The documentary style tv show “Cheer” returns for a second season. This time, the 14-time national champion college cheer team based at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas focuses on a new rivalry with Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC). This season covers new found fame for Head Coach Monica Aldama and post pandemic resentment from the team. Read the full review on the second season from Assistant Editor Megan Mesikapp.

“Because in high school, friendships are key — they decide how you’re going to live out those four years: who loves and hates you, your weekend plans and even what clubs you’ll join. But during a pandemic, suddenly, none of that matters anymore, and you only have yourself, which is something I never see reflected back in the media. After watching a plethora of high school movies growing up, it’s scary to stare in the mirror and only see yourself, especially when the mirror of social media only reflects back large groups of people. And in movies, even the loner finds a friend by the end of it. With my friend group now small, I have no choice but to dwell on my last day of normalcy — March 13, 2020 –– in my head, over and over again. I beg to see the rest of the year — to know what would’ve happened if life had been normal, for my surface-level friendships from the year before to come back,” Editor-in-Chief Mara Mellits writes on the comings and goings of high school friends in a pandemic.