By Michael Yang Often times, people will say that, given enough practice, anyone can be the next Michael Jordan, or Albert Einstein. People will often say that you can do anything you set your mind to. However, this is not true; success, …

By William Zeng As we all know, 12 years’ education from elementary school to high school is free and mandatory in United States. With higher college tuition and stricter admission criteria, more and more people are asking: Should we go to college? …

By Veronica Gong During times of distress, many lose their composure. They handle the stressful situation poorly and, as a result, blow situations out of proportion. The healthier way of coping, however, is to look on the brighter side and not panic. …

By Helen Dong On June 30, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled that the controversial Ten Commandments monument placed on state capitol grounds must go because public property must not be used for the support of any religion.  This was a victory, …

By Angela Luo This is how we talk about food: Literally—We whine during fourth period that lunch is so far away, even when it is only next period. We comment on not having had breakfast that morning because we were running late …

By Tammy Lu American writer, Bill James, once said, “It’s easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.” A lifestyle could be defined as the way a person lives, …

By Ethan Hu Over the past several years, there has been a sudden increase in the release of violent videos games. Along with the growing production rate of games, there has been a surge of players, especially among teenagers. Many people have …

By Angela Luo In a school with almost 3000 students, I often scramble to find my own niche. I find myself feeling like a speck of dust among the thousands of other points on this graph. There’s the Math Club, the Writing …

By Michael Yang Within the US, every mass shooting is followed with talks about stricter gun control. However, in the majority of cases, this talk dies down, with little being done to tighten gun control. People often point to the Constitution’s 2nd …

By Michael Yang Over the years, many countries have questioned the morality of the death penalty, leading many Western countries to declare it inhumane, and abolish it. The death penalty is not only inhumane, it does nothing to deter crime, and does …