2026 calls for fresh experiences. No matter how bizarre or unserious they may seem, make this year exciting with side quests. Whether these ideas, or any other outlandish plans you devise, the side quests you embark on will create indelible memories and forge lasting connections. 

This issue, The Gamut interviewed six OA alumni to check up on their post-high school journeys. Amanda Gao OA ‘19  Amanda graduated from Oxford in 2019. In high school, she was president of OA-HOSA, later serving on the HOSA International Executive Council, and was The Gamut’s own Editor...

Social media’s latest fixation is the “performative man”: the guy with a Labubu keychain dangling from his baggy low-rise jeans, Clairo blasting through his wired earphones, feminist literature held upside down in one hand, and an iced matcha latte in the other. The meme satirizes men who project...