The countdown to burnout starts the moment you get to high school. No matter how motivated you are, you are prone to burn out. But how you decide to deal with it is what makes or breaks your academic career. Many...

Heading down towards Indianapolis, the No. 1 ranked girls wrestling team is ready to compete for a state championship. Leading the group of athletes is Senior Joy Cantu, ranked No. 1 at 106 pounds. With...

Former Merrillville High School student, Aniya Edwards, struggled to decide what her future career would be. Many students are currently in the same position she was.  Edwards graduated MHS in 2019,...

Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in late 2024 for a third time. After two successful movies, Sonic’s 3rd movie focuses on a new rival of his: Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by Keanu Reeves....

Waking up at 6 A.M., going to school from 7:30 A.M. to 2:15 p.M., participating in numerous clubs before having dance practice from 5 to 8 PM may seem long, arduous, and hefty for any normal person. However,...

Senior Jayden Valliant has won the Questbridge National College Match scholarship and a full-ride scholarship to Boston College.  Valliant has been working toward this since the middle of his sophomore...

Whether of the vast sea, death, or even spiders, fears shape how individuals navigate life. Through a series of interviews, Five MHS students and teachers open up about their deepest fears and experiences...

When she was first asked by a friend to join the step team in 7th grade, Paishance Monroe had no idea what she was talking about. But she gave it a shot and fell in love with stepping right away. “For...

Music has always inspired acts of violence due to the language depicted in popular songs nowadays. Despite this mentality being pushed onto many young people, Sophomore Zion Eastland wants to use his knowledge...

After many years of waiting, the Wicked movie adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu, has finally hit theaters, with Cynthia Erivo starring as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Galinda. As someone who has been...

From pencil taps, to passing notes under desks, to airdropping answers from a phone to other students, the nature of cheating has evolved greatly over the years, and new innovative methods are still being...

Transitioning from middle school to high school math can be difficult for children. Math has been a difficult subject since elementary school. For most kids nowadays, paper math was primarily used in elementary...