Mirror image
March 12, 2020
Staring at the face in the mirror, tears rolled down Ryann Taylor’s cheeks. Her eyes continued to well up as she thought of the cute, button-nosed girls she’d seen in her classes. They were perfect. They’d never have to change. Ryann hated her nose. She had since she was 6. She had never liked...
Children having children
Madi Olivier and Ayra Charania
February 1, 2020
Even though the teen pregnancy rate has declined in the past 25 years, Texas had the seventh highest teenage birth rate in the United States in 2018, according to the CDC. Only Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arkansas surpassed Texas’s rate of 25.3 births per 1,000 female...
Pregnant pause
January 31, 2020
Former LISD student Blaklee Briggs felt her throat tighten as her mom parked the car. “You know you don’t have to do this,” LeAnn said. “This is your choice. This secret will stay between us.” Blaklee sat quietly in the car. She held back tears as they walked inside the building....
More than metal straws
December 16, 2019
As environmental awareness has increased worldwide, millions of teens have united to address the issue of climate change. Junior Katherine Eddleman is one of them and has promoted the cause of climate activism by starting the Environmental Club. While in San Antonio for a volleyball tournament around...
Editorial: We need to be the generation of change
December 16, 2019
We’ve all seen the pictures of the polar bears in the melting arctic and the trees burning in the Amazon. We know about the Houston floods, the ice caps that are half their original size and that parts of California are on fire. However, this country has spent too much time arguing over the politics...
Impact of climate change sparks debate
Nikhita Ragam and Shriya Mukkavilli
December 13, 2019
According to the United Nations, 2019 is set to end the hottest decade recorded, and natural disasters such as wildfires and floods have increased. The global temperature has increased 1.5 F since 1880, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. To address this, U.N. Secretary General Anto...
Q&A: Talking about stress
Michael Minton and Ayra Charania
November 18, 2019
From the academic stress of AP classes to comparing themselves to others on social media, the modern teen can find themselves overwhelmed by stress on a daily basis. The Marquee sat down with a group of students that are involved in different activities, from band to dance to basketball, to discuss wha...
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