Savannah Libby | The Chronicle Balance is a concept that some people grasp instantly and others struggle with for their entire lives. Having extracurriculars, sports, a part-time job, all on top of schoolwork is enough to stress anyone out. And when factoring in unfortunate life events, it can be easy for things to turn into a whirlwind of problems, especially […]
Read moreAndrew Little | The Chronicle March is one of the best months of the year. It’s finally nice outside, we get a week-long spring break, but most importantly, we see the return of the NCAA basketball tournament. Even non-sports fans engage in the annual tradition of filling out brackets and competing to see who is the most accurate. Despite my […]
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Abby Waechter | Managing Editor “It’s just a game,” is what I wanted to say after I saw the Mason Girls Basketball team walking off of the court in tears Saturday night after clawing their way to the State final, and losing in overtime to the Reynoldsburg Raiders. Looking back on it now, I’ve discovered that this wasn’t the case. […]
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Abby Waechter | Managing Editor What is love? Someone told me that they loved me, and I didn’t say itback. Why do we think that love is something we just know isthere? What do any of us know about love and how do we know that we mean it? My parents tell each other every day that they love each […]
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Savannah Libby | The Chronicle Having a competitive spirit is part of what makes a great athlete. Now hear me out, a part of what draws people towards Mason is not only our academics but also our athletics. Mason has always been one of the best sports schools in the state, with eight out of the nine fall sports winning […]
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Tanya Keskar | The Chronicle Life can feel like we’re constantly trying to keep up. There’s always the next stage of life to reach. It’s a race to see who can get the farthest, who can be the most successful. Today, success seems to refer to money, fame, and prestige, so we’re pushed to pursue this definition of success as […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Film is a visual medium. It’s a phrase that I’ve heard before, but it’s something that I didn’t really understand until recently. Last week, I watched Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance and The Lighthouse – two wildly different films each with unreal performances, inventive screenplays, and compelling characters. Yet the thing that stood […]
Read moreBradyn Johnson | The Chronicle Women all over the world have fought for equality in society, and fighting for equality in women’s sports is no different. As a teenage athlete, that also happens to be a girl, I see it all the time. For instance, when I turn on the TV to watch a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) game, […]
Read moreIsabelle Paley | The Chronicle Seniors, as we enter our last semester of high school, I know that all of us are counting down the days until graduation. We’re ready to leave our high school days behind and start a new life, in a new school, and for some, a new state. My first class at Mason High School was […]
Read moreAbigail Waechter | Managing Editor Is the elimination of final exams just what we needed? The answer to this: I have no idea. The whole point behind eliminating final exams, according to the school, is to avoid penalizing students who may have been quarantined during the fall semester and to encourage a personalized learning track. To students, this seems as […]
Read moreIsabelle Paley | The Chronicle January 22nd, 1973. That is the date when women were given freedom over their bodies. That is the date when the Supreme Court stood up for females everywhere. Forty-Eight years later, that freedom, the very thing America cares so much about, is threatened to be revoked. The Texas Heartbeat Act and now the Mississippi Abortion […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle A new COVID variant spread throughout the world. A tornado outbreak killed over 50 people and wrecked hundreds of homes. Shorter days, longer nights, and seasonal affective disorder. A lot is going on in the world right now, and it’s hard not to get bogged down by it all. Many people, myself included, saw 2021 […]
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Isabella Gaspar’raj | The Chronicle The Tombow Fudenosuke calligraphy pen was the gateway to finding my calmer self. About two years ago, I got my first calligraphy book and calligraphy pen. Though I like to show others my calligraphy work and I am proud of it, the root of it is that I love writing beautifully, and it calms me […]
Read moreBradyn Johnson | The Chronicle Being a black teenage girl in a predominately white high school has made me look at life through a different lens. I had to become strong enough to be comfortable in my skin. And with the stereotypical black jokes to the culturally insensitive actions that made me feel uncomfortable, I always found myself wanting to […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Entertainment is never worth your life. In the past month, two entirely preventable tragedies took place; the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set Rust and the crowd crush that resulted in 8 confirmed deaths and over 300 injuries at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. The internet was frenzied to address the root […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle I’m not opposed to using social media as a vessel for change. Its ability to connect individuals globally is unparalleled and information is spread on websites like Twitter and Instagram faster than any news site could hope to achieve. However, it is websites like these where trends and politics mesh together to create a beast […]
Read moreIsabelle Paley | The Chronicle My high school career has been defined by my College Board test scores. I live for the 4’s and 5’s given to me at the end of the year. But as much as I love challenging myself in rigorous classes, I hate the Collegeboard. The College Board is just a monopoly hidden behind the words […]
Read moreAbigail Waechter | Managing Editor On my first day of high school, I was dress coded. I wore a spaghetti strapped, white shirt with ripped blue jeans and tennis shoes. When my biology teacher handed me the yellow dress code slip, it said that I had violated the “no showing of shoulders” rule. This was my first day in a […]
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