By Michael Yang Each teacher has their own way of scoring and weighting assignments and tests. Though each teacher has the final say in deciding a student’s grade, it is often unfair that, for example, one teacher will have a class with …
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Earlier impacting Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas, Hurricane Matthew was a major cyclone on Oct. 8, 2016, advancing along the southeastern coast of the United States. In some areas along the Atlantic coast, the storm surge was measured at …
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By Krystal Yang I will be taking AP European History this year. Imagine my surprise when I walked into class on the first day, and my teacher was rapidly explaining how we should be taking notes. He expected us to take notes, …
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By: Ubik Sun Sometimes my friends ask me: “Is there any film I really have to watch in my lifetime?” Before I watched 12 Angry Men, I always thought the answer to this question is no. However, after watching this movie, the …
Read More »Thank you to all our contestants for entering Rising Star Magazine’s Annual Writing Contest for 2016! We really appreciate all of your entries. The winners for this year’s contest are: 1st Place: Shannon Yan 2nd Place: Xu Qiu Yang and Korina Lu 3rd …
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By Michael Yang After concerns regarding the potential bias of Facebook’s trending feature, Facebook recently started automating the process, removing human curators in exchange for an algorithm which picks out key phrases that are currently popular or trending. However, despite this, Facebook’s …
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By R. Brady Football. Soccer. Volleyball. Cross country. Basketball. Sports surround us constantly, from competing in a golf tournament on a Friday afternoon to sprinting across the red track on a Saturday morning. Families sit around the TV at night eating nachos …
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