The Long Reach

The Long Reach

  By April Wendling As sunlight dawned over Richland, Wash., townsfolk bustled about, eager to start the day. In the faint chill of the early morning October air, I wove through the streets on my bike, navigating past the Atomic Ale Brewpub & Eatery and a mall...
No Vacancy

No Vacancy

 By Carly Hopkins Walking around the unfamiliar neighborhood of Englewood on the South Side of Chicago, my heart rate beat in time with the sounds of a fading siren. The words “be careful” from my parents and friends echoed in my mind. The rampant gun violence in...
The Seven Wonders of the Anthropocene

The Seven Wonders of the Anthropocene

    By Jenna Kurtzweil       Standing in the shadows of the Great Pyramids, a man named Herodotus set the Seven Wonders of the World in motion. If he could have predicted the modern calendar, he’d have dated his entry 440 BCE; if he could have...