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Advice to Your Freshman Self
SUA seniors tell their freshman selves what they wish they had known: stop comparing, join a club, work for yourself and treasure the people around you.
Student newspaper of Saint Ursula Academy · 2013–2023
One beam,
six colors.
11 school years of The Light, the paper written, edited and published by the girls of SUA in Cincinnati. Every section of the paper is a band of the spectrum. Pick a wavelength.
Last pages printed
Education485 nm
College Application DOs & DONTs
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Coming to SUA Next Year…
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Relentless for a Cure
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Soaking Up the Sun
The Reading Lamp
Note 1 · 5 min
The first sentence does the heavy lifting
Picture ledes, throat-clears, riddles and datelines: what ten years of openings in The Light teach a new reporter.
Note 2 · 5 minGet the second answer
Interviewing for a school paper: why the first reply is rarely the quote, and how The Light's reporters found the better one.
Note 3 · 5 minOpinion without the megaphone
What persuades on a student opinion page: reporting first, owing the reader an answer, and sizing the conclusion to the evidence.
Note 4 · 5 minFrom the notebook to the bibliography
What a student reporter already knows about the research essay, and the three places where newsroom habits lead you astray.
One story from each band
World450 nm
Social Justice and the Day of the Girl!
SUA's Social Justice Club leads mission collections and marks the UN's Day of the Girl in October, supporting girls' education in Africa through Camfed.
Education485 nm
College Application DOs & DONTs
A graduating senior's list of college application dos and don'ts: finish the Common App essay in summer, ask for feedback and use early action if offered.
Health + Science530 nm
Preparing for the Holidays
The SUA Counseling Department's holiday tips for 2022: stay organized with lists, keep a healthy balance, think positively, de-stress and plan for next term.
SUA Life575 nm
Advice to Your Freshman Self
SUA seniors tell their freshman selves what they wish they had known: stop comparing, join a club, work for yourself and treasure the people around you.
Sports605 nm
March Madness - Best Moments
A long review of March Madness 2023, won by UConn: the top 10 games, five buzzer beaters, 20 standout players and lessons from FAU's and Furman's runs.
Entertainment650 nm
Christmas on a Budget: Gifts Under $25
Gifts under $25 for 2022: a Target candle and fairy lights, a BAGGU tote, Coffee Emporium beans, a zodiac journal, Glossier Lash Slick and a film camera.
Volumes, by school year
A paper by students, kept as they wrote it.
Saint Ursula Academy has taught young women on East McMillan Street in Cincinnati's East Walnut Hills since 1910, when the Ursuline sisters opened it with sixty-three pupils. The Light was its student newspaper online: reviews of the spring musical, arguments about block schedules and snow days, Orange and White game nights, and a fair amount of world news filtered through the eyes of teenagers.
The original site went offline after 2023. This archive restores the stories at their original addresses. Profiles of individual students, senior wills and personal details about minors were left out on purpose; the about page explains what was kept and why.