I rarely feel like a senior. For me, and the rest of the class of 2022, the pandemic stole the latter half of our sophomore year and the vast majority of our junior year....

When I walked into the science classroom where I would serve as a teaching assistant on the first day of my junior year, I stopped in my tracks. Though my high school is predominantly...

Empty parking spaces and closed-down businesses stare back at me as I slowly drive through Amherst, Massachusetts. What used to be a popping and lively town full of students from the five colleges and...

Going into quarantine was quite the surprise for me.  I missed the last week of school before March 13, so I was very out of the loop when it came to even discussing COVID-19....

March 28, 2020 I want to go back to school so badly. I never realized how much it means to me until now. I’m not ready to never walk back into my school again....

My initial reaction to finding out about the coronavirus outbreak was utter shock and disbelief.  I remember the moment I knew this pandemic was a serious issue. It was during math class; Ms. Sulikowski...

Being locked in a house is sad. Not being able to see friends or explore the world. Only seeing spring bloom through the window. My life during the pandemic has been overwhelming, because of social...

Ever since the world was hit with the pandemic known as COVID-19 or the Coronavirus, followed by a worldwide quarantine, I’ve still managed to be pretty busy. Since I’ve been home, I’ve picked music...

For the past six weeks everyone in the entire world has been faced with the same challenge. This hiatus from normal life has certainly been a curveball for me, my family, and everyone I...

Due to the recent coronavirus pandemic, millions of teenagers are stuck at home. Like many of my peers in quarantine, I have spent a large percentage of my time playing video games. There’s not...

By Benji Jang The Joker is not just an iconic comic book villain from the DC universe, and Batman’s biggest rival, he’s also a movie franchise. The white-faced clown with an oversized red smile...

On July 25, President Donald Trump called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss U.S. military aid in Ukraine.  A memo later released by the White House hinted at a “favor” Trump had asked of...

Omi Omy, a great new Vietnamese restaurant currently in the Big Y plaza in Amherst Massachusetts, is run by ARHS grad (class of 2000) and father Chuong Son, who hails from Vietnam.  Son described...

In Australia, in 1996 a gunman opened fire on shop owners and tourists with two semi-automatic rifles in what was later dubbed The Port Arthur massacre. Thirty five people were left dead and 23...

Imagine a world in which sea levels rise to the point that places like Cape Cod and much of Florida become submerged, a world where people have to evacuate from coastal cities such as...

When most people hear the word “ramen,” bright red and orange packages stacked in supermarket aisles appear in their mind. However, a new and authentic ramen restaurant recently opened up that takes those noodles...

There’s nothing like sitting down at my computer chair after a long school day, turning on my  computer and waiting to hear the sweet buzz. I pull my hair back into a hairtie, so...

As a junior in high school, I’m all too familiar with standardized testing. I’ve taken the MCAS, the PSAT, the SAT. All the acronyms start to make my head spin. By the end of...

When you’re like me, you enjoy watching a movie that keeps you entertained without becoming an endless multi-million dollar CGI-ridden, stereotypically written, and generally over-hyped movie. I find that most of my movie discussions...

This spring’s musical, The Putnam County Spelling Bee was performed by the  ARHS theater department to rave reviews. A huge number of students from all over the school were involved. It was performed four...

The Disney-Marvel hit superhero movie Black Panther was released Friday, February 16, and made a historic, estimated $387 million in its opening week, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time by a black director,...

One constant issue in the United States is the primary way in which the US government gets money: taxes. Many people believe that the current way that taxes work is less than ideal, but...

We live in a world of great separation between generations. Few things have been able to bridge that gap; love and religion are a few of them. However, one glue that binds many generations...

The other day in the bathroom I noticed a tampon wedged in between the wall and stall divider. At first I was just thinking that it was just another wacky girls bathroom sighting to...

Superhero movies and television shows are more popular than ever. The most recent Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok made 121 million dollars in its opening weekend domestically. People of all genders are embracing the world...