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Editor's Letter—JiaLi Deck

Editor’s Letter—JiaLi Deck

JiaLi Deck, Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2024

I must ask, dear reader, how will you remember me? It is rather selfish to assume you will at all, but I am dying to know. This question—what is your legacy?—has been reemerging time and time again...

Sidra's sister giving her a piggyback ride

Editor’s Letter—Sidra Major

Sidra Major, Digital Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2024

Growing up, my sister went to therapy a lot. I remember sitting in the car as my mom walked her into a tall glass office building across town every Tuesday for her session. I remember her gifting my brother...

Editor's Letter - Alex Cohen

Editor’s Letter – Alex Cohen

Alex Cohen, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2024

Initially, I didn’t want to work on this cover. I was a part of the last cover story, “Do We Trust Students?” and I was tired. Working on cover stories requires a lot of organization and time. Plus,...

Charlie Meyers smiles in the CHS library.

Editor’s Letter: Charlie Meyers

Charlie Meyers, Editor-in-Chief November 14, 2023

As I walked into school for freshman orientation in 2021, masked up, I was surprised to be given, along with my locker number and paper schedule, a shiny new student ID that I could use to get in and out...

JiaLi Deck smiles in the quad

Editor’s Letter: JiaLi Deck

JiaLi Deck, Editor-in-Chief October 17, 2023

Wars have been waged all through history over the same pressing issue: how things have always been and how things ought to be. This year, this conflict has made its way into our staff’s beloved room...

Image of Editor-in-Chief Alex Slen. Slen examines what it means to be educated.

Editor’s Letter: Alex Slen

Alex Slen, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2023

In my first editor's letter of the year, I wrote about what it means to be educated. I concluded that being educated is about being able to look through the metaphorical noise to find the truth. As a journalist,...

Editor Ana Mitreva shares her response to the overturn of Roe V. Wade  for the October Cover, "Post Roe: Abortion in STL"

Editor’s Letter: Ana Mitreva

Ana Mitreva, Managing Editor October 19, 2022

On the day that Roe v Wade was overturned the WashU Medical School sent out a message to staff and students informing them about the new changes. Since I was working there over the summer I also received...

Editor’s Letter: Shane LaGesse

Shane LaGesse, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2022

In reflection on my high school career, it’s easy to look to the gaping hole of pandemic-wrought uncertainty in my academic timeline for an example of a formative experience, an event by which I can...

Editor’s Letter: Ella Cuneo

Ella Cuneo, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2022

The last four years of our high school experience have been anything but traditional. Between transitioning from watching Tiger King and baking everything imaginable, to trying to focus on Zoom screens,...

Editor’s Letter: Owen Auston-Babcock

Owen Auston-Babcock, Senior Managing Editor May 14, 2022

In April, the district posted a new position on its hiring website: Learning Support Interventionist. In December, I wrote a 3,000-word piece about the staff of the CHS Learning Center, who have worked...

Editor's Letter: Alex Cohen

Editor’s Letter: Alex Cohen

Alex Cohen, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2022

Extracurricular activities connect students to their school and give them a sense of belonging. Globe has certainly fulfilled this promise for me.  I started high school sitting at my kitchen table,...

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