illustration by Samuel Hoar Everyone knows someone who is carrying a burden. Chances are if you aren’t, you have a friend or relative who is. Struggles are all too common in this broken world. Their prevalence necessitates a question: what does it look like to carry other’s burdens? Walt Whitman approaches this question in his poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.”  The poem focuses on two central characters: a boy who explores the seashore and a male bird. The boy, in his expeditions to...

illustration by Samuel Hoar Self-honesty is a topic rarely spoken about. We are encouraged to be truthful to those around us, but we...

Senior Bowen Beavers prepares to return the ball during the semifinals of the TKA pickleball tournament. Beavers and his teammate, Jimmy...