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Elle Smith, Staff Writer
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Elle Smith
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Ask Elle: Senior sorrow
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Review: “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)”
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Unlikely relief
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Ask Elle: Confronting the new
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Ask Elle: Coming out concerned
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Ask Elle: Uncertain about the future
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Ask Elle: Love sick
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Ask Elle: Hoping for hybrid
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Ask Elle: Fighting to cross the finish line
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Ask Elle: Pushing people away
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Review: We’re watching ‘You’
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Ask Elle: Crushed
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Ask Elle: Winter blues
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Ask Elle: Feeling like a fifth wheel
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Ask Elle: The stressful junior journey
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Ask Elle: Should I stay or should I go?
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