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1. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · By Zoe Zhang

   Zoe Zhang: Where have all the fireflies gone? (opens the original)

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   Driving down the road at night is an experience that can be desolate, can be joyful, and can be peaceful. The emptiness of the night and the rush of cars bumbling along. It's both fast and slow. But in the suburban Midwest, and in Rochester, it seems that winding roads and yellowing streetlamps lean the way of Midwest blues. The other day, as I was going down the road near Kellogg Middle School, windows rolled down, I saw a spark. Then another. And all over this one person's lawn were about half

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2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · By Zoe Zhang

   Zoe Zhang: The more people, the better (opens the original)

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   I don’t really like horror movies. But I love them when I’m with my friends. It's the extra comfort you get from collectively being absolutely terrified. (That's my mantra for horror, by the way. The more, the better.) And maybe that applies to life as well. I was recently at a summer camp on the East Coast. But the catch was that there would be 600-plus people from 150-plus countries. I was simultaneously terrified and excited. There might never again be a chance to meet people from, say, Madag

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