The Epitaph’s last Bar-On Brief
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
May 31, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, The Bar-On Brief
So this is it. This is Bar-On Brief #63, the last column I will write for The Epitaph. This is also the last day I am a student at Homestead High School. We seniors have been in our own bubble these past few weeks. We did not spend our days cramming for final exams. Instead, we marched in at the ...
The Bar-On Brief: Ben Stern — resisting injustice
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
May 25, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, The Bar-On Brief
I’ve heard several Holocaust speakers over the years. But seeing a documentary video in a packed field house this week, then hearing Ben Stern, the survivor himself, was unlike any other talk I attended in the past. For one, this was the first time I had heard a Holocaust speaker in a public sch...
The Garlick Press: Trump polluting the news
By Kira Garlick
May 25, 2017
Filed under Opinion, The Garlick Press
It seems like the news has centered around President Trump’s recent policies, some of which concern the environment. This is leaving many conservationists, including me, wondering what exactly is going to happen as our beautiful outdoors is left vulnerable to small budget cuts. Throughout his campaig...
The Denome’s Advocate: Congress
By Thomas Denome
May 25, 2017
Filed under Opinion, The Denome's Advocate
One of the oldest and most popular political jokes, which I already knew as an eight-year-old, is as follows. If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress. Of course, if Congress was to agree on this joke, it would take at least three all-night sessions, a 10-hour...
Demanding summer internships is a mistake
By Aishwarya Jayadeep
May 21, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
This summer, many students will be going into summer internships, which are great opportunities to gain experience in an interesting field of work, to see if a certain profession is right for them, or — let’s be honest — to pad up a résumé. But despite the myriad benefits brought around by summer ...
The Ripple Effect: Information is a right (column)
By Aishwarya Jayadeep
May 21, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase
UNESCO tells us that information is a human right. This is a fact you may not have known about if you’d been stripped of that right — a quick, searchable fact that’s backed up by several sources like Wikipedia. But if you live in Turkey, sorry! Wikipedia’s been blocked there since April 2...
The Bar-On Brief: Put an end to weekday proms
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
May 18, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, The Bar-On Brief
How long is your pre-prom preparation? How long does it take you to shower, dress up, sit through your hair and makeup appointments, take way too many group photos and eat a fancy dinner? What will you do a mere four hours before prom? Unless you have an empty period, your answer would be sitting ...
The Denome’s Advocate: The case for impeachment
May 18, 2017
Filed under Opinion, The Denome's Advocate
Sweat began to roll down the president’s head as each senator stood up. Legislator after legislator responded to the question of “Should the president be convicted of treasonous acts?” with an “aye.” When the 61st voice stood up and agreed to the motion, the president put the hands on his hea...
The Bar-On Brief: Steph Curry — simply the best
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
May 11, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, The Bar-On Brief
Stephen Curry might average over 25 points per game and be the only player in history to have unanimously won the NBA MVP award. But his basketball talent is just half the reason why he is an unrivaled superstar. Curry is the NBA’s finest because of his skill and equally, his class. He is the be...
The Bar-On Brief: The scam of the AP exam
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
May 4, 2017
Filed under Opinion, The Bar-On Brief
These two weeks are dominated by two letters that bear an immense weight on the shoulders of a group of students across the country. Those two letters are AP. Advanced Placement (AP) exams are administered every year by a company called College Board. The exams supposedly give students college credi...
Teachers, you should be worried
By Indira Cockerill
May 4, 2017
Filed under Opinion
If you have ever been camping then you know the rule: leave the site better than you found it or in the same shape. Why can’t the same rule apply to students graduating high school? The main focus is making sure students graduate on time and preparing them for college level curriculum, often ma...
The Garlick Press: Teens with Autism
By Kira Garlick
May 4, 2017
Filed under The Garlick Press
Imagine walking into a grocery store, but with superpowers. You can hear every wheel of multiple shopping carts, the swish of plastic bags and the shuffling of feet all at the same decibel. It can get crowded in your mind, and your senses begin to jumble. This is only one point of view from a mind wi...
Boys varsity basketball team prepares for season ahead
With 26 total games in the season, 12 of them being league games, the boys varsity basketball team is currently 3-2. The team mostly consists of juniors and seniors, which d...
December 10, 2016
The Bar-On Brief: I wonder what leadership can do for me
By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist
The leadership class voted last week to passed legislation to allow club presidents who also hold leadership office to obtain dual credit for attending executive meetin...
October 6, 2016
Club and Grub possibly discontinued after implementation of California health law
September 27, 2016