Category: Editorials
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Traveling Troubadours: “London Calling”
By: Clare Buchanan I’ve dreamt of London my whole life. I don’t know which Hugh Grant rom-com was my first introduction to the city. Was it Bridget Jones’ Diary? Maybe it was About A Boy, or it could have been Notting Hill. My mom showed me all of the classics. I might have fallen in…
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Traveling Troubadours: “Sign of a Salemite”
By: Clare Buchanan I left Los Angeles in a hurry. I usually leave Los Angeles in a hurry, for various personal reasons, but this time, on January 7th, I was actually fleeing from something tangible. The Palisades fire seemed to watch me with disdain as I lifted into the sky, towards a new country and…
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Hometown Highlights: Summerfield, NC
By Samantha Hogsett Summerfield Town Hall Photo By: Samantha Hogsett Winter break in Summerfield, NC is the same as during any other break. Not much changes with the seasons besides the grass turning brown and the trees becoming bare. One would think Summerfield would be most beautiful during North Carolina’s summer days because of its…
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The Resurrected Sport: Running
The 2024 Running Resurgence, the 1970s Running Boom, and Jimmy Carter as an O.G. Running Influencer By Chloe Snow Running is both a sport and an economy: there are booms and there are busts. What we are seeing now is a running boom. Across social media platforms in 2024, running content soared. Everywhere I looked,…
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Hometown Highlights: Lewisville, NC
By Chloe Snow There is a wonderful scene from Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird that replays in my mind. The scene goes like this: “It is clear you love Sacramento,” the nun says. To this comment, Lady Bird is surprised. Lady Bird says “I guess I pay attention.” The nun, reflectively, says not only to Lady…
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Hometown Highlights: Los Angeles
By: Clare Buchanan For the past two winters, I have made a ritual of stepping out onto the tarmac at the Hollywood-Burbank Bob Hope Airport. The City of Angels was my home for seventeen years. Around year seven, I grew bored of the city and yearned for a change of scenery. Returning every December feels…
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Hometown Highlights: Elkin, NC
By: Sarah McBride As a commuter, I sometimes feel like I take my small town for granted during breaks. Coming home everyday to the town I’ve always known, I never long for it. Only after being away on a trip, does the wistfulness set in. Nevertheless, I know there is magic to be found in…
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Stocks & Stockings:
How Hemlines and Heels Can Foretell The Economy’s Health By: Sara Vargas Photo Credit: Pinterest That seven-letter word, it starts with an E, and almost always ends on a ‘why’; Economy. It has peered over voters’ shoulders as they carefully calculated whose box they’d check off: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Who is smarter? Whose concept…
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Clare’s Coffee Review- Anchor Coffee
By: Clare Buchanan [“And there he was…wearing Armani on a Sunday.” I couldn’t help but think back to this episode of SATC today as I walked downtown to get my final cup of coffee, passing by all the chic Moravian couples as they left their Sunday morning service at the Home Moravian church. I didn’t…
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Clare’s Coffee Review- ByGood Coffee
By: Clare Buchanan As my Nine Days Of Solitude start to come to a close, I can confidently say that this week was needed. During these nine days of peace and quiet, I have been able to truly tune into the sights and sounds of this remarkable city the Salemites call home: Winston-Salem. Today as…
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