By: Yewon Lee
Rural students make up approximately 15% of all American students, but are often left out of the national conversation in addressing roadblocks to their educational success.
By: Martina Aucejo
Recently, I’ve been falling down a rabbit hole. An internet rabbit hole. I have no idea what I want to do as a career when I grow up, so I’ve been doing some job digging and I thought, “hey, might as well share with the world what I’m learning”, mostly because there are so many specific careers out there that aren’t talked about enough. The job that I will be talking about in this article is a lobbyist.
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By: Holly Ji
Juneteenth is an important day for many Black people, as it marks the day slaves heard the news of emancipation in Galveston, Texas. Although on the surface, recognizing the holiday may feel like good news, it also demonstrates how surface-level the government is willing to go for Black liberation.
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By: Jennifer Lee
Recently, in tea and snack shops, there has been a sign saying boba shortage. I was curious about why there was a boba shortage and did some searches online.
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By: Sarah Son
On May 13th, the C.D.C. announced that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to take their masks off in most indoor settings. Despite this seemingly positive shift of mask policies, it has brought much confusion as well.
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By: Christine Nam
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By: Sarah Son
There is no doubt that you’ve seen skincare products with claims such as “age-defying” or “for all skin types” advertised on the product. You may have even bought these products in hopes of improving your skin, only to see that it left no special effect on your complexion. Below are six beauty marketing phrases that you should know the truth behind.
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By: Sarah Son
What is Ethnic Studies? Ethnic Studies is a program that aims to develop fundamental skills in critical and global thinking, as well as an understanding of the interactions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the experiences of a range of social groups.
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By: Sarah Son
After a quick Google search, I learned that this coin shortage is another unanticipated effect of COVID-19. But why a coin shortage?
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By: Holly Ji
March 16, plastered all over the news and social media is a traumatizing reminder of what it is to be both a girl and Asian in America.
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By: Bobin Park
To the surprise of absolutely no one, being Asian in America is different from being Asian in Asia. As someone with the experience of being Asian for a span of fifteen years, I can attest to that. And, as someone who is a fifteen-year-old girl with Asian heritages, it stirred up strong emotions inside me when I got a post from my school counselor about the spa shootings in Atlanta.
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By: Sarah Son
Unsurprisingly, the two most populous states in America - California and Texas - have the most cases of the coronavirus. However, these two states, home to one-fifth of all Americans, have handled the pandemic in a noticeably contrasting manner.
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By: Herbie Waters
Through reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, the tone, setting, and descriptions of the lives of characters such as Hal Incandenza are extremely clear. Wallace uses a myriad of literary devices to accomplish this, from lots of spoken, unfiltered dialogue to words that do not exist in the English dictionary lexicon. One particular example of these words is “kertwang”, first uttered by two of Hal’s peers in a locker room of the tennis academy they attend.
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By: Emily Qian
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By: Katie Harbaugh
For anyone who hasn’t watched the news lately, Texas experienced its first legitimate