There are a million details that bombard a person as they walk into room B205. The most overwhelming aspect are the posters that brighten the room’s beige walls, displaying an array of colors, images,...
Calligraphy was used all around the world before the invention of the printing press, and has maintained popularity afterwards as an art form. It looks beautiful, polished and carefully created – and...
“Writing feels like a release. If I don’t write, I [go] crazy,” Senior Megan Chandler said, an avid participant of NaNoWriMo since her middle school years. “There are so many ideas bouncing...
Marzolf speaks about her novels.
Freshman Alicia Marzolf is many things - a student, a horseback riding enthusiast and animal lover in addition to being a self-published author. Her first book, Abby’s...
La Pluma co-president Pooja Desai shares tips to improve writing.
1. Hone your craft by reading. Have a book with you at all times. Read as much as you can, whenever you can, wherever you can.
“I...
Essay Escort plans transition from privately-run editing group to club
Updated on Nov. 23 at 9:06 a.m: Essay Escort was not passed as a club by Legislative Council.
When he first entered high school,...
Sophomore Ann Fu and junior Allyson Gottlieb write fiction to express their love of literature.
Sophomore Ann Fu mastered the art of reading in the shower when she was in the third grade. The book...
There is nothing nano about "NaNoWriMo"; MV students took on month-long novel-writing journey NaNoWriMo has nothing to do with the latest Apple music device, nor does it have anything to...
![“[To stay fit], I've been participating in MV Color Guard at school, and we've been having practices at home over Zoom and in person at school, socially distancing and wearing masks,” junior Vy Pham said. “[Specifically,] we have been doing a lot of stretching and working out to stay fit, as well as dance. Even though we aren't able to perform and participate as we normally would, it's the memories of being together that motivates me because I know that once all of this is over, it's going to be a lot of fun. It's [that] shared experience, whether it's with Color Guard at competitions, or even online on Zoom, that there's still some type of connection between us.”
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