Power
Volume 3, Issue 6
Art by Mani May
My Grandmother’s Theory of Growing Up Exponentially
By Haven Oravec
What if growing up followed the logic of exponents? My grandmother has a theory saying it does. Standing at seventeen, I’m learning that the hardest part of gaining power might be the waiting.
By Liam Lincoln
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is meant to honor football’s greatest of all time. But, it falls extremely short on its purpose and simply doesn’t deserve the attention or appreciation from fans or players.
By Luciana Franco
Power is often imagined as something loud and easily recognizable. But sometimes it shows up quietly, disguised as simple advice and repeated over family dinners. Thank you, Dad, for teaching me the three ways of power.
By Bruce Zhang
For newcomers, the gym can appear to be a rigid hierarchy where strength is publicly measured and quietly judged. A closer look reveals something less intimidating: a collection of people negotiating with their own insecurities, each convinced the room is watching them, when in reality, most are too busy watching themselves.
By Margareta T
As Chinese traditions trend across social media under the label “Chinamaxxing”, cultural rituals that were once rooted in history are not redefined as aesthetic internet content. When heritage and culture are flattened as a social media trend, it raises the uncomfortable question about who has the power to define the meaning behind these practices.
By Munira Takalkar
The Olympic Games have long been presented as a refuge from politics, yet they have always functioned as a stage for it. From unified teams to banned flags and closed-door meetings, diplomacy is always in play. Beneath the five rings at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, we were once again reminded how diplomatic power thrives.
By Andrew Chan
Before embarking on my first trip to Beijing, I was beset with doubt on whether China was going to be better than its stereotypes painted by Western media. One hotshot streamer from the other side of the globe changed all of that.
By Mirae Do
With graduation approaching for many of us, we’re called to reflect on our time here at SAS over the years. In loving memory of our old elementary school campus, we look back on the power those spaces held in shaping our childhoods.
By Azara Mathur
BookTok has enticed a new generation of readers at a cost. TikTok has challenged literary power, and I am struggling to understand what readers stand to gain from yet another slow-burn contemporary romance.
By Chase Chuavon
The power of the majority is often confused with the power of being right. Oftentimes we find “strength in numbers” is made to destroy an independent opposition. Join the mob, jump right in, and crush those standing with no one. Discover a letter from The Bandwagon, a collective that has internalised every bit of that culture.
Minecraft civilization videos have taken over YouTube. Many treat it as a representation of an actual society, but a closer look at the empires reveals that the Minecraft world is simply a stage, and all the players performers.
By Jiawei Gu
By Lillian Sutton
Everything about me changed when I met a boy two years ago–to the point that I stopped recognizing myself.
When the president of the economic and military power of the world decides the only limits to his power are his own sense of morality, established norms and laws become secondary to his own whim. This “strongman” style of politics, in Venezuela and beyond, is eroding the US’s standing as everyone’s favourite mediator of global affairs, and invites less friendly superpowers to play by their own rules. When does Trump’s ‘act now, explain later’ model start to just make his country look like a rogue power following the law of the jungle?
By Luke Nicholson
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A collection of timely articles commenting on current-day events
By Tvisha Mirashi
Dearest Gentle Reader, in the ton, no struggle truly lasts. Class barriers fade, prison is temporary, and love, invariably, wins. Now in its fourth season, Bridgerton has perfected this best-case universe, but does predictability detract from the show’s entertainment?
By Ashley Park
Singles Inferno promises romance stripped of status, yet Season 5 reveals how deeply class, beauty standards, and gender expectations still shape desirability. For one Korean viewer watching from afar, the show becomes less a social experiment in love and more a source of persistent second-hand embarrassment.
By Jinoo Na
Zootopia 2 is the newest addition to Disney’s large library of animated films, and with its recent release it has been accompanied by a large amount of praise. But is that praise really accurate? Read this review to see whether Zootopia 2 can match the original and how its story ultimately falls short.
By Kolb Sun
The “nihilistic” penguin meme grew in popularity at the start of 2026. While its prevalence is undeniable, there are parts of its brilliance we overlook. The penguin is a phenomenon of meme convergence, acting as a key benchmark in the internet’s genealogy as we grapple with what separates a good meme from brainrot slop.