Neha Sunkara '21, Food Editor

When the junior class found out that the SAT was canceled until June, our first reactions were “What about colleges?” and even “I’m sobbing!” I was totally in shock myself. I had taken so many SAT review courses that I felt like I needed to get the SAT over with! But, one of our classmates reminded us that colleges are also experiencing the effects COVID-19 and would understand our circumstances. We knew we would be okay; we knew we would still get into college. However, we had no idea what was going to happen with APs, and the anticipation was killing us! My mom said she thought they...

Emma Barry '22, News Editor

Editor's Note: Visit our Instagram page, @humansofmontrose, to watch the vlog! Here's the link. Enjoy! Could there be an upside to COVID-19? Sure, we have to take part in social distancing, attend classes online, and life as we know it has been rudely interrupted, but there certainly is one positive to all this. Something that will make you WANT quarantine to last longer. “Emma,” you ask me, “I have not spoken to another human being outside of my family for the past two weeks. The most socializing I’ve done was accidentally making eye contact with the Amazon delivery guy. I have eaten...

Faith Chen '22 and Tess Farr '22

As the global pandemic progressed over the past couple of months, sports fans across the world have wondered about the effect it will have on the Olympics. Just yesterday on Tuesday, March 24, Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a statement officially postponing the Summer Games until “the summer of 2021 at the latest.” Delays and cancellations are far from ordinary; in the 124 years of modern Olympic history, there have only been three canceled Games. The Summer Olympics had been canceled in 1916, 1940, and 1944 due to the ongoing world wars. Towards the end of the...

Anna Bachiochi '20, Opinions Editor

In January of 2019, Clark County in Washington entered a state of emergency when it experienced an outbreak of measles that infected 72 people. Although the widespread use of the MMR vaccine eliminated the outbreak, infections of the measles virus have re-emerged in more areas of the US than just Washington in the last few years. Why? The United States has recently seen a surge in the popularity of the anti-vaccination movement, whose members (or anti-vaxxers) deem vaccinations to be harmful and resent the government's efforts to mandate vaccination for their children. Anti-vaxxers point to...

Carol Li '21, Co-Sports Editor

On Saturday evening, I watched a movie called All the Bright Places. This is a story between Violet Markey and Theodore Finch: they attend the same high school in Indiana, and are brought together by a school history project. The project is about finding the best place in Indiana. As they do the project, they get to know each other as they both struggle with the emotional and physical pains of their past. Violet’s sister died in a car accident, and Violet thinks that it is her fault because she suggested her sister take another route home. However, after Finch’s talks and help she begins...