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My Life Story

Laura Medina, Impact Staff May 10, 2023

During my teenage years, I got my first wig in October of 2014. While all the girls my age were trying to dress like cute cats and flirty foxes, I was really trying to be Dora the Explorer. I thought it...

A Binge-Watching Obsession

A Binge-Watching Obsession

Laura Medina, Impact Staff May 10, 2023

Everyone has a weird obsession. It’s okay and totally normal. My weird obsession is rewatching shows over and over and over and over and over again.  I remember my freshman year of Highschool when...

Stronger Than Ever: Muscle Mommies

Stronger Than Ever: Muscle Mommies

Laura Medina, Impact Staff May 10, 2023

https://www.tiktok.com/@hunlynfit/video/7107357959088278827 Have you heard about the new muscle mommy trend? Women are no longer doing diets or doing pilates they lifting heavy weights and and drinking...

The Illusion of Fit: How Vanity Sizing Distorts Body Image and Self-Perception

The Illusion of Fit: How Vanity Sizing Distorts Body Image and Self-Perception

Laura Medina, Impact Staff May 10, 2023

Do you know that feeling when you’re shopping for clothes but you can’t find your size on the rack? That’s how I’ve been feeling lately.  Shopping for clothes is stressful and exhausting I...

Breakups: What to Know and Avoid

Breakups: What to Know and Avoid

Laura Medina, Impact Staff May 7, 2023

Why are breakups so hard? What should you avoid after a breakup? Studies show that breakups can have the same feeling as death even though your ex hasn’t actually died. This is because you will have...

My Favorite Poem

Mia Tindel, Impact Staff May 1, 2023

Is unwritten as it is told by a stand up poet at a poetry slam. ‘ If I was A Love Poet’ by Rudy Francisco. He recites and tells the audience how he feels towards a starbucks barista, whom he saw while...

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Baltimore Ravens 7-Round Mock Draft: Two Draft Day Scenarios

Andrew Kim, Impact Staff April 26, 2023

In a 7-Round mock draft that I did with a Facebook group, here are my picks for the Baltimore Ravens, as I explore two potential scenarios that can happen during the 2023 NFL Draft this weekend. I only...

Potential First Round Quarterbacks Anthony Richardson (Florida), Bryce Young (Alabama), Will Levis (Kentucky), and C.J. Stroud (Ohio State)

2023 NFL Group Mock Draft

Andrew Kim, Kris Torres, and Zack Higgins April 25, 2023

The Impact staff writers take on the 2023 NFL Draft. Andrew Kim, Zack Higgins, and Kris Torres cover their collective mock draft and discuss the NFL teams picking in the first round. *Mock Draft was...

Fifteen Says Goodbye

Fifteen Says Goodbye

Stephanie Lankhorst, Impact Staff April 25, 2023

For the first time in four years, I will be watching my team play from the sidelines.  For the first time in four years, I am not part of the starting lineup.  A couple of months ago, on...

Teenage Fantasy Reminds Me of a Simpler Time

Teenage Fantasy Reminds Me of a Simpler Time

Mia Tindel, Impact Staff April 12, 2023

 Description:  An individual who is a teenager and feels as if they're in love when they're really in love with the illusion, and the idea of someone just to fit in with the crowd. Before both...

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