Category: Feature
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The Search for New Music
By Justine Seo ’19, Feature Editor With everything from shared playlists to 24/7 live stream radios on YouTube, it seems that nowadays there are a million and one ways to find new music. This abundance of sources allows us to cater to all kinds of different tastes and interests we never knew we had before.…
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Charcoal, Ube, Avocados, Oh My!
by Magnolia Wang ’19, Staff Writer I’ll admit it — trendy foods are my weakness. In fact, I’ve paid a hefty $15 for a small smoothie bowl, driven for forty minutes to get the best bubble tea, and waited in line for an hour for edible cookie dough. One might ask, what are trendy foods? …
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10 Tips from the Wise Sages of NA
by Sophia Chen ’20, Staff Writer We need a healthy dose of advice right now during these stressful times. While we can learn a lot about history, science and English in our rigorous classes, we need to look beyond the classroom to know how we can apply what we learn in class to our everyday…
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10 Historic Moments from the 2018 Winter Olympics
by Abbey Zhu ’18, Feature Editor The Winter Olympics started on February 9 and ended on February 25, and showcased the world’s top winter sport athletes. Here are ten historic moments from this year’s Olympics. 1. This was the first time South Korea hosted the Winter Olympics. The Olympics were held in Pyeongchang, not to…
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Top 10 Environmental News Stories of 2017
by Sophia Ludtke ’20, Feature Editor From the uplifting to the tragic, the exciting to the appalling, this year our planet has been shaped by significant events. We all live on the same sphere of oceans, forests, deserts and mountains, but that seems to be the extent of what unites us. With opinions about our…
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Top 10 Internet Challenges
by Michaela Wang ’21, Staff Writer As you casually scroll through your Instagram feed, you come across what looks like someone putting a Tide Pod into his mouth and “eating it.” You might cry in disgust, face-palm at what society has become, or admire this courageous person’s achievements. Don’t fret, because this is just one…
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We Call BS: Why We Must (and Can) Protect Our Planet
by Kira Lu ’20, Staff Writer On August 2nd, 2017, the Global Footprint Network calculated that we as a planet had used up all of the resources that are replenishable by the Earth in 2017; all resources we used from that date onwards could not be renewed. This date, known as “Earth Overshoot Day” or…
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We Call BS: The Underrepresentation of Women in STEM
by Sophia Ludtke ’20, Feature Editor This past August, a Google software engineer made national news when he released a statement attributing the underrepresentation of women in technical fields to “biological differences.” His statement was immediately met with significant backlash, with one female Google engineer threatening to leave the company if action was not taken.…
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Is Everything We Know About Love BS?
by Michaela Wang ’21, Staff Writer In light of Valentine’s Day, and the Shakespearean play “Twelfth Night” that I’m currently reading in my English class, I wanted to question whether people these days understand love, and if there’s even an explicit definition for it. “Ideal relationships,” fabricated with flawless romance and affection, commonly pervade the face…
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An Interview with Mr. Ashburn: Vaping
by Katy Kim ’18, Middle School Editor As I work with the middle schoolers to produce their own newspaper, I sat down with Mr. Ashburn, the principal of the Middle School, to get his perspective on vaping. This interview has been condensed for clarity. Do you think peer pressure is a problem in the middle school/at…