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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Morals aren’t idealistic; they’re foundational for society

Hannah Malloy June 6, 2025

When I was in eighth grade, we had to do a mock trial for social studies class. As some of my peers may remember, the premise for said trial revolved around a Native American ceremonial mound that remained...

Anti-abuse advocacy muddled by semantics

Aiko Levick June 6, 2025

A couple of days ago, I was enjoying some downtime watching YouTube videos until I was suggested a video by the YouTuber Cody Ko…which is funny, because I thought he had stepped away from the internet...

Standardized tests are a necessary measure

Ritisha Dey June 6, 2025

Over the COVID pandemic, many colleges and universities dropped the submission requirement for ACT/SAT standardized testing scores. However, as we move past that quarantine era, more and more schools are...

Manosphere popularizes co-opted stoicism

Nathan Berkowitz June 6, 2025

Stoicism, a philosophy that embraces life in accordance with nature and an understanding of one’s limits of control, has entered a new realm: the manosphere. Simply defined, the manosphere is the toxic...

When tech bros want you to have kids, beware

Catalina Perez April 25, 2025

During the 2024 presidential election, an all-too-familiar rallying cry emerged amongst conservatives against Kamala Harris: she has no children. The horror! Why would we want our country to be run by...

Drownin’ in senior splashin’

April 25, 2025

Ed Vice is back and dishing out more advice! Submit your dilemma here.   Hey there, So, lowkey, I’m crashing out over senior assassin. Winning this thing is paramount. I have been attempting...

In the age of TikTok, embrace body neutrality

Aiko Levick April 25, 2025

My grandmother, Kimiko, was so beautiful. I have a specific photo of her in mind—she is in her ‘50s nurse uniform which accentuates her slender features. She leans against the bathroom sink and her...

Assessing the validity of Simpsons predictions

Andrina Roberts and Audrey Jenkins March 7, 2025

Nostradamus predicted the end of the world. So did many medieval popes, 19th-century psychics, and one evangelist radio show host who insisted the world would end on May 21, 2011, only to revise his timeline...

Misogyny spoils men’s mental health advocacy

Aiko Levick March 7, 2025

Whether it’s lattes with my friends, television with my sister, or a walk with my boyfriend, some of my favorite moments in life are those that I can share. The people in my life greatly enrich my existence....

Hating “basic” culture doesn’t make you cool

Hannah Malloy and Anita Bendre March 7, 2025

When Taylor Swift’s name is brought up in casual conversation, it usually elicits either obsessive admiration (“Oh! I love her music!”) or a screeching, incessant hatred. It’s interesting how Swift,...

Cautious consideration of cop show consumption called for

Ana Pheister February 7, 2025

Sometimes, it feels like every other TV show or streaming series exists to elevate law enforcement or features a quirky outsider working with the cops. The police system as a whole is usually painted as...

TikTok ban signals danger of government censorship

Ana Pheister and Aiko Levick February 7, 2025

On the night of January 18, just one day shy of the national TikTok ban, TikTok went dark for about 15 hours. By the next day, the app was working normally for most users. The ban had been building...