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spring 2024 • Crisis & Change
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Behind the Iron Curtain

by Fatima Shafi
winter 2023 • Finding Meaning
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The Scrooges in Our Hearts

by Vincent Chang
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The Thing About Jellyfish: An Exploration into the Human Mind

by Adya Sarin
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Reimagining Life's Purpose: Insights from Pixar's Soul

by Maya Ahmed Lone and Maria Basovska
fall 2023 • Now and Then
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One of Hercule Poirot’s Many Adventures

by Madison Thermidor
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A Mind Doesn’t Have a Color

by Ananya Verma
summer 2023 • Courage
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow: Finding the Courage to Persevere

by Finnegan Kelly
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The Gilded Ones: Courage Before Tribulations

by Alison Hu
spring 2023 • Violence and Healing
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A Traumatic Ember

by Konrad Tittel
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The Firekeeper's Daughter: Battling the Ties Between Violence and Identity

by Adya Sarin
winter 2022 • Dreams and Desires
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A Review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Lily Wang
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A Review of the 2014 Adaptation of Annie

by Nubiana Smiley
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Dreams of Worldly Desires

by Marium Ihsan
fall 2022 • Citizenship
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A Review of The Night Diary

by Jack Green
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor: A Heartwarming Documentary

by Pahal Bhasin
summer 2022 • Who Am I?
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Exploring Love in Luca

by Natalie Tai
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The Midnight Library: For the Life We Live

by Taylor Merrett
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The Faculty of Wonder

by Nargis Kachrumathur
spring 2022 • Time and Space
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A Review of Dune

by Lyla Cheary
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A Review of The Girl from Everywhere

by Skylar Liu
winter 2021 • Love
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The Perfect (Groundhog) Day

by Izzy Weitzman
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Love Is the Cure for All Things

by Ruoxi Zhao
fall 2021 • The Media That Raised Us
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Our Daily Dilemma

by Adya Sarin
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The Expressionless World Without Books

by Taylor Merrett
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True or False? The Dilemmas of a Good Journalist

by Patryk Karpowicz
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Girl Gone Viral

by Eleanor Colston
summer 2021 • Connection and Isolation
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Confetti Girl: Who Am I?

by Melanie Zavala Mendoza
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Gravity

by Neissa Raymond
spring 2021 • Life and Death
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“Pobody’s Nerfect!” Except, of Course, The Good Place

by Satya Shaw
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We All Die, So Why Don’t We Die Well?

by Rachel Gai
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The End of the Beginning: A Review of Human Nature

by Katie Lamm
winter 2020 • Silence
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The Quiet and the Storm

by Raavee Tripathi
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A Review of A Quiet Place

by Lucca Carlevarini
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Waging an Inner Crusade

by Dylan Zhang
fall 2020 • Strength and Influence
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The Triumph of Roasted Meat Over Rational Thinking

by Yifei Wang
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Little Women Speak Big Words

by Nanyee Lin
summer 2020 • Fun and Creativity
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On Ruta Sepetys’s Novel: What Between Shades of Gray Teaches Readers

by Rajvi Shroff
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Experiencing Adventure: A Review of Up

by Pahal Bhasin
spring 2020 • Nature
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Are We Scar?

by Aditya Naik
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The Numerous Sides of a Mountain

by Pragya Natarajan
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Beartown and Its Implications for Society

by Izzy Weitzman
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The Beauty of Earth: A Review Of Nature Anatomy

by Jaden Flach
winter 2019 • Fulfillment
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A Review of Apollo 11

by Max Mesh
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The Pursuit of Perfect: A Book of Advice

by Mac Fabens
fall 2019 • Education
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First Chair: A Review of Grit

by Olivia Bailey
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A Review of If You Build It

by Lyla Cheary
summer 2019 • Fear and Anxiety
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A Review of True West

by Abraham Weitzman
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A Review of My Anxious Mind

by Sofia Mesh
spring 2019 • Society and the Individual
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Darkest Hour: A Shining Moment

by Destin Fryman
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No Justice For Justyce

by Pie Rasor
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A Review of My Year in the Middle

by Alexandra Collins
winter 2018 • Reality and Perception
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The Hazards of Escaping Reality

by Satya Shaw
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(Wo)Man Up

by Nargis Kachrumathur
fall 2018 • The Adventurous Spirit
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A Wildly New Take on Adventure

by Megan Kelleher
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Adventures in Life and Beyond

by Raavee Tripathi
summer 2018 • Storytelling and Narrative
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The Mitchellian Narrator

by Heer Cheema
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A Wrinkle in Quality

by Destin Fryman
spring 2018 • The Speed of Now
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Brave New World: Is It Really?

by Fizza Raza
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The Victory of FUN®?

by Xinru Yin
winter 2017 • Creation and Destruction
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A Review of Arrival

by Nathan Zhang
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Kubo and the Two Strings: Destruction and Creation

by Daniel Goetz
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Gods and Other Monsters

by Pie Rasor
fall 2017 • Unity and Division
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A Review of March

by Lila Hazan
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Shadows and Light

by Lulu Rasor
summer 2017 • Resilience
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A Review of Anna and the Swallow Man

by Ameena Naqvi
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The Red Flower: A Review of The Jungle Book

by Andrew Lu
spring 2017 • Simplicity and Complexity
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Walden, or the Hypnotic Book

by Zainab Umar
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A Review of 12 Angry Men

by Ayla Schultz
winter 2016 • Mysteries of the Universe
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Cloning and Cyborgs and Bionics, Oh My!

