Low-Carbon Energy Innovation Will Make Renewables More Efficient
By Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor
June 15, 2019
One of President Trump’s campaign promises was to bring back the American coal industry and save coal miners. Since entering the White House, he has enacted policies to steer the United States against the more environmentally friendly renewable energy industry. Despite this, the dropping costs of renewables and increasing concerns over the consequences of cli...
Taking Care Of Your Mental Health Is Crucial
By Sourav Dhar, Sports Editor
May 26, 2019
It’s May, signifying the arrival of Mental Health Awareness Month. Taking care of your mental health is critically important to one’s well-being and lifestyle, or mental health can lead to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, erratic mood swings, bipolar disorder, and many other conditions. With...
Solving International Crises Is More Important Than Restoring Historic Buildings
By Keana Saberi, Reporter
May 7, 2019
On April 15th, flames engulfed the centuries old Notre Dame Cathedral, leaving France in despair. The fire blazed through one of the cathedral’s spires and the roof collapsed in ruin. In the aftermath of the burning of the historical cathedral, people all over the world rapidly helped raise money for ...
Clickbait Titles Damage Trust In Journalism
By Sara Momin, Assistant Community & World News Editor
April 25, 2019
After the external threat lockdown a few weeks ago, 71 Republic, an independent news source, published an article regarding a possible cover-up led by Westwood officials. The article suggested the idea that a gun had been shot on campus, contrasting Principal Mario Acosta’s statement that there had been n...
Think Twice Before You Call Someone “Alt-Right”
By Connor Cowman, Community & World Editor
April 16, 2019
The term “alt-right” is one of the hottest political buzzwords of the last few years. According to Wikipedia, alt-right is defined as a loosely connected and somewhat ill-defined far-right movement. It contains white supremacists, white nationalists, white separatists, anti-Semites, neo-Nazis, neo-fascists, ...
NFL’s New Pass Interference Will Ruin Football
By Vikram Joshi, Sports Editor
April 8, 2019
Set to go down as the call (or rather non-call) that changed the sport, Nickell Robey-Coleman’s pass interference (PI) on Tommylee Lewis cost the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl and sparked massive protests against the NFL (National Football League) and will forever be remembered as one of the worst referee mistakes in history. Now, two months later, the NFL has taken ...
Georgia’s Heartbeat Bill Should Not Become Law
By Anouka Saha and Dia Jain
April 3, 2019
For years, activists, states, and courts across the nation have debated the issue of abortion, which is the act of ending a pregnancy by removing an embryo or a fetus before it can live outside the uterus. On March 29, Georgia’s Republican-controlled legislature passed what is considered to become on...
Vaccines Are The Most Effective Way to Prevent Disease
By Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor
March 27, 2019
When he turned 18, Ethan Lindenberger went onto Reddit and asked how he could get vaccinations against the wishes of his anti-vaxx parents. Months later, on March 6th, he talked about his story to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. “There seem to always be two sides to ...
Teen Climate Change Strike Is Inciting a Wave of Change
By Keana Saberi, Reporter
March 26, 2019
A collection of students from around the world are forming a unified coalition for a common cause. The actions of one young teen are setting off a chain reaction, inciting a wave of change: a movement that is defining the youngest generation. The organization School Strike 4 Climate, led by young and empow...
New Zealand Proves Change Needs to Happen
By Sara Momin, Assistant Community & World News Editor
March 26, 2019
After the atrocious attack on a New Zealand mosque on March 15th, the world was appalled at the sheer viciousness of the attack. Thousands mourned for the people killed in the attack and thousands more flocked to the usually peaceful nation to help those wounded. As the gunman was apprehended, the New...
YouTube Needs to Fix Their Algorithm
By Sara Momin, Assistant Community & World News Editor
March 18, 2019
Opinion
Texas Teachers Should Be Allowed to Strike
By Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor
February 8, 2019
For the second time in recent months, teachers in America went on strike against their employers. Thousands of educators and supporters to the cause in Los Angeles, California, initiated a strike on Jan. 14, marking an unusual start to the new year. Protestors walked picket lines and held up signs, calling for smaller cl...
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