Skip to Main Content
The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Statesman

The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Statesman

The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Statesman

Keep On Cruising

Keep On Cruising

Jenny Liang, Staff Reporter | March 10, 2025

You sit at your desk and stare at the notebook in front of you while glaring at your laptop screen. With a sharpened pencil in hand, you spend hours and hours working until the corner of your computer...

Mental Health Accommodations for Stevenson Students

Mental Health Accommodations for Stevenson Students

Peri Yim ’26 trudges through the hallways, going through yet another rerun of their daily schedule: wake up, sit through their classes, finish homework, and sleep. With drooping eyelids, they take a...

2025’s One True Oscar Ballot

Brayden Caldwell, Opinions Editor | March 1, 2025

On Sunday, March 2nd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will once again broadcast the Oscars, and, like every other year, the Academy is once again embroiled in controversy. There have been...

Symphonic and Patriot Orchestra Concert 2025

Symphonic and Patriot Orchestra Concert 2025

Jonah Cooper, Kenny Lin, and Bradley Saltzman | February 25, 2025

On Feb. 18 at 6 p.m, Stevenson’s Symphonic and Patriot Orchestra played at the annual Chamber Concert in the Recital Hall. Parents, students, and faculty listened to performances by 28 total groups during...

The Impact of Doom Scrolling on our Generation

The Impact of Doom Scrolling on our Generation

Eshaam Bhattad, Aisha Fatima, and Satviki Inturi | February 10, 2025

A dimly lit phone screen illuminates the face of Grishma Sajith ‘27, the clock on her bedside table displaying 1:00 AM in bright numbers as she scrolls through her Instagram feed. Despite the countless...

Goal setting culture

Goal setting culture

Statesman Staff | February 7, 2025

As the final week of the year approaches, many people start preparing for New Year's Eve by making plans with friends and deciding what they’ll wear when the clock strikes midnight. Others prefer to...

How Team Bonding Builds Stronger Connections

How Team Bonding Builds Stronger Connections

Grace Bui and Adi Jaiswal | February 5, 2025

As Regan Carmichael, varsity girls’ basketball head coach, prepares her athletes for the upcoming game, she calls for the team to gather for a cherished tradition. Dubbed “Game Day Eve,” the team...

Senior Slowdown

Senior Slowdown

Saanvi Adusumalli and Sona Surya | February 3, 2025

Isabelle Li ’25 comes home after a long day at school, her backpack thudding as she places it down and flops on the couch scrolling through college commitment posts. She knows she has homework and extracurricular...

KIVA members decorate the area surrounding the PAC in preparation for S-factor. S-factor is an annual singing competition composed of Stevenson students.

S-Factor Takes the Stage

Oliver Arora and Hannah Diab | February 3, 2025

Taking place on Friday Jan. 31 from 6-9 p.m., 16 students competed in S-Factor, an annual singing competition run by Stevenson’s KIVA Club. S-Factor is a school event loosely based on the reality television...

The Legitimacy of High School Research

The Legitimacy of High School Research

Timothy Bui, Editor-in-Chief | January 27, 2025

Four years ago, overhearing your sister musing about a distinguished student who participated in research and got admitted to numerous colleges, you marvel at the idea of research, regarding it as a highly...

Trump’s 2nd Inauguration

Saatvik Kailash and Rajan Sukhatme | January 27, 2025

On January 20, 2025, 47th President Donald Trump was sworn in to serve his second term inside the Capitol Rotunda. Within the first day of his presidency, he signed over 25 executive orders, including...

Aidan Bardic '25 stands next to the varsity Boys Basketball team for a picture. Bardic hit the historic 1000-point milestone, only the 7th boys player in Stevenson's history to do so.

Bardic Hits Historic Milestone in Rivalry Game

Ansh Aggarwal and Harikesh Prasad | January 27, 2025

Legacy is often told by the winners. Standing at the free throw line, in the middle of the third quarter, Aiden Bardic ’25 bounces the ball once, before flicking his wrist and letting the ball go...

Load More Stories