I marched for my life
Jayden Palermo, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
On March 24th, I attended the March for Our Lives march in Hartford, Connecticut. This march, like others across the nation on this day, were prompted by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 14 injured and 17 dead. Being able to march, I have to say it was th...
Devonte Hart – an American hero – dies in an intentional act
Victoria Tran, Staff Writer
April 9, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
On March 26, the Hart family was found at the bottom of a cliff off the Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County. Found in the family's SUV were Jennifer Hart, her wife, Sarah Margaret Hart, and at three of their children: Markis, Jeremiah, and Abigail. Meanwhile rescuers are still looking for Dev...
Fourteen year old girl from Paraguay dies in childbirth
Aryana Powell, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
A 14 year old rape victim was pronounced dead in Paraguay this week after complications from childbirth. She had been hospitalized for 20 days before her sudden death. The Guardian reports that her baby is in intensive care. The girl became pregnant after being a victim of rape. The 37-year-old man who raped and impregnated the girl was arrested on Thursday, ...
This is satire…
Jacob Thompson, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
*This is satire... Recently after being elected and amid allegations of American interference in his re-election, Russian president Vladimir Putin has publicly denied the existence of the United States in a speech in Moscow. He has shut down all embassies in Russia, enacted a travel ban, ...
Stacey Dash plans to run for House of Representatives
March 21, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
African-American actress and conservative political commentator, Stacey Dash, has formally declared her candidacy for the state of California’s 44th District for the House of Representatives. In what was arguably a highly-influential cultic American pop-culture film that fully satirized and celebrated i...
Trump is deciding about trophy hunting
Hypatia Day and Faith Williams
March 19, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
When you hear the word trophy, you typically think of winning a sports game or being academically successful. You don’t think of innocent animal’s body parts. President Donald Trump announced on March 1st that the Trump administration will allow Americans to bring banned animal trophies into United Sta...
Trump foolishly sues California over immigration
Sollange Pinto, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
According to thehill.com, “Last week President Trump threatened to withdraw Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection personnel from the State of California because of the ‘lousy management job’ by state and local officials in enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws....
A new diet trend is dangerously unhealthy
Noah Lydon, Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The Cinderella Diet is a new dangerous diet people around the world are attempting. The goal is to get your body mass index to 18, which is dangerously low and can result in death. The goal of this diet is to get to a Cinderella-like figure, you know...as in the animated fictional Disney princess. ...
A new law can possibly stop mass shootings
Faith Williams, Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
The state of Florida requires FBI background checks on those looking to purchase a weapon. To pass the screening means they are clear for any and all indicators of misconduct, mental issues, and/or past violence. However, many citizens are suggesting new laws that they believe could help prevent acts...
Teenage girls suffer from additional stress
Brenna Yeager, Staff Writer
March 9, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
Back in December of 2017 CNN predicted that 2018 would be the year of women. It’s a great time to be a girl -- or is it? Behind all these possibilities there is troubling development: the rate of anxiety and depression is climbing, especially in teenage girls. The suicide rate for girls between th...
Trump claims he would have run into Parkland High School
Jade Langlois, Staff Writer
March 2, 2018
Filed under Op-ed, Uncategorized
On Monday, President Donald Trump claimed that he would have run into Parkland High School, “even if I didn’t have a weapon.” At a meeting with state governors, Trump referenced that an armed sheriff’s deputy stood outside for minutes as the gunman opened fire within Marjory Stoneman Douglas ...
I am Pro-Choice
Victoria Tran, Staff Writer
January 26, 2018
Filed under Op-ed
Last Friday, January 19th, a very influential March For Life took place in Washington DC. While last weekend, named the “weekend for women”, many advocates for pro-choice spoke up for their beliefs at various marches. At the March For Life, Donald Trump, Pam Tebow, the mother of former NFL quarte...
