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Fremd outperforms Illinois schools despite pandemic, 2021 Illinois Report Card reports

November 23, 2021 • No Comments

The annual Illinois Report Card Public Data Set was recently updated on Nov. 2, 2021 by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), releasing statistics regarding trends within statewide education. A report that began in...

Fremd Halloween Fest offers families a return to normalcy

Joshua Sutanto, Elle Zeng, and Dwij Bhatt

November 23, 2021 • No Comments

Every year, the clubs at William Fremd High School host a Halloween Fest in order to bring together the community and demonstrate the activities they do at Fremd High school. Though COVID-19 created a speed bump within the...

District 15/211 Orchestra Festival kicks off 2021 music season

Sourojit Mazumder, News Editor

October 30, 2021 • No Comments

For most high school orchestra musicians, playing in several concerts during the school year often proves to be the highlight of the orchestra season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, most orchestra players, including...

At 50, Woodfield Mall stands at crossroad of uncertainty

Mila Brandson, Editor in Chief

October 28, 2021 • No Comments

As it surpasses its fifty year anniversary, Woodfield Mall has held its place as an attraction in the Schaumburg community, but has become less of an icon in the lives of teens. Since it first opened on Sept. 9, 1971,...

Interview with College Counselor John Baima for College Preparation Advice

Grace Lee, News Editor

October 20, 2021 • No Comments

With the deadlines for the early decision and early action college applications approaching, many seniors are scrambling to write up their applications while finalizing their decisions on what colleges to apply to. The Viking...

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Asian representation in media

Anika Murthy, Contributing Writer

November 23, 2021 • No Comments

Within recent times, the push for more accurate representation of the Asian diaspora has given way to discussion about this topic in the film industry. Western filmmakers have begun to take into account a more diverse casting of Asian actors to fit the American standard for entertainment and audiences have begun responding to this change. Regardless, it is still important that we do not forget that there is a long way...

Olivia Rodrigo – great voice, horrible songs

M.H. Noman, Contributing Writer

November 1, 2021 • No Comments

These days, anything can make a teenager's heart flutter but also break. Most teenagers try to release their stress and anxiousness by listening to moody music that they think is related to them. However, according to a study...

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” lacks potency

Joshua Sutanto, Contributing Writer

October 22, 2021 • No Comments

Coming into the fall season, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, directed by Andy Serkis, was a heavily anticipated sequel to its predecessor, “Venom”. The movie centers around Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), a journalist who has been grappling with the coexistence with an extraterrestrial known as Venom. Venom, who needs Eddie Brock in order to survive, as he is one of the only people who doesn’t die from their coexistence,...

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