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Karina Carlos '21 Happy Holidays! This year the Back Page has decided to share some of the items on our Christmas wish lists with everyone! Maybe you’ll even find some ideas to send to Santa.... A proper sleep scheduleEyes that aren’t dryA therapistA napHAND SANITIZERScreen time that isn’t over 12 hoursAn Instagram update that makes senseHappinessPeppermint bark And a partridge in a pear tree! :D Photo provided by Axel de Vernou '21

Bennett Kruse '21 An exclusive, election-related back page article that we couldn't include in the last HeartBeat issue. Better late than never!

Karina Carlos '21 picture this: you just started your senior year of high school. except you're fully virtual and now you cant even be with your grade. your reaction would be to cry right? WRONG! if you're me, you just got prescribed artificial tears because your eyes are so damn dry from staring at a screen for 6 hours a day JUST FOR SCHOOL (not including regular Netflix time i mean come on i’m a teenager). My eyes would be better off staring at the sun for 30 minutes straight. then you read the second issue of your school newspaper…

Ellie Noto '22 I already know what you're thinking. Ellie, what do you wear during quarantine? You normally have such cute outfits at school, what is going on now? Well, let me tell you. I am here to present you with this season’s top fashion trends. Here I have collected my daily outfits of quarantine with a cute detailed caption. Hopefully these inspire you to really feel creative while back at home chillin during Zoom calls, maybe even your weekends. Who knows? The background of these photos, for those who are wondering, is the finding nemo background that I use…

Erin Duane '20 & Bennett Kruse '21 When the only two Backpage writers, Erin and Bennett, sat down at our 11am zoom call Wednesday morning, both of us refused to talk about quarantine again. We’re sick of it. We’re bored of it. We just want to talk about Outer Banks and why we are literally both obsessed, so here you go: p.s. This will not contain spoilers but also just watch the freaking show plz Something Isn’t Making Sense Why are all of the actors so old??? Literally no 16 years olds look like that. The actor who plays John…

Erin Duane '20 As some of you may know, I am the youngest of six. This means that for the past two years I have been an only child, but with all the perks of being the youngest. I was a queen. I had my parents’ undying love and attention and I was able to do almost anything that I wanted. But...that all changed when COVID-19 hit and my siblings all decided to move back in.  A house that is typically filled only by my voice is now crowded with the sounds of others’ Zoom calls. Do I have an…

Bennett Kruse '21 Joe Exotic. An icon who owns a farm full of tigers, makes bomb music videos, and has somehow managed to have 3 straight husbands. He made us laugh, he made us cry, but, is he really the gay icon we think he is? Here is the scoop from someone on the inside. I'm like the Lorax except I don't speak for the trees, I speak for the gays. Here is a list of reasons why the gays do not claim Joe Exotic. Let’s try to disregard the animal abuse and get into the meat of things (sorry…

Bennett Kruse '21 picking up new skills.maybe I should make Haikus?I’m gonna pop off. my sister is home.I hate you. clean the dishes.do your part for once. sitting here on zoom,taking a virtual class.dance class in my bed. it’s only day 9.should I dye my hair? no, sir.i should cut my bangs i’m mad. my sister.she ate my Cocoa Krispies.my name was on it. alright, delete it.until tomorrow, my ass.it IS tomorrow. this is really dumb.don’t write poems when you're bored. I have given up.

Spencer Lee '20 & Lance Chou '20 For Juniors and Seniors at Sacred Heart, one of the most memorable experiences is always said to be prom. Many students will buy prom dresses/tuxedos months before the event is even scheduled, and there will be countless hours of preparation for the event. This year, this all changes. There will be no prom where students gather and socialize at a physical, tangible place. This year, students get to experience the next best thing: Virtual Prom. But before you go to Virtual Prom, you have to go through the most nerve wracking part -…

Bennett Kruse '20 Formal season has come and gone, and the heteros were out here doing the most. We’ve seen it all. We’ve seen rose petals on the floor, we’ve seen candles, we’ve seen political signs. We’ve even seen Walker jump out of a box. Now my original thought I had was to write reviews and commentary about formal asks here at SHP, but after careful consideration from my private story I had to rethink (I’m not trying to get sent to MA for dragging some of these trash posters on a public forum). So here I go on a…