Divyana Bose | Sports Writer Serving up another championship, that’s exactly what the Mason Comets girls tennis team did in the final round of the Greater Miami Conference tennis tournament on Saturday, October 3. The Comets dominated second place Sycamore in the finals on their way to their sixth consecutive GMC championship. The Comets came out with a victory in […]
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Why did we create this page? For nearly two decades, as dictated by our policy, The Chronicle has promised to report the truth and adhere to the journalistic code of ethics. In 2020, although the mediums through which we do this and the content we report have differed since the newspaper’s conception, the mission is exactly the same. Mason has […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Writer When Boone McReedy is swindled out of $15,000, it’s up to him and his ex-girlfriend Darby West to earn back the money, one scam at a time. Following the publication of his award-winning first book, MHS English teacher Kurt Dinan’s second novel, The Scam List, was released in August 2020. The story follows the adventures […]
Read moreRaghav Raj | Staff Writer Director: Christopher Nolan Rating: 5/10 To put it quite simply: Tenet is a mess. The latest feature film from director Christopher Nolan could almost verge on self-parody if it wasn’t so insistent on taking itself seriously all the time. It takes a bevy of Nolan trademarks — the rumbling score, the intricate plot, the obsession […]
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Braden Osborn | Staff Writer The boys cross country team almost lost one of their own this summer. Senior varsity runner Austin Cooper came home from cross country practice not feeling well in late June with a fever. Little did he know that his high temperature was much more than just a common cold. “On June 22nd, I came home […]
Read moreEvelina Gaivoronskaia | Staff Writer Artist: Glass Animals Rating: 7/10 This year has not been easy for anyone, including the band Glass Animals. With their drummer recovering from a near-fatal car collision, Dave Bayley found himself seeking comfort in his childhood. Through this reflection, the band’s third album, Dreamland, was born. The album is chock full of 90s and 2000s […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Writer During the festival of Onam, King Mahabali returns to Kerala to visit his people. Onam is an annual harvest festival celebrated in the Kerala state of India during the month of Chingam of the Malayalam calendar. Despite technically being a Hindu holiday, it is observed by Malayali communities of many religions both in and out […]
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Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Foreign language teachers are taking a new proficiency based approach to teaching in order to enhance students’ learning. A proficiency based approach focuses on a student’s progress rather than a letter grade. By replacing letter grades with progress reports, students are able to see where they fall on the scale of proficiency. Compared to letter […]
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Della Johnson | Staff Writer Being a minor hasn’t stopped senior Mariah Norman from pushing for major change. Norman has been actively involved in politics for around three years. From attending various local and national protests to organizing her own, she has found her voice in activism and uses it to push for the issues she cares about. While students […]
Read moreRilee Malloy | Staff Writer Amidst ACT cancellations, many colleges are following in each other’s footsteps and becoming test-optional. While schools such as The Ohio State University have become test-optional for only one application cycle, others have different ways of adapting to limited ACT resources. Colleges such as Ohio University and The College of Wooster have decided they will no […]
Read moreThe impact of the virus has put our healthcare system and economy under fire, the West Coast is literally on fire, and political and racial tensions are more or less up in flames. If life sounds like a dystopia, that’s because it is. Science-fiction has never been about predicting a future that exaggerates what is wrong with ours. It’s been […]
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Evelina Gaivoronskaia | Staff Writer The tedium of quarantine has led some students to cash in virtually while mandated to stay home. With the increased demand for online shopping, combined with the preference for more environmentally friendly options, online thrift shopping has been gaining popularity. Some Mason High School students are taking advantage of this surge of buyers as […]
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Ann Vettikkal | Managing Editor Donning a bejeweled, strikingly armor-like collar, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented, she did it with grace, style, and conviction. Wearing embellished jadots that differed depending on whether she ruled with the majority or dissented was one of many practices that bolstered Ginsburg’s stardom status. Her existence became a strange crossover of ensuring the tedious but […]
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Cody Allgor | Sports Writer To say the Mason Comets girls golf team has some unfinished business to take care of this year would be a bit of an understatement. After the team took fourth place at state a year ago and finished second to Lakota East in the Greater Miami Conference, the Comets and their returning five top golfers […]
Read moreScott Reckers | Staff Writer College has a lot to offer: higher education, social life and making new connections and friends; unfortunately it has an achilles heel, the cost. According to the U.S department of education the average tuition & fees for colleges in Ohio the academic year 2019-2020, is $7,588 for in-state and $17,131 for out-of-state. High prices mixed […]
Read moreAnn Vettikkal | Managing Editor When it comes to avoiding COVID quarantines, athletes are beginning to strategize off the field in order to keep on playing on it. A month into school and a semblance of routine has formed – students wear masks before stepping into the building, teachers sanitize around the clock, and receiving notification that you have been […]
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Shravani Page | Staff Writer While a 3-week break in March sounded fantastic at the time, quarantine sunk in quickly, at least for me. I realized that school was somewhat a drug for me. No, not the ones that make you feel a “rush” but instead a sense of resistance or restrainment. According to good-old Google, a suppressant is defined […]
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Braden Osborn | Sports Writer Mason’s Water Polo team is getting a revamp. Some serious change to the Water Polo season is underwawy, as the fall sports season began without them. Many adjustments were made to how the sports scene would look, and one of those adjustments was the decision to move the water polo season from fall to spring […]
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