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California has openly embraced the legalization of marijuana through the use of ads and billboards; is federal legalization next?

As marijuana stigma drops, addiction rates will rise

By Leila Salam October 22, 2019

W ith the 2020 presidential campaigns fully underway, each candidate is showcasing their brand-new shiny policy plans. Some of the most controversial plans concern federal legalization of marijuana. While...

The Impatient Patient: New set of problems arise in AP Exam changes

By Renee Wang October 22, 2019

I t’s finally fall. Pumpkin spice, Halloween and … AP exam season? Starting this year, the College Board, a not-for-profit organization who administers standardized tests like the SAT, has made...

Now it’s our turn

By Sahil Venkatesan October 21, 2019

It is time to rise.  Our predecessors have failed us and it is now our responsibility to save the world.  We cannot idly sit back and hope our government will solve one of the most prevalent issues...

Social justice clubs play an important role in bringing attention to issues that groups of students face.

Social justice clubs act as distributors of information

By Dexter Tatsukawa September 30, 2019

Social justice clubs are an important part of bringing attention to the inequality in the world and the specific groups of students facing challenges in their lives especially when such students may be...

Pushed versus motivated: standards of academic success demotivate students

By Nika Bondar, Anika Karody, Andrea Sun, and Yukari E. Zapata September 26, 2019

Although our teachers try hard to make essays and formulas more exciting, if you listen closely, you can still hear the echo of the student body bouncing around in the hallways: “Why exactly do we...

Protect the Parks: food for thought

By Jane Park September 23, 2019

In February, I went beef-free out of environmental awareness. I have always cared about the environment, so I decided to make a change. People ask why I don’t go fully vegetarian, because if I cared...

College standards, high school pressure have fostered a culture of academic dishonesty

By Patrick Yu June 5, 2019

59 percent of the 43,000 high school students surveyed admitted to cheating on a test in 2017, according to a poll conducted by the Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics. 34 percent of the same...

High school is preparation for life

By Yukari E. Zapata June 1, 2019

According to The 74, 46 percent of high schoolers think that what they are learning about is useful for life. That leaves 54 percent of high school students thinking that high school is not relevant to...

The Impatient Patient: The line between a social media binge and cleanse

By Renee Wang May 30, 2019

In my freshman year, I bade goodbye to “likes” and dog filters as I deleted first my Instagram, and later my Snapchat account. For the next year or so, I likened myself to living off the grid — the...

The Ripple Effect: Nothing is futile, so long as we embrace the ugliness

By Aishwarya Jayadeep May 22, 2019

Here’s a glimpse into the past: around two and a half years ago, I’m sitting at my computer, wracking my brain for a column idea, with half-baked concepts scribbled down on a piece of paper next to...

The Denome’s Advocate: A final rant on politics

By Thomas Denome May 5, 2019

Three years and about 30,000 words or so after I was bequeathed with a column, I am now sitting here, at my computer, writing my last little diatribe about something, anything political that captures my...

Everything is better in moderation, even mobile devices

By Katelynn Ngo May 1, 2019

Our phones are a central part of a lot of our lives: so much so that sometimes we feel our phones vibrate in our pockets even when they aren’t there. This phenomenon is known as the Phantom Vibration...

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