Laureate

Laureate

I am a reporter and High School Insider Editor for the Laureate Newspaper at my school St.Lucy's.
A Lesson on Life: Embracing Time

A Lesson on Life: Embracing Time

Time is not on my side. It flies by without a care in the world, leaving me stunned every day’s end.  My senior year has been characterized by nothing else but fleeing time. I have lived in a nonstop 24-hour cycle of waking up, rushing out of the house to get to...

Be the next guest in space

Be the next guest in space

The first space luxury hotel is set to become a reality in 2021 with an estimated cost of $9.5 million per guest. Only six people will be on the spacecraft at a time, two of those include crew members to help guests have the best stay possible. A guest’s trip will...

Opinion: The Meaning of a 4.0 GPA

Opinion: The Meaning of a 4.0 GPA

As finals season has come to a close and a new semester is upon us, I have recently been reflecting about what it means to have a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) and why today’s society makes that number an ideal one. Throughout elementary and middle school, I always...

Opinion: Sexual assaults hidden blame

Opinion: Sexual assaults hidden blame

In October 2017, the New Yorker and the New York Times published two stories centered on recent assault accusations against the Hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein. Emerging from such exposure, a domino effect has triggered dozens more women to come forward...

The world’s most persecuted people

The world’s most persecuted people

Dwelling in Rakhine State of Myanmar and adjacent areas of neighboring Bangladesh, are the Rohingya people. The Rohingya are largely Muslim while a small portion are Hindu. They speak the language of Rohingyalish, linguistically similar to Chillagonian, which is...

Teen invalidity, an epidemic

Teen invalidity, an epidemic

As I kneeled on the pew of the prayer room in my Catholic high school, my skirt tucked around my thighs, my hands were clasped tightly, intertwined with one finger between the other. My chin rested on my fist and looking up to Mother Mary holding baby Jesus, tears ran...