Words are powerful, and change is possible. That is perhaps the greatest lesson I have learned throughout my tenure on the KO News. I began my journey with the KO News sophomore year, when I took journalism. I have always enjoyed writing, and this course deepened my love in ways I did not expect. It […]
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As I enter my final semester here at KO, I think of all the memories I have made in my seven years here. Starting in 2019, I was a sixth grader in the pre-COVID era. At that time, there was no Commons, the field house had just been built, and the dress code was much […]
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This past Thanksgiving, as I sat around my dining room table, I was faced with the same question that I’m faced with every year: So, when are you going to get a boyfriend? And each year, I am forced to give the same, old, boring response: when the “right” one comes along. It’s inevitable at […]
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The college application process is one of the best things to have happened to me. Crazy – I know. Yet, I’ve realized that this journey has allowed me to deeply reflect on who I am as a person, what I value, who I love, and understand that how I live my life is a reflection […]
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe this will be my last issue on the KO News staff. The school paper has been so deeply entwined with my academic life over the last few years that I can scarcely imagine a time when I wasn’t deeply entrenched in our school’s journalism scene. In my freshman year, however, I […]
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Conversations surrounding the use of AI infuriate me. As a writer and an artist, I have had strong feelings about the presence of AI in creative and academic spaces for a while now, but they have been kicked into high gear with the rising popularity of platforms like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Sora. I can’t escape […]
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