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The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph

 A system like quarantine is heavily reliant on the efforts of its participants. As residents of the country with the highest number of COVID-19 infections, Americans have a heavy responsibility to participate in the quarantine. Protests against the quarantine, which have flared up across the U.S. only help to prolong the virus’s stay in the U.S. and put the lives of many at risk.

Quarantine Protests: Ill aimed discontent

By Dexter Tatsukawa May 16, 2020

With over 1 million Americans infected, the U.S. now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases according to NPR. Even so, these numbers have not stopped some from protesting the measures used to keep...

Plant-based meats provide health benefits, increase sustainability

Plant-based meats provide health benefits, increase sustainability

By Shruti Magesh April 4, 2020

The conventional options of a traditional meat or veggie burger are now being overtaken by a new option on the menu: the plant-based meat burger. Both meat eaters and vegetarians alike are flocking...

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...

A new study reveals that AirPods may cause neurological damage and potentially lead to cancer with long-term use.

As AirPod dangers surface, better to be safe than sorry

By Naomi Baron October 23, 2019

T he hottest device on the market recently are AirPods. AirPods are wireless bluetooth earphones released in 2016 by Apple. Sure, wired earphones are cool, but these wireless bluetooth earphones are...

Protect the Parks: the insignificance of small-scale actions

Protect the Parks: the insignificance of small-scale actions

By Jane Park October 22, 2019

F rom reusable metal straws to websites that plant trees every time you use their browser, sustainability has grown ever-more popular. However, people should be wary of the trendy ways to be sustainable,...

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...

Photo: A girl on stands on the earth, with speech bubbles of field trip locations across it.

The world should be your classroom

By Indira Cockerill March 8, 2017

External environments can be museums, art galleries, plays and more. While a controlled environment such as a classroom has its benefits, it can also deviate students from paying attention, zoning out...

Club binders and executive meetings are useless and do not benefit clubs as a whole.

Editorial: Executive meetings, club binders are ineffective

By The Editorial Board February 2, 2017

Before every executive meeting, club presidents scramble to finish club binder summaries and reschedule tutorials to show up for another meeting that regurgitates the same information of all meetings preceding...

Neither DeVos nor her family have ever attended a public school, an educational majority of which she will be in charge.

Gabbin’: DeVos, DeWrong Choice

By Gabriella Mrozowski, Columnist February 2, 2017

It is AP Literature and I know what is expected of me. 40 minutes, one book, two pens and several sheets of binder paper. I am familiar with the novel, inside and out. I have spent the last week memorizing...

A Trump Supporter holds the sign at a Trump rally in Dallas, TX. Photo by Jamelle Bouie.

Stumping the Trump 101

By Aayush Singh April 3, 2016

Considered little more than a joke when he announced his candidacy six months ago, real estate mogul Donald Trump is coming dangerously close to securing the presidential nomination for the Republican...

Shiblaq takes a breather while he performs a rap about a father and daughter affected by drugs.

The Bar-On Brief: Bike accidents and the the age-old question: Who is to blame?

By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist March 16, 2016

For as long as I’ve been at HHS, and probably significantly before then, there has been talk of the lack of safety for bike riders.The age-old question, the one that comes about when any problem...

The Bar-On Brief: We lost the Lost and Found

The Bar-On Brief: We lost the Lost and Found

By Shauli Bar-On, Columnist March 9, 2016

Good morning, Homestead! Today is Wednesday, March 9. This is Shauli with your daily bulletin. Attention students. The Lost and Found is overflowing! – Hurry and check it for any missing items....

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