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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

fall woes? We’re here to help!

October 24, 2025

Dear Ed Vice, I’m a senior applying to college, and it’s absolutely awful. I hate it so much and the whole process is making me miserable. What’s even worse is that my mom is so controlling when...

In the age of social media, uphold respect for news

Hannah Malloy, The Hannalyst October 24, 2025

The other day I was talking to my friend, the Editor in Chief of Ripples, and she was telling me about some news…then she said she got it from TikTok. My jaw dropped. If even the best and brightest like...

Our lack of connection to nature is shameful

Daniela Price October 24, 2025

This year, September ended on a sweet note when I took a trip with my ELS (Environmental Literature and Science) class to Devil’s Lake for a rock climbing trip. On the trip, we took a hike through a...

Online sports betting is fueling teen addiction

Logan Borchardt October 24, 2025

Teens right now are being sucked into a dangerous addiction, fueled by poor choices from money-hungry companies, all unbeknownst to parents. No, it's not drugs—it’s sports gambling.  While so...

Charisma is the real key to politics, not calculation

Catalina Perez‎ October 24, 2025

On April 26th 2007, a little known senator from Illinois shocked the country as he wiped the floor with other candidates in Democratic Primary Debate — including senior party member Hillary Clinton....

No, capitalism doesn’t care about your psyche

Catalina Perez, Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2025

When you open your phone, you’re bound to find another TikTok advising you to just buy your favorite face mask, watch an episode of Love Island, and order takeout instead of burdening yourself with another...

Modern fantasy needs to connect with its roots

Hannah Malloy September 26, 2025

Over the summer, I read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. While I watched the first movie once in fifth grade, my family and I did not then finish the trilogy, and I brushed off the books...

Back to school blues

Back to school blues

September 26, 2025

Dear Edvice, This is my first year taking super hard classes and I'm scared I'm in over my head. I really like school and want to learn but I'm scared that all the stress that comes with AP classes...

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...