By Michael Yang Animal’s are used to test a variety of products, from cosmetics to drugs. Without animals, testing these products would be a lot more time-consuming, expensive, and ethically unsound for companies. Despite the questionable treatment of animals involved, animal testing …
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By Krystal Yang When fall time rolls around, high school seniors have only one thought on their mind: college applications. Application season leads to high stress and tensions within the student body. However, studies have shown that anxiety is a pervasive theme …
Read More »Monsanto Tribunal: Will The Devil Finally Be Brought To Justice?
Submitted by: Jasmine Pao Lights flash as Corinne Lepage, the former French Minister of the Environment, takes to the podium to give the opening statement of the Monsanto Tribunal. The Tribunal and People’s Assembly took place between October 14 to 16, 2016 …
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By Cindy Guo The days are getting chilly. It’s super cold on the East Coast, and the weather is just weird here in California. It’s cold one day, hot the next, and the library’s AC is always blasting. Students are getting sent …
Read More »Fair Grading
By Michael Yang High school, for many, is the most important time of their lives: getting good grades is an integral factor in college applications. It is unfair, then, that in many high school classes, one’s grades are determined more by the …
Read More »Sleep VS Studying
By Mihika Badjate The clock strikes 12 and you feverishly flip through the pages of your textbook, counting the pages you have left to study. The history exam is tomorrow, and you still haven’t studied any of the vocabulary, not to mention …
Read More »Book Review: The Scarlet Letter
Ah, the infamous Scarlet Letter. It’s a required book for many juniors across the country, and probably one of the most despised. However, it is a classic known for its literary merit, and having read this book, I must say that it …
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