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Lindsey Katsaros, Editorial Board Member | April 10, 2018

On April 4, it was announced that as many as 87 million Facebook user’s had their information with Cambridge Analytica. This unauthorized sale took place nearly three years, yet it was not until this month that users found out. Cambridge Analytica did...

Trump fires Tillerson

Trump fires Tillerson

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | March 23, 2018

`On Tuesday March 13th, President Donald Trump announced that he fired his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. He will be nominating the CIA director Mike Pompeo as his successor, replacing his top diplomat during a time of a potential sit down between...

SchoolGuard: A New Way To Combat the Mass Shooting Epidemic

Abel Berrocal, Staff Writer | March 1, 2018

Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, the number of in-school active shooters has increased at an alarming rate. With no apparent effort from legislation to keep students safe, one of the parents of à columbine victim took it upon himself to develop...

School-shooting survivors ‘Stand up’

School-shooting survivors ‘Stand up’

Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager | February 26, 2018

   CNN was able to give a voice to the survivors of the mass school-shooting that occured in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week on February 14th. Students were able to talk about their feelings about the national debate...

The Repercussions From a Major Event

The Repercussions From a Major Event

Rebecca Woodhouse, Editor-in-Chief | February 25, 2018

   There were warning signs for Nikolas Cruz before he committed the school shooting on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida. Cruz had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School about a year before, but this was not the only sign.  ...

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Celebrating Presidents’ Day

Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member | February 23, 2018

Every February, Americans celebrate in joy as they get a day off for Presidents’ Day. The weekend is filled with sales and families taking a break from their routine.  When it comes to Presidents’ Day, Americans are very happy but not because they...

Students in the Spotlight

Clare Sparling, Staff Writer | February 23, 2018

The deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School has shaken the nation to its core. Yet despite the horrors that have occurred, the students of Stoneman Douglas have risen up in the face of adversity and are ready to tackle the issue of gun control....

California interest group attempts to create the 51st state

California interest group attempts to create the 51st state

Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager | January 25, 2018

Recently, a Californian interest group has declared most of modern day California as a new state, called, “New California.” This is due to claims that the state’s government is widely corrupted and has become ungovernable. The group claims that...

Government Shutdown

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | January 25, 2018

Congress brought an end to the three-day government shutdown on Monday, January 21st as Democrats of the Senate scrambled to fund a short-term spending bill to fund government operations without addressing the fate of the young undocumented immigrants,...

Life is good

Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member | January 25, 2018

There have been many marches that have taken place all throughout history. The March for Life, however, is an annual march that protests against the legality and practice of abortion. The march is held in Washington D.C. and takes place usually around...

Missile Scare In Hawaii

Missile Scare In Hawaii

aubrey harrell, Editorial Board | January 25, 2018

On January 13, residents all across Hawaii were thrust into a panicked frenzy for 38 minutes over a false incoming missile alert. This incident occurred after a string of drills and precautions in Hawaii as a result of the tensions steadily rising between...

Oprah 2020

January 17, 2018

"In 2011, I told some jokes about our current president at the White House Correspondents Dinner, jokes about how he was unqualified to be president, and some have said that night convinced him to run. And if that's true, I would just like to say Oprah,...

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