This previously ran in our 2022 October print issue. As Nov. 8 approaches, Emmaus High School seniors prepare to cast their first ballots in the high stakes midterm elections.  Taking place roughly two years after the presidential election, midterms...

Emmaus junior Kayla Gonzalez has witnessed the fallout of crushing student debt through her brother, a Kutztown graduate, and her friend, a recent EHS graduate. “I know the loans honestly did affect [my brother] because he’s living with my parents...

This previously ran in our September 2022 print issue. As students enter the locker commons doors for the 2022-23 school year, they are greeted by a variety of changes to the Emmaus High School environment: new faces, new spaces, new schedules, and...

On Tuesday nearly 80 East Penn residents gathered at Macungie Memorial Hall to hear about critical race theory within the district – instead, they heard about low math scores, a decline in student life skills, and the overreach of teaching morals and...

This previously ran in our April 2022 print issue. Over one month ago, on Thursday, Feb. 24, Russian forces landed in Ukraine.  Since the invasion began, social media platforms have run amok with memes, GIFs, and jokes about the war, the people...

This previously ran in the April 2022 print issue. At the end of the current school year, not only will the Class of 2022 graduate from the halls of Emmaus High School; principal Dr. Kate Kieres will join them.  In her five years as principal at...

This previously ran in our February 2022 print issue. On Monday, Feb. 28, the question that has divided the Emmaus High School community for months may finally be answered.  Will the mask mandate be lifted for the East Penn School District? After...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue. QAnon is an extremist alt-right group most known for its belief that the Democratic Party is a deep-state, Satan-worshipping pedophile ring. Yes, it sounds weird, because that’s exactly what...

Throughout December, a plethora of holidays are celebrated by millions of different people, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and Ōmisoka are a few examples.  The holiday season inspires joy and excitement in much of the population, specifically...

On the rooftop of the nation’s largest synagogue, Temple Emanu-El, students of the Young Democrats Club were anxiously waiting, eating pizza, and talking amongst themselves. In a few minutes, they would get to be in the presence of someone they deeply...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. The Texas law banning all abortions post-six weeks, also referred to as the “heartbeat bill,” is generating heated reactions across the country. The new legislation essentially bans abortions...

This previously ran in our September 2021 print issue. The question "how old am I again?" rings through the heads of students more than the ring of the warning bell. Almost two years later, the hallways sound the same; rustling backpacks, squeaky...