Opinion

By Megan Tjandrasuwita In his first few months as the U.S. president, Mr. Trump has already begun to enact his economic plan with vigor. He has advocated for an expansionary fiscal policy that entails reduced regulations and cutting both corporate and personal …

By: Helen Wu From the beginning of history till recently commonly accepted theory, women are deemed inferior to men. In the Bible, woman was created by using one bone of man. In Darwin’s The Descent of Man, men attained “a higher eminence” …

By Zhinan Lin Many environment protection activists call for clean air and water, resource conservation, and less pollution of the city. This is a great effort that will benefit generations of children in the future. However, there is the fundamental question of …

By: Angela Jia Although many people say that music is too distracting for studying, I rely heavily on music to motivate me to do homework or study for tests. Personally, I get distracted very easily and procrastinate often (Let’s be honest…who doesn’t …

By: Allison Jia The truth is, robots are slowly taking over our world. But rather than the “evil robots overthrowing the world” theory we commonly think of, robots have truly helped us in many ways. From military service to space and underwater …

By: Annie Yang These past few years, the Internet has been filled with “memes” and “challenges” on social media. Some challenges are fun and for a good cause, such as the mannequin challenge and the ALS ice bucket challenge, but majority of …

By: Allison Jia   Although America is often described as a “melting pot” of different people and cultures, a shocking 80% of its citizens are monolingual. Perhaps this is due to the frequent misconceptions that everybody around the world should already know …

By Allison Jia Children complain. We complain about how our parents always push us so hard, wonder why they always yell at us, and ask ourselves why they are never satisfied. We feel the need to always be up-to-date about the smallest …

By: Allison Jia The devastating, recent chemical weapons attack in Syria left 72 civilians, 20 of them children, dead. Believed to be orchestrated by President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the attack was eerily reminiscent of a previous chemical attack by Assad four years …

By Annie Yang         The Internet is like sugar, it’s addictive. About 50% of the world uses the Internet. Some of the people are using the Internet for the better, and some are using it for the worse— either …