By Michael Yang Recently, there has been major debate over the concept of trigger warnings on college campuses. Trigger warnings are warnings that are added before potentially disturbing content.. Many of its opponents argue that trigger warnings on college campuses serve to …
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By Michael Yang Currently, recreational marijuana is only legal in 4 states in the US; for many, there is a stigma surrounding marijuana, causing lawmakers to be reluctant to push for legalization. However, marijuana, as a substance, is not nearly as addictive …
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By Michael Yang In this increasingly digital age, more and more students prefer taking notes by typing, rather than by writing things down by hand. Though many students believe that taking notes by laptop may enhance one’s academic performance, studies show that …
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By Michael Yang Each teacher has their own way of scoring and weighting assignments and tests. Though each teacher has the final say in deciding a student’s grade, it is often unfair that, for example, one teacher will have a class with …
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By Michael Yang After concerns regarding the potential bias of Facebook’s trending feature, Facebook recently started automating the process, removing human curators in exchange for an algorithm which picks out key phrases that are currently popular or trending. However, despite this, Facebook’s …
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By Hana Stauss In writing class, we learned about finding our own voice, which can be a notoriously difficult process. In an age like today, there are many influential authors around us. I often find myself writing in my favorite author’s style …
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By Alex Bao In the 21st century, technology is developing very rapidly. Now a new kind of robot car has been invented. It could be driven by only a computer. However, the self-driving car faces many troubles. I have three points to …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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