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Alina Liu (12) moved to Montreal, Canada, before moving to Memphis, Tenn. She lived in Canada for four years before moving to Memphis because of her father’s new job at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

It’s time to get moving — welcome to Memphis

Ellen Tan, News and Features Team Leader May 7, 2025

Boxes packed, goodbyes said and a new city ahead — moving can feel like hitting reset. For Anthony Nguyen (12) and Alina Liu (12), the move to Memphis was more than just a change in scenery. It meant...

White Station High School’s Muslim Student Association traveled to the Tennessee state capitol to participate in a Day on the Hill. Some members were able to sit in on a mock house session and debate a bill, getting a chance to share their own opinions.

From the halls to the hill

Erin Maury, Layout Lead April 30, 2025

What would you do with a chance to talk to the people who hold your future in their hands? What would you do if you were able to change the future? Lawmakers frequently make decisions that not only impact...

Abby Mitchell (11) works at Blues City Thrift, a locally owned thrift store. She started thrifting with her mother and continues to thrift today.

Used and unique — a look at thrifting

Erin Maury, Layout Lead April 30, 2025

Something old becomes something new. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. These time-tested sayings stand true in the art of thrifting: finding and visiting secondhand clothing stores .  Because...

Telugu Association of Memphis (TAM) Youth Committee members hang up a banner during the Holi celebration. Due to high wind speeds, TAM members cut holes in the banner and tied it to the pavilion’s post.

TAM Youth Committee colors the Mid-South

Evan Easley, News and Features Team Leader April 30, 2025

Colorfully powered clothes. Kites dancing in the sky. The smell of spices pulls people toward aromatic food. On March 30, 2025, the Telugu Association of Memphis (TAM) hosted a Holi celebration, in which...

Lauren Larson, White Station High School’s Advanced Placement English Language and Composition teacher, is a lifelong actor. In January and February of 2025, Larson participated in a play called “Inherit the Wind” with Theatre Memphis.

The drama of it all — Larson, AP Lang and theater

Jane Mercer, Lead Copy Editor April 25, 2025

Striding across the open stage with fluorescent lights shining down on her as she recites lines to an eager audience. This stage is not just that of a theater but of a classroom. Lauren Larson started...

Dan West Garden Center is located at 4763 Poplar Ave. with a second location at 12061 Highway 64 in Eads, Tennessee. Many customers come to Dan West for its selection of garden goods and its highly-regarded customer service.

Dan West Garden Center — cultivating community since 1952

Kate Metcalf, Editor in Chief April 24, 2025

At the corner of Poplar Avenue and Colonial Road, where the rattle of trains and the hum of traffic gives way to rustling leaves and flowering perennials, Dan West Garden Center has quietly flourished...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) spread through all kinds of people and relationships. Some groups are discriminated against because they can be more susceptible to certain STIs or STDs.

STD and STI cases among Memphis teens grows into an issue

Ellison Moore, Writer March 18, 2025

For the past six years, there has been a growth of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) cases in the city of Memphis. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in...

Emily Greenberg’s book, ‘Alternative Facts,’ is a collection of satirical short stories focusing on prominent figures in the current American political climate. ‘Alternative Facts,’ published in 2025, is Greenberg’s first book, and its stories have won multiple awards.

Straight truths or ‘Alternative Facts’

Jane Mercer, Lead Copy Editor March 18, 2025

Everybody lies — at least once in their life. If someone says they’ve never lied, they probably just did. One might lie for an honorable reason or for a nefarious reason. One might conceal the truth...

Ellison Moore (11), a first-year writer on The Scroll, recommends the manga series “Land of the Lustrous,” illustrated and written by Haruko Ichikawa.

Hidden behind a cover — book recommendations

Ellen Tan March 17, 2025

Carmen Carr When did you start reading as a hobby? “[As a child,] I loved Harlequin Romance novels … these little bitty thin love stories. And then, my grandmother started me on adult fiction...

Cui sings at the Memphis Chinese Community Center for the 2025 Lunar New Year celebration. She has performed several times, ranging in locations from the Rose Theater to the FedExForum to the Advanced Placement (AP) grading convention.

Calculus and art — Cui’s operatic dance performances

Evan Easley, News and Features Team Leader March 14, 2025

Elaborate dress, acrobatic stage movements, detailed makeup and music. In traditional Beijing opera, short scenes from various traditional stories are performed on minimalistic stages in which most information...

(Front) Faith Gbeneneh (12) takes Advanced Placement (AP) French. (Left to right) Ella Bennett (11), Simone Kester (12) and Taneshia Clear (12) also take AP French; the four of them are taught by N’koumitcha Tassa, making the class size four students.

A battle of relevance — AP liberal arts courses

Ellen Tan, News and Features Team Leader March 3, 2025

Imagine you sit down in English class like any other day. Suddenly, you are handed a piece of brightly colored paper with a checklist of some sort — it is your course selection sheet. White Station High...

The Palisades fire in California burned over 23,000 acres of land. The fires left tens of thousands of people without homes and burned thousands of schools, businesses and more.

The impact of wildfires — the Pacific Palisades fires

Erin Maury, Layout Lead February 26, 2025

For centuries, California has been victim to wildfires, with the earliest known fire taking place in 1889 and burning more than 300,000 acres according to the Western Fire Chiefs Association. California’s...

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