Aybika Kamil | Managing Editor | The Chronicle Ohio’s student-athletes may soon lose the ability to profit from name, image and likeness (NIL). Proposed on Jan. 29, 2026, by Ohio Representatives Adam Bird and Mike Odioso, House Bill 661 (HB 661) aims to ban NIL for student-athletes from grades seven through 12. Cosponsored by 13…
Ruhi Kaneria | The Chronicle Allison Keim | Editor-in-Chief | The Chronicle Young men face a mirror of expectations, reflecting both who they are and who society expects them to be. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines masculinity as “the quality or nature of the male sex.” For students and staff at Mason High School (MHS), the…
Libby Pullen | The Chronicle Five years, five championships. For the Mason High School (MHS) Boys Cross Country team, the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) has gone from a goal to a tradition. Behind the team’s continued success lies years of unwavering effort, leadership, and drive of runners like senior Caden Winship, who capped off an…
Grace Ai | The Chronicle As many seniors gear up for their four-year journeys to college after graduation, some are gearing up for a different journey, one that takes them to different parts of the world: mission trips. Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are those who travel around the globe…
Nicole D’Silva | The Chronicle After years of dedication and national success, MHS student Anish Maheshwaram qualifies to represent Team USA at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Championships in Turkey Gliding down thousands of meters of water in Sarasota, Florida, a student from Mason High School (MHS) and his teammate rowed their way to the…
Aditi Varman | The Chronicle On March 15, 2025, Faith Le Yuan Oleckniche, a 2023 graduate of Mason High School known to many as Yuan-Yuan, passed away, leaving behind a legacy defined by compassion and leadership. In the year since her death, that legacy has been honored through the creation of a memorial scholarship in…
Ruhi Kaneria | The Chronicle If someone collapses and needs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), we do not wait for a parent or guardian to approve lifesaving care. We act immediately because a life is at stake. However, a proposal in Ohio state legislation places a similar barrier between teenagers and mental health support. Current Ohio law…
Emily Kemper | The Chronicle Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted daily routines, students’ memories of online classes and toilet paper shortages have faded. But for some Mason City School CyberComets who spent the 2020–21 school year online, that distance inspired a multi‑year project to reflect on their experience. On March 13, 2026, five…
