As I was blowing out candles on my 8th birthday cake in the dimly lit eating space at Skate City, I wished for a little sister to keep me company.
Anecdote of brother annoying you.
This year,...
Timidly, I press her cold knuckles to my forehead.
She’s another entry in the long list of titas and titos I’ve compiled over the years, people that my parents know through relation, or mutual friends,...
I wake up, push my blankets to the side and step onto the cold, wooden floor. I glance at the pile of cardboard boxes full of books and posters that I’ve neatly organized in one corner of the room.
As...
Every November 4th, my mom and I blow out candles for someone I've never met.
The kitchen always feels empty when we get the cake out. My mom gets the bright colored candles from the party drawer...
The terms “talking,” “casual” or “situationship” are all things that course through my mind before a migraine sets in. It feels as though I cannot escape the onslaught of theories from TikTok...
“Harper, I think I’ve got it!” our Barfee, one of the leading roles in Putnam, yells as I walk into the Shawnee Mission Northwest auditorium.
He’s already on the stage in his tap shoes before...
Home from school, I take one step over the threshold of our garage door before realizing something’s off. The familiar potent stench strangles my nostrils. I’m stifling gags as my feet shuffle forward....
I repainted my basement the lightest shade of pink I could find, and I ripped the wood panelling off the wall. I tore up the carpet and moved the couch from one side of the room to the other.
I needed...
I’ve just finished the busiest summer of my life.
With working two jobs and babysitting on the side, I’m finally ready for an easy senior year. I purposefully dumbed my classes down to be palatable...
I walk through the doors. Inside waits a giant cafeteria. Grey lunch tables fill up the whole room.
“GO TO THE AUX GYM!”
Heading there, I can only think about one thing.
I don’t want to...
You probably haven’t heard of Mulla Sadra.
That means you also probably don’t know that he’s a 17th century Islamic philosopher who wrote about everything from metaphysics to the human soul.
But...
Crack.
Pack.
Redistrict.
Gerrymander.
How are all of these words related? Do you know? Have you heard of the last one at all?
If you’re in the Kansas City area, you want your answer to...
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
