By Krystal Yang Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Indeed, especially in America, we have been focusing more and more on the education of our children. However, recent legislation passed in Washington, D.C. has sparked …
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A few tips to make you feel comfortable on the airplane With the weather getting warmer, the annual travel season is approaching, increasing the number of flights all over the world. But if you fly for a long time you will feel …
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Submitted by: May Leng When Jiang Wang wakes up in the morning, she immediately makes sure that the air in her apartment is clean. She then begins to make breakfast for her family, using produce that she especially bought from organic farms …
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By Michael Chang In the modern society, our home is now filled with wi-fi signals, electromagnetic waves and other silent but dangerous phenomena. Long term exposure to these signals have proven to be a cause of deadly diseases. However, there may be …
Read More »California Sea Level Could Rise 10 Feet by 2100
By Roger Kim On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the California Ocean Protection Council released a report named “Rising Seas in California: An Update on Sea-level Rise Science”. The report warned that climate change could cause ocean waters to rise far higher than …
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By Michael Yang Piracy is a crime that is treated akin to jaywalking, though punishable with fines up to thousands of dollars. Very few people consider it to be wrong, and its punishments are almost never a deterrent. Although some could make …
Read More »Group Projects: A Blessing or a Curse
By Mihika Badjate Compare these two scenarios. Number one: Staying up until 1:00 am at night, frantically scrambling to create a twenty minute presentation that your group members were supposed to have done the day before. Number two: Meeting up with your …
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