By Krystal Yang Two plus two equals five. This statement is completely false—or is it? Any lie, if spoken enough times and believed by enough people, can be turned into the truth. This principle of truth is explored in Orwell’s famous novel …

By Yuting He In China, most students get up early to go to school. They study from half past seven in the morning to six o’clock in the afternoon at school. Although they are tired, they can’t relax after they get home. They have …

By Cindy Guo I am not a sporty person, and my Saturday nights are certainly not used for watching sports games. But when the Olympics comes along, I have to watch something. Although it’s hard for me to enjoy every sport, I …

By Isabella Teng Hearts all around the world collectively broke as they heard the news of the passing of Muhammad Ali, world-renowned boxing champion and civil rights activist on Friday, June 3rd, 2016. Past his boxing prowess and lightning fast reflexes, Muhammad …

By Jessica Lee The phrase “read between the lines” takes a more literal meaning when it is interpreted how words, or “lines” are more than just marks on paper. To me, writing is a way to express my deepest, darkest thoughts. Feelings …

By Michael Yang Given the success that apps such as Snapchat and Instagram have had, it is tempting to assume that one could single handedly code and create the next Instagram. However, making the app useable, and getting it to take off, …

By Artemis Jing  On July 15th, a tragedy which occurred in Guangzhou caught the sight of most citizens in China. A female doctor was attacked by a patient during patient-checking hours. Being cut for eight times, the doctor was seriously injured and …

By Tiffany Teng In 2012, Ethiopia received over 504 million dollars in foreign aid from the UK government. Since 2014, 20% of Rwanda’s economy is accounted for by unpredictable donor aid, which means they don’t know when — or if — aid …

By York Tang Everything we know about how we improve ourselves is wrong. When we think of ways to improve ourselves, we generally think of two methods. Sometimes, people who are kind to us will point out our shortcomings and then we …

By Isabella Teng I’ve been journaling everyday for a couple years now. I’ll admit keeping one and sticking to writing consistently was difficult at first. But after continuing with journaling as I have, I can easily list the benefits over disadvantages. Whatever’s …