This previously ran in our April 2022 print issue. Emmaus freshman Aashka Sevak identifies as Hindu.  Her faith has always played a vital role in her life, having been celebrating holidays and going to a temple every Sunday for as long as she could...

This previously ran in our February 2022 print issue. Euphoria is a complex, nuanced representation of the modern LGBTQ experience, albeit a parent's worst nightmare. A show centered around troubled teenagers who engage in drugs, drinks, crime, and...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue. One of the oldest cultures in the world has risen as the dominant culture worldwide, surpassing Japan. From Squid Game and Parasite to K-pop and the fashion industry, “Hallyu,” or the Korean...

This previously ran in our December 2021 print issue.  Boxes filled to the brim with non-perishable foods and hygiene products, sit lined in rows inside the Lutheran Church of Holy Spirit, just a block away from Emmaus High School.  Beyond them...

One festival, over 50,000 people, hundreds injured, and 10 dead. The 2021 Astroworld festival held in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 5 became a concert deadlier than Woodstock in a matter of minutes. Panic and desperation rapidly spread over the sea of young...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. Fall is the season of haunted houses, horror movies, pumpkins, and all things eerie. The mysterious perception of tarot cards, crystals, and astrology seem to form a witchy aesthetic that many connect...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. A divide in opinion is the primary foundation of personality diversity in human beings. And when wearing a mask in public spaces became a new normal, people were swifter than ever to form their own...

“What’s happening is not fair, and it will never be justified,” Emmaus freshman Elizabeth "Tami" Adesanya says. “That’s why it’s my job to speak for people who are scared to speak.” In East Penn, a predominantly white school district,...

“I just want to make an opportunity to educate people on same-sex marriage,” says Emmaus High School sophomore Oliva Pinocci-Wrightsman. Oliva Pinocci-Wrightsman lived with her two dads as well as her sister in Las Vegas, where her dads were...

National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, held annually on Dec. 20, raises donations for the organization, Save the Children, by encouraging others to put on their best, over-the-top, ugly sweaters for this year’s holiday season. In 2011, ugly Christmas...