Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

The Hart of the Matter: Gender disparity affects all

By Lily Hartenstein May 2, 2018

For years now, women have outnumbered men in college. In a patriarchal society, this is hugely significant; knowledge is power. In 2017, women made up 56 percent of students in college, according to...

The Denome’s Advocate: California’s crime against inmates

By Thomas Denome April 30, 2018

The recent fires in California have wrought incredible damages on the state, particularly in the human cost. According to Reuters and NBC News, 45 people total died between the Tubbs Fire in Napa and the...

Miguel Diaz-Canel (left), the Cuban first vice president under Raul Castro (right), was named the country’s president on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Getty images.

The Ripple Effect: A Cuban continuation

By Aishwarya Jayadeep April 25, 2018

Cuba’s new president was named last Thursday. The plot twist? His name isn’t Castro. Yes, for the first time in decades, someone unrelated to Fidel Castro holds that office: Miguel Diaz-Canel. It’s...

HHS students participated in a walkout on March 14. Photo by Riley Anderson.

The Impatient Patient: In defense of a lazy, smartphone-obsessed generation

By Renee Wang April 13, 2018

Lazy. Entitled. Snowflakes. According to Media Post, these are the qualities 71 percent of past American generations attribute to Generation Z. These sentiments are reflected not only by the parents of...

The Hart of the Matter: Domestic violence and female homelessness heavily connected

By Lily Hartenstein April 11, 2018

Homelessness is a massive issue plaguing the United States, but it is rarely looked at as the complex and multi-faceted problem it truly is. One such overlooked factor of the homelessness issue is the...

The Garlick Press: Does ‘flexible’ vegetarianism have a lasting impact?

By Kira Garlick April 11, 2018

It has long been known that climate change is happening, and that our everyday consumption of fuels and products contribute to the rising temperatures. But what people don’t usually think of straight...

The Denome’s Advocate: Israel, an apartheid state? (Opinion)

April 9, 2018

Author's note: It has come to my attention that this article has garnered extreme criticism from the opposing perspective. However, after a number of productive conversations on the issue with critics,...

The Impatient Patient: Crisis pregnancy centers have the right to their beliefs, not the right to deceive

March 30, 2018

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are organizations around the country offering counsel to pregnant women, with the goal of swaying women away from having an abortion by presenting different options. As...

The Hart of the Matter: Homophobic comments and sexist ideals are intertwined

March 28, 2018

Emma Gonzalez, survivor of the Parkland shooting and one of the faces of the current movement for gun control, has been under attack by many who oppose her values. While this is normal for someone leading...

The Ripple Effect: You’re only elected twice (or thrice, or four times)

By Aishwarya Jayadeep March 28, 2018

"The shocking results of the Russian presidential election last week caught the world off-guard!” Or, at least, that would be the first sentence of an article written in an alternate universe....

The Impatient Patient: The Paralympics’ dim spotlight

March 16, 2018

The buzz from the 2018 Winter Olympics may be dying down, but the hype for the Paralympics is just igniting — but barely. Since 1976, the year of the first winter Paralympic games, winter Paralympians...

(SATIRE) Students graffiti bathrooms in hopes of forcing repairs

March 15, 2018

T o motivate HHS administration to repaint the — notably faded — green of the restroom walls on campus, students have turned to the ageless protest-method of high schoolers: vandalism. Across...

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