Local New Roads seniors forced to leave Coachella Weekend 1 due to unforeseen circumstances… The Coachella Music and Arts Festival (or this year known as Bieberchella), hosted annually in Indio, California, is one of the world's best-known music festivals. Attendees either camp out on-site (if they’re up for the challenge) or book an Airbnb for the weekend. If you’re an avid TikTok user, like me, you may have heard about the issue of Airbnb hosts cancelling prebooked reserva

As students began finishing up their ISPs (some in a greater rush than others), I started to get curious about the projects that wouldn’t be shown at the ISP X-block. On April 22nd, the entire New Roads Upper School community came into the Moss Theater to watch six Independent Study Project (ISP) presentations — but what about the other 18 ISPs happening this year? In an effort to learn more, I interviewed three people who pursued ISPs this year and fulfilled their presenta

The very same people who were once dominating TikTok for-you pages with their ‘cutecore Animal Crossing islands’ have now become fascist figureheads, a trend that experts cite as both common and inevitable. 2020: a time marked by isolation, tragedy, and most universally experienced of all, boredom. With nowhere to go and most non-essential face-to-face interaction being discouraged, much of the nation found itself in an odd position. With these constraints in mind, some began

An abridged emo history by decade, subgenre, band, and scene. GLOSSARY : Post-Hardcore : a punk rock subgenre that emerged in the mid-1980s, retaining the raw intensity and aggression of hardcore punk while introducing more complex structures, experimentalism, and melodic elements. Emo : a genre of cathartic punk/alt rock music derived from the hardcore genre known for its personal lyricism, loud/soft dynamics, and occasionally twinkly guitar work which all follow a distinct

A collection of poems that reflect the lived experience of Latinx families impacted by ICE. Last month, I attended a Latinx Affinity Conference at Crossroads School hosted by the Los Angeles Independent School Latinx Affinity, LA ISLA. I met Latinx students from independent schools all across Los Angeles as we gathered to reflect on our identities and the realities our communities continue to face. During one of the sessions, we read and discussed resistance poems written by

The niche-est unexplored musical genre. Shoegaze, a genre known for its dreamy guitars and ethereal vocals, first emerged from the UK in the late 1980s and found niche popularity among young adults in regions like California, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas. Over time, this uniquely hazy, introspective sound gained global traction and, unexpectedly, resonated with youth in the Middle East. While Western portrayals of Middle Eastern music often rely on tired and exoticized ste