Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

While it’s completely normal to feel overwhelmed by the environmental crisis, letting go of that fear and instead working toward sustainability will benefit the planet in the long run.

Protect the Parks: Dealing with Eco-anxiety

By Jane Park March 2, 2020

Eco-anxiety.  A term for the terrifying doom caused by environmental destruction.  According to Medical News Today, a 2018 national survey found that almost 70 percent of people in the United...

The game had been occurring after students arrived home after school and on the weekend. Since it was being played off-campus and during students’ recreational time, there is no way the game infringes on school rules.

By defining this game as a violation of school rules, the administration shows just how arbitrary the line is between on-campus and off-campus activities.

STAFF EDITORIAL: Schools should not overstep their jurisdiction

February 17, 2020

It all started as a game.  Created by two seniors, each player in “Homestead Assassin” is randomly assigned a target, a student they are meant to “assassinate” with a nerf gun or water balloon...

Quarrels and bickerings have no place in the State of the Union address.

Divided America: A room full of pouty babies

By Allen Zhang February 16, 2020

When have our honorable, level-headed politicians become tantrum-throwing babies? It seems that U.S. politics have shifted from respectful diplomacy to petty squabbling.  President Donald Trump’s...

Modern slavery: sex trafficking in Bay Area on the rise

Modern slavery: sex trafficking in Bay Area on the rise

By Saanvi Thakur February 11, 2020

There was a time when slavery was conventional and it took America over 200 years to abolish this institution. Today, the idea of owning slaves — for any purpose — seems absurd and is rejected by our...

Wildfires are raging like never before throughout the continent.

Australia is on fire – what are you going to do about it?

By Nitya Kashyap January 29, 2020

Australia is a living hell. The country is in the middle of its worst summer yet. According to CNN, 28 people have lost their lives so far to fire, three of them firefighters. The fires have torched...

Protect the Parks: finding your community

Protect the Parks: finding your community

By Jane Park January 29, 2020

I am the queen of Facebook groups. I’m not kidding. I’m in 39 non-school related Facebook groups, as of Jan. 26.  You’re probably asking, “Why, Jane? Why so many groups?” I find a...

Principal responds to Staff Editorial in Dec. 11 issue.

Letter to the Editor: principal responds to staff Editorial

January 24, 2020

Dear Epitaph, I wanted to clarify and correct some of the comments made in your Staff Editorial from the December 11 edition titled “What Will It Take To Turn Your Words Into Action” (page 4). ...

China trade war impacts

By Nika Bondar December 13, 2019

T he infamous tariff tug-of-war between the U.S. and China debilitated global economy growth, with IHS Markit Global Link Model projecting the years of  2019 and 2020 as being only two percent away...

Women have been raised with the belief that they should have perfectly hairless bodies. Now, things are changing.

The myth of a clean-shaven look

By Anika Karody December 11, 2019

W henever a girl wants to take a stroll in a pair of shorts, she might look down and question: How do my legs look? Are they hairless? When a girl has to attend an event, she may spend time plucking...

Stop saying “I will” and start saying “I am”

Protect the Parks: act now, or forever hold your peace

By Jane Park November 20, 2019

M any argue that they care about the environment, and insist that we need to take action. But rarely do I see people take measures against climate change.  Holding our government accountable is...

Twitter’s political ads ban limits freedom of expression

By Naomi Baron November 19, 2019

According to New York Times, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Oct. 30 that Twitter will no longer allow political advertisements of any kind on their social media site. While Twitter’s intentions...

The modern renaissance

The modern renaissance

By Nika Bondar October 23, 2019

Greta Thunberg. Emma Gonzales. Malala Yousafzai. Their generation continues to inspire millions, making Generation Z the strongest driving force of the modern renaissance. McKinsey and Company concludes...

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