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Running from religion

Lex Paull • May 2, 2023

Editor’s note: This story won third place for personal column in the 2024 ILPC contest. “If you don’t convert to God, you’ll be sent to hell after you die.” Religion had never played a...

One of my favorite memories of my childhood was when my mom and I used to go every other weekend to a small frozen yogurt shop. Just the two of us would drive to the shop when it first opened to beat the...

A losing game

Emily Couch, Reporter • April 24, 2023

Eraser crumbs covered the desk. I stared down at my tear soaked paper and the empty spaces I couldn’t fill. Everyone in my second grade class had finished their work and gone to lunch, but...

Students need more info about safety

The Marquee Staff • April 18, 2023

On May 24, one of the most publicized mass shootings occurred at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School, when a gunman passed through the school’s unlocked doors and killed 19 kids and 2 teachers. This tragedy...

The bottom of the box

Owen Oppenheimer, Reporter • April 18, 2023

Editor's note: This story won first place for personal column in the 2023 ILPC contest. It also won a 2023 Tops in Texas. Resting at the bottom of a box buried below an old preppy school uniform and...

How to do drugs safely

The Marquee Staff • March 21, 2023

Let’s be honest, high school is boring. So why on Earth would you spend your formative years studying and sober when you can give into peer pressure? Have the time of your life breaking the law and stunting...

Young voters can decide elections

The Marquee Staff • February 9, 2023

The 2022 Texas General Election is on track to be one of the biggest in state history. Over half a million people turned out on the first day of early voting. Candidates have raised hundreds...

Teenage anomaly

Kaelen Reed • January 21, 2023

“Euphoria” has garnered nine Emmys, WAP was number one on the Global Billboard 200 for three weeks, and “Do Revenge” was on Netflixs’ top 10 movies for 15 days. These are all connected by one...

Hometown Tourist

Sarina Mahmud • January 21, 2023

The more my eyes scan the bustling streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the more I don’t feel like I’m returning home. I pass buildings, houses I’ve visited, the hospital I was born in, but the fleeting...

House not home

Jayni Gogineni • November 4, 2022

“Mom!” My screams and sobs echoed through the airport security line. “I don't want to go. Please let me stay.” I became more desperate as I got closer to...

If it bleeds, it leads

Lex Paull • November 4, 2022

Rita Isbell turns on the TV. As she scrolls through the endless options of Netflix’s catalogs of k-dramas and knock-off horror sequels, she comes across a new show about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The...

Happy daughter’s day

Raksha Jayakumar, Reporter • November 4, 2022

Editor's note: This story was a Top 10 Finalist in the 2023 NSPA contest for Opinion Story of the Year. The tiny girl pranced through the library’s glass doors hand in hand with her father. She gazed...