In recent months, there has been a spike of threats regarding school shootings across Hawaii. The threats started with a threat made to Kamehameha...

The 60th United States presidential election took place on November 5, 2024. With victory in the electoral college and popular vote, Donald Trump...

Social media has become a powerful force in shaping the expectations of young adults, often promoting unrealistic ideas of what that looks like....

For nearly four decades, the Mid-Pacific theater program has captivated audiences and nurtured aspiring performers, providing a valuable place...

Shining lights, lively music, glittering gowns: prom is a highly anticipated event every year by high school students across the country. With...

Some see storytelling as a skill or form of expression. Others view it as a craft or an art. For Mid-Pacific senior Kailey Holbrook, it’s a...

After winning second place at the Hawai’i High School Athletic Association’s State Canoe Paddling Championship, the Mid Pacific girls canoe...

Upon entering the gym, the audience and players press their hands over their mouths. They see Tyler Kawamoto on the ground holding his head as...

It’s now December, and the academic workload is starting to pile up. Many students complain about the piles of tests, assignments, and projects...

Middle school is the three-year-long, painful transition from childhood to adulthood. Many learn to become self-conscious of their body as it undergoes various changes and affects the way they are perceived by their peers. Part of this change is evolutionary. “Once you hit middle school, you start distancing yourself from your family,” Jessie Mitchell, Hawaii Center for Children and Families...

Editor’s Note: This article may contain distressing content for some readers. The world has known the dangers of sex trafficking for decades– but with a rise in cases of sexual extortion occurring over social media, the true danger may lie just a click away. Sexual extortion, or sextortion, is a criminal act that involves an offender coercing a person to create and send sexually explicit...

With the prevalence of social media in the everyday lives of teenagers, it's easy to get sucked into a dangerous spiral of unrealistic body images, developing insecurities that can morph into serious problems. If you’ve been on social media, (and let’s face it, if you’re a teenager in 2024 you probably have,) then you know about eating disorders and their prevalence among the younger population....