Oracle Overview – Volume 5.29

The Companion by Katie Alender is another one of this year's Rosie nominees. The story is told from the main character, Margot’s, point of view as she copes with the loss of her family and is now moving into an estate owned by a prestigious family. Margot should feel lucky, but it’s hard to feel lucky when you wake up screaming every night due to the terror of the accident. And it’s even hard...

Fashion is a way to express yourself and feel confident. There are no rules to the way you dress, but there are personal preferences and guidelines. For example, a personal “don’t” of mine is mixing patterns. I think when an outfit involves more than one pattern or print, it becomes too “busy”, and there is too much to look at. Another rule I live by is rolling pants that are too long. When l...

What is the most ridiculous trend that is going around, or has gone around? The Tide pod challenge from 2018. What are you looking forward to the most in summer? Bonfires and the county fair. Any advice for the rookies next year? The best way to make friends with upperclassmen is to not be obnoxious. On a day at the beach, what is the better mus...

Transatlantic is a new show on Netflix that just came out this month. Focusing on American journalist Varian Fry and American heiress Mary Jayne Gold, Transatlantic tells an impressive story. In the early 1940’s, while the United States was staying neutral to the increasingly polarizing events occurring in Europe (later to become WWII), anti-semitism was growing in popularity. France, trying to ...

This upcoming weekend is prom weekend for DCHS. Many students will all be getting ready to make some of their best memories with the people they enjoy the most. But there is always an element of fear that hovers around this weekend as statistics show that too many high school students around the nation choose prom weekend to make very bad choices.  Katelyn Folmar, SADD president, and other SADD officers organize...

This stylish cat is named Bob. Bob has happily lived with the Mears family for four years. Abby explains that they were lucky enough to get him when he was just a kitten, so Bob has known nothing but love from the Mears family. Being a cat, Bob’s favorite thing to do is eat cat food. Abby’s favorite thing about him is how calm he is. He is frequently the star model in Abby’s fashion shows. Abby...