void of juniors. Every member of the class of 2016 will spend a whole week off campus interning at various Austin sites relating to their pathways. Learn more as Engineering student Meredith Oldham covers her first day on the job at an architecture firm. Today was my…
This morning, students grades six through eleven filed in to the large gym for the eighth time in a row to do their civil duty: elect the 2015-2016 Student Council representatives. Student Body Web Master-Historian: Sarah Bustos-Lopez: “I want to have a website with notes on meetings along with pictures from events…I love combining my passion of…
