Starr Sage has many passions in life, but all of them are about leaving the world a better place. From education to public health, diversity… Read More
‘Lift As You Climb’
Spring 2022 Magazine Articles
Leading DEI Reform
Following numerous incidents of racism over the past few years at the University of St. Thomas, Kevin Henderson has seen an opportunity to do more… Read More
St. Thomas to Rome
Rhynn Paulsen returned from a study-abroad trip to Rome, which she called a transformative experience, in mid-December. Originally, Paulsen chose to be a biology major,… Read More
Engineering ‘Good’
What qualifies as good? Dagmawe Mamo, a mechanical engineer who graduated from the University of St. Thomas, believes “good” comes from being holistic. As an… Read More
COVID Doesn’t Stop Travel
Graduating high school and going off to college in the middle of a pandemic is scary enough for most students, but Ben Thomas has a… Read More
Sex Ed: A Logical Solution
As debate rages over the constitutionality — and the effectiveness — of Texas’ strict new anti-abortion law, perhaps we’re losing sight of a fundamental reality:… Read More
Learning to Love My Hue
Ever since my youngest sister was born, I never thought my skin was the one thing I would hate. In my family of dark skins,… Read More
Who Gets to Be in College Readiness Programs?
After a year of distance learning, I returned to Patrick Henry High School this fall as a junior, delighted to be learning in person. Junior… Read More
The Golden Rule
As I type these words, tears fill my eyes because the past year has been a struggle for me. In fact, it has been the… Read More
Carrying My Family’s Legacy
I’ve always wondered how a murderer becomes a murderer. Murder is part of my family’s story. Let’s back up. Mass killings in Ethiopia began in… Read More
Podcasts: A New Pastime
During the pandemic we had to adjust to changes and try new things. One of the things I tried was listening to podcasts. Before the… Read More
Overcoming Online School Challenges
As an eighth-grader I was looking forward to high school. Usually eighth-grade discussions are around what we expect high school to be. But instead, we… Read More
Program Update: Spring 2022
We accomplished a lot during the Fall and Winter news teams during the 2021-22 school year. At Fall News Team, we had amazing volunteers who… Read More
College Essay: A Woman Named Rose
In the summer 2020, my pastor asked if I wanted to participate in a theology camp. I wasn’t originally interested, but when I heard writing… Read More
College Essay: Discovering Myself
I’ve always cared a little too much about things. To be able to make people smile, to make them laugh has always seemed like the… Read More
College Essay: Learning About My Brain
I stared at the white wall in front of me, my blood boiling and my brows knit in anger. I felt tears of frustration pricking… Read More
