Opinion

By Margaret Li Throughout my school years, I have found plenty of problems with teachers that I want to point out. I am not an expert on this field, as I am still a student. However I do want to state my …

By Michael Yang Many students, especially those in high school, feel pressured by their friends to take as many difficult, challenging classes as they can. If their peers are filling their schedules with Advanced Placement courses, they reason, why shouldn’t they? High …

This Tuesday, March 8th, was International Women’s Day. Women all over the globe posted smiling selfies on Instagram and used filters saying “I’m Proud to be a Woman” on Snapchat in a global effort to make social media an awareness platform. It …

by Tiffany Teng   More and more, companies are shying away from retouching their models. Modcloth, a vintage clothing site, was the first to sign a “Heroes Pledge for Advertisers”, denying Photoshop from its images. Years before, Seventeen Magazine released its policy …

By Angela Luo Mama says don’t talk to strangers. Strangers are bad guys, and bad guys will kidnap me, or worse, murder me. She goes on to rattle off whatever statistic she’s learned from the paper that day. “A child goes missing …

By: Michael Yang Bernie Sanders is the perfect democratic candidate for the upcoming 2016 election. He appeals to millennials, the largest voting portion of the population, and supports policies and plans that most appeal to the majority of people, such as free …

By Sun Yan Today I had an online chat with a friend who lived in Beijing. He asked me how long I had been in the U.S., and when I replied about 20 some years, he exclaimed, “There you are living a …

By: Michael Yang   It seems that everything that we do in high school, from starting clubs to taking exams, is  done solely to show off to colleges. Many high school students do things not for their own enjoyment, but out of …

By Ethan Hu  Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in New York City, the child of Mary Anne Trump and Fred Trump. Because his father worked in real estate development, Donald naturally followed in his footsteps and immediately joined his …

By Michael Yang Recently, Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli was arrested on fraud charges, and unrelated to the arrest, he increased the price of a lifesaving drug by 5000%, making it unavailable to those who need it most, simply to maximize profits. …