![Students perceive each other in highly critical ways.
This is only magnified when the person being observed is transgender. Sophomore Aram Bazarian sat with a trans pride flag for our cover in an all too familiar position. As a trans person at Creek, Bazarian often feels isolated from students around him, not only because of his identity, but also because of the possible hate he could experience for being himself. “Some [students] have never met a trans person before,” senior Karter LaBarre said. “So I sometimes have some educating to do.” Educating their peers is the tip of the iceberg for these trans students. Name-changes, basic respect, and deadnaming are all part of the trans experience.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/USJOpt5Edit-696x900.jpg)
Creek’s theater program, Troupe 1730, hosted their first show of the year last weekend. “Radium Girls” tells the story of Grace Fryer, played by senior Molly Grantz...
![Creek eSports coach Alexandra Bak talks about Super Smash Bros characters before her students begin a match. Bak coaches 12 separate video game teams in her position. Students appreciate her coaching style. “I love having [Ms. Bak] as the eSports coach, she brings a lot to eSports by helping us communicate and [working on our] teamwork, senior varsity Mario Kart player Satia Baird said.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4468-1200x800.jpg)
How difficult is it to be a coach? Your team’s entire success relies on keeping them motivated and happy, and making sure everyone knows their job and does it well. For most coaches, they do this...
“ I was just speechless,” Tammi Gitin said. Gitin, a parent of a Campus middle school student last year, was reacting to an image she saw on Facebook. The picture was grainy, and taken near a set of Campus Middle School’s stairs. It showed two...
![In a recent surge of antisemitism nationally, many have pointed towards social media and pop culture as a source of hate. “Many far-right people have gone on [X] and started just blasting all their beliefs, Sophomore Scott Weiner said.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/antisemitism-popculture-2-1200x675.jpg)
On Thursday, Nov. 2, The (remaining) Beatles gave fans one final gift: a bittersweet farewell duet between Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The...
Junior Neele Werner is five thousand miles from her home in Germany, doing an exchange student program here in the US. So far, she's found that Gymnasium, German High School,...
This year, Creek implemented a new policy to deal with theft: Restorative Justice. “When there’s a situation between two students, whether it’s a stolen item, or...
