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The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Statesman

The student news site of Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Statesman

Growth of Greenwashing

Growth of Greenwashing

Eleanor McInnis, Copy Editor | November 19, 2024

When you opened your phone one morning, you saw a news app notification, showing that your favorite clothing brand falsely claimed to have implemented a production process with significantly lower carbon...

Hardstone Psycho Review

Hardstone Psycho Review

Aisha Fatima and Alexander Xie | November 18, 2024

Following the 2016 release of Travis Scott’s award-winning Astroworld album, a new star was born in the music industry. With a standout feature on Scott’s single “Can’t Say,” Don Toliver captivated...

Digital Fragment

Digital Fragment

Oliver Arora, Web Editor | November 18, 2024

The internet continuously becomes more and more integral into our daily lifestyle. It has become nearly impossible not to be in touch with social media and the digital realm, whether you’re at the library,...

Does Stevenson do enough for its community?

Does Stevenson do enough for its community?

Statesman Staff | November 15, 2024

As you open your third executive board (e-board) rejection email, you begin to feel inadequate compared to your peers, who are all on e-board for their respective clubs. You begin to wonder if you should...

More Than Identity

More Than Identity

Oliver Arora, Web Editor | November 13, 2024

Swing state after swing state after swing state. Donald Trump’s shocking domination of the 2024 presidential election will lead him back to the office in January to serve as the 47th president. Reflecting...

Third Time’s the Charm

Third Time’s the Charm

Aisha Fatima and Alexander Xie | November 12, 2024

In the vast, diverse, and often terrible world of slasher films, it’s safe for one to assume that every single one is indistinguishable from the last. In a room where everyone is trying to be the next...

How have people become more desensitized to toxicity?

How have people become more desensitized to toxicity?

Statesman Staff | October 27, 2024

OMG! She’s giving me the “ick.” Two minutes ago, the girl who just spoke and the one who’s giving her the “ick” was just catching up on the drama from class. They were laughing and talking,...

The Alexander Technique Review

The Alexander Technique Review

Kenny Lin, Staff Reporter | October 24, 2024

Alexander James O'Connor, better known as Rex Orange County, has returned with yet another banger album, The Alexander Technique, featuring 16 songs that explore themes such as depression, self-love, and...

The Evolution of Brainrot

The Evolution of Brainrot

Kenny Lin, Staff Reporter | October 13, 2024

What’s up, my fellow Skibidi sigmas! Get ready to explore the rise of trends like mewing and what it means in terms of the changing social cues of recent generations. Similar to the inescapable nature...

Impact of Lack of Political Action

Impact of Lack of Political Action

Statesman Staff | September 24, 2024

On Instagram, you pass by another post of Kamala Harris’s infamous coconut meme. One post later, it’s a video of an innocent Palestinian girl begging for donations as her family members lost their...

Cover art for "SOS"

SOS Album

Rachel Bui, Sports Editor | September 23, 2024

This album review was written and intended to be released in April 2023. Fans have been eagerly waiting for SZA’s sophomore album ever since “Ctrl" was released in 2017. Released on December 9,...

New Phone Jails: Good or Bad?

New Phone Jails: Good or Bad?

Lynde Mogensen, Staff Reporter | September 20, 2024

The basic delusion is that man may be governed and yet be free, famously claimed H.L. Mencken. In other words, to obtain freedom, one must forfeit structure — and what better structure is there to forfeit...

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