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Climate Change Lawsuit

By Kaitlyn Wang A group of 21 brave individuals is suing the federal government over climate change, but one difference sets this case apart: the plaintiffs are kids and young adults ranging from age 9 to 20. The non-profit Our Children’s Trust …

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Apples and Potatoes

By Brian Wu The relationship between plants and people is subtle. People may think that humans don’t have many influences on plants and that apples and potatoes are just foodstuffs. However, these crops are highly connected to humans, and society shapes the …

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Voluntourism: More Harm Than Good

By Serena Mao A whopping 1.6 million voluntourists––tourists volunteering on vacation––visit a wide range of countries annually. Whether they aspire to act as a role model for lonely orphans, repaint the interior of dusty schoolhouses, or construct homes from the ground up …

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Google Trips

by Selena Guo For those planning out their summer vacations right now, I recommend using Google Trips to help you plan. I’m using it right now to plan for when I go to Spain next month and it’s proven to be very …

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These Four Years

By Cindy Guo Seniors have recently heard back from all, if not most, of the colleges they applied to. These seniors were born in the year 2000, making competition more insane than it has ever been before. It’s okay to be upset, …

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The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology

By Megan Tjandrasuwita   Those who are familiar with the iPhone X would know that it comes with a facial recognition technology called Face ID, which is a biometric authentication system that replaces the fingerprint based Touch ID. The use of 3D …

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User Security and Privacy

by David Zhang Nobody wants others to be able to always keep track of what they are doing. Humans require some degree of privacy, but that privacy has been encroached on by the rise of technology. Tech giants such as Apple, Facebook, …

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