November 2025

“Regretting You” Review: So Bad, It’s Good

By Zoe Wolfberg, News Editor

The new movie “Regretting You” is full of incredibly dramatic events that fail to evoke any emotion. There is a big happy family including the daughter Clara, the mother/wife Morgan,…

Musical Preview: “Grease” Is Coming to LFA

By Jennifer Ji, Layout Editor

The production of “Clue” marks a perfect ending for the fall season and the beginning of the audition processes for the Winter Musical. This year, director Michael Driscoll and the…

The 25 Best Songs of 2025, Ranked

By Jasiek Bugaj, Head of Online Publishing

25. NOKIA by Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Released on Valentine’s Day, this hit made its way into everybody’s life — whether it was on the radio, in public or on their…

U.S.–China Visa Tensions Shape International Student Life

By Sienna Qian

As global politics continue to shift, international students face growing uncertainty about studying abroad in the United States, especially Chinese students. Recent tensions between the U.S. and China have led…

2026 GRAMMY Nominations: Shocks and Surprises

By Liza Lewis, Journalism I Student

On November 7, music lovers sat anxiously waiting for the 68th annual GRAMMY nominations. The release came with both excitement and disappointment. Although the awards ceremony will not take place…

AWS Outage Disrupts Canvas Access Across the East Coast

By Hadley Brown

Early Monday, October 20, the host platform Amazon Web Service (AWS) experienced outages and widespread disruption along the East Coast. Canvas, Dana Hall’s online course management system, went down as…

Is Black Friday Ruining Thanksgiving?

By Amalia Rosen, Opinions Editor

With Thanksgiving break around the corner, the community has begun to prepare for the holiday. Thursday: Family, friends, food, gratitude and love. Friday: Consumerism, capitalism, greed and rummaging through stores.…

Varsity Co-ed Squash Home Opener Recap

By Parker Pollak, Sports Editor

On Sunday, November 16, the Varsity Squash team had their first matches of the season, facing the Latin School of Chicago and MetroSquash. After a successful 2024 campaign, the team…