June 9, 2018
Since the Harvey Weinstein revelation about a year ago, many famous men have been exposed for abuse of ...
By Camilia Saulino, Reporter
June 8, 2018
Filed under Commentary
Tons of coffee, multiple alarms, heavy eyelids in first period classes, forcing yourself out of bed. These are things that I hear about and experience frequently in a school district with classes starting at 8:15.
At first glance it may not seem like 8:15 is such a bad time to start. But I, along with many other student...
By Sam Linder, Reporter
May 18, 2018
Filed under Commentary
In 2016, the number of positive patients that had been incorrectly pronounced healthy by their clinics, but were correctly identified by the HeroRATs, surpassed 10,000.
By Mirabella Miller, Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under Commentary
In 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted of kidnapping and murdering his former girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. On Mar...
May 8, 2018
As the year comes to an end you might be getting tired of your normal lunch spots— everybody is. Be...
By Madeline Sweet, Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under Commentary
Finally, after a long day of school, you walk into your room. Piles of clothes lay on the floor, the bottom layer forgotten. Books collect dust on their shelf as they become squished against added novels. Old elementary school art and papers sit under the bed, and start to yellow. Funky frames with aged pictures hang crooked...
By Sam Linder, Reporter
April 24, 2018
Filed under Commentary
On Feb. 3, a Cuvier’s beaked whale was found stranded in the shallow waters off the coast of Sotra, a small Norwegian island. This already came as a surprise because these whales aren’t normally found near Norway, only ranging as far north as Scotland in the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean. However, wardens were ...
By Madeline Sweet, Reporter
March 19, 2018
Filed under Commentary
Sugar. We know too much is bad for us, yet we are addicted.
This sugar addiction comes from several sources. One cause of sugar addiction is the dopamine release when we consume sugar. Everytime people eat, see or think about sugar, dopamine neurotransmitters send signals to the brain and play a major role in reward-motivated be...
By Sam Linder, Reporter
March 13, 2018
Filed under Commentary
With the rise of climate change, oil excavation, and commercial development, among other things, the world’s biodiversity has taken a serious hit over the last several decades. The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2014 found that 52 percent of our planet’s biodiversity was lost between 1970 and 2010. Accordi...
By Sophie Weir, Copy editor and Reporter
February 27, 2018
Filed under Commentary
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
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