by Lulu Rasor
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Red and Blue: A Review of The Martian

by Olivia Bailey
fall 2016 • Human Dignity
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Popularity: The Teenager's Enigma

by Ameena Naqvi
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Zootopia: A Land of Humans Without Humans

by Aditya Naik
summer 2016 • Happiness
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The So-Called Elusive Art of Happiness

by Valerie Zhang
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Outsized Insights: A Review of Inside Out

by Oscar Luckett
spring 2016 • Myth and Magic
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Hold Your Breath: The Force Awakens

by Samarth Jajoo
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A Feminist in Damar

by Ammarah Imran
winter 2015 • Heritage
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A Review of The Giver

by Vanita Sharma
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A Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild

by Mustafa Khan
fall 2015 • Power
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Electric Wind

by Nathan Zhang
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A Review of A Time to Dance

by Ammarah Imran
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Selma: One Battle on the Road to Justice

by Meher Kaur
summer 2015 • The Stranger
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A Review of A Step from Heaven

by Valerie Zhang
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A Review of Brown Girl Dreaming

by Meera Bhalla
spring 2015 • Climate Change
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A Review of the Omnivore's Dilemma

by Skyler Sallick
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Interstellar: A Glimpse of the Future

by Chase Frey
winter 2014 • The Word
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A Review of The Book Thief

by Gertie-Pearl Zwick-Schachter
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A Review of the Movie Spellbound

by Daisy Cohen
fall 2014 • Discovery and Progress
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Flavor of India

by Tanmaya Murthy
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Movie Review: Surviving Progress

by Maya Mesh
summer 2014 • Numbers & Symbols
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Believing in Da Vinci's Code

by Rachael Wang
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Staying Alive: A Review of the Hunger Games

by William Lohier
spring 2014 • The Psyche
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Why We Should Follow the Ape Inside

by Sharon Lin
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A Review of Wonder

by Vanita Sharma
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Heard Without a Voice

by Zeeshan Hassan-Andoh
winter 2013 • The Nature of Truth
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The Thing Around Your Neck: A Review

by Caie Kelley
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes

by Krishna Rao
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The Award for Most Truthful Goes to…

by Misbah Awan
fall 2013 • Beauty and the Senses
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Ugly: A Review

by Akash Mehta
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A Review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams

by William Lohier
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Living in a Chemical World

by Grace Luckett
summer 2013 • The Soul of Gender
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Media Lies: A Review of Miss Representation

by Gemma Laurence
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A Brave Move

by Caroline Hochman
spring 2013 • The Heroic Spirit
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A Review: Goliath by Tom Gauld

by Sam Miller
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A Review of The Endurance

by Uday Schultz
winter 2012 • The God Issue
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Belief and the Beast: A Review of Life of Pi

by Zach Kligler
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The Alchemist: Spirituality, Religion, and Life Experience

by Rachel Narducci
fall 2012 • Money and Value
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An Invisible Thread: A Story of Fate and Friendship

by Zach Kligler
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A Review of The Corporation

by Uday Schultz
summer 2012 • Exploring Time
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

by Sharon Lin
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What is Time? A Review of The Fabric of the Cosmos

by Sidarth Jayadev
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Hugo: A Mystery Within a Mystery

by Zachary Armine-Klein
spring 2012 • A Lens on Learning
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Stealing Childhoods One Student at a Time

by Sam Miller
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Review of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sam Fraley
winter 2011 • Ethics and Morality
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A Look at Life Through the Paparazzi

by Charlie Calder
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Good and Evil in the Harry Potter Series

by Elizabeth Berg
fall 2011 • Creativity and Imagination
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Wish Upon a Time, The Legendary Scimitar: A Review

by Sofiy Inck
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A Review of Inception: The Obscurity of Dreaming

by Madi Friedman
summer 2011 • Exploring Humor
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A Review of: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

by Khalid Husain
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story Book Review

by Gemma Laurence
spring 2011 • Conflict and Peacemakers
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Review of Life of Pi: An Adventure Story about Adventure Stories

by Gautama Mehta
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Finding Peace in Yoga

by Madi Friedman
winter 2010 • The Question of Meaning
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A Review of Wall-E

by Sam Miller
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A Review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy
winter 2010 • Finding Your Spirit in Art
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A Review of Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy
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The Art of Islam

by Colette Gerstmann
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A Review of The Book Thief: Reflections of a Wannabe Book Thief

by Ali Merrill
summer 2010 • The Body in Balance
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A Review of Susanne Gervay's Butterflies

by Katie Champlin
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A Review of Garbage Dreams: One Man's Trash Is a Zaballeen's Treasure

by Greer Sallick
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A Review of Food, Inc.

by Elizabeth Berg
spring 2010 • Rituals and Traditions
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Matisyahu: Chasidic, Jewish, White... Reggae Singer?

by Anna Freedman
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A Review of Carolyn Pogue's A World of Faith: Introducing Spiritual Traditions to Teens

by Katie Hartman
fall 2010 • Competition and Achievement
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A Review of Akeelah and the Bee

by Sam Miller
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A Review of The Hunger Games

by Akash Mehta
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A Review of The Arrival

by Anya Dunaif
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