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Recycled Music

Recycled Music

Lyla Bollag February 2, 2024

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Niccolo D'Agruma June 2, 2023

College is an opportunity, a learning paradise, and a cocoon of growth and development. Still, the journey to this “paradise” is stricken by nightmare after nightmare. The college admissions process...

DRIED OUT, THEN DRENCHED

DRIED OUT, THEN DRENCHED

Cierra Nervo April 10, 2023

For years, Californians have fretted about too little rain while suffering regular wildfires and continuous droughts. A healthy amount of rain was said to be just what California needed. What California...

Eco-Anxiety

Eco-Anxiety

Elyse Weaver April 10, 2023

Climate change has been a looming presence for the entirety of the younger generations' lives. Millennials and Gen Z have grown up with the knowledge of a constant threat to their future and their world,...

Renewable Energy?

Renewable Energy?

Lucia Camp April 9, 2023

Solar Pro: Energy from the sun can be harnessed the fastest and is the cheapest form of renewable energy. Solar panels use simple technology and can be installed on top of houses to save space. It is...

Eco Anxiety

Eco Anxiety

Elyse Weaver, Staff Writer April 4, 2023

Climate change has been a looming presence for the entirety of the younger generations' life. Millennials and Gen Z have grown up with the knowledge of a constant threat to their future and their world,...

By: Lucy Wang

Why Do We Procrasinate?

Jinling Wang, Co- Lifestyle Editor April 4, 2023

The textbook definition of procrastination derives from the Greek poet Hesiod dating back to 800 B.C., who warned his fellow peers not to  “put your work off till tomorrow and the day after.” Prevalent...

Girls Just Want to Have Fun...damental Rights

Girls Just Want to Have Fun…damental Rights

Magdalena Amezaga and Elli Westmacott January 5, 2023

In our November 2021 issue, writers discussed the tensions between the women in Texas and the Texas legislation, the fear that women in Texas were immersed in, and the hypothetical dystopia that our country...

The Science Behind Sleep and Dreams

The Science Behind Sleep and Dreams

Jinling Wang December 20, 2022

One sheep, two sheep, three sheep jump over emerald fields, slowly dimming into falling darkness as they fall into a peaceful slumber. Curling in the warmth and safety of our blankets, hours will tick...

Loss of Indigenous Culture

Loss of Indigenous Culture

Christiana Cino December 20, 2022

At the mention of COVID-19, what is the first thing you think about? The number of deaths? How it affected you? How it hurt your friends and your family? How you had to wear a mask everywhere you went?...

Writing is Not a Lost Art

Writing is Not a Lost Art

Niccolo D’Agruma December 20, 2022

Writing matters. It’s an art. The process is, at times, painful and exhausting. It is about the process, and the tool authors use to express themselves, show their imagination, and find their identity. Artistic...

State Street is Evolving

State Street is Evolving

Niccolo D'Agruma December 18, 2022

We are becoming an America that favors alternatives to cars. Within weeks after the pandemic lockdowns were instituted, restaurants and shops physically moved onto the streets, building extensions and...

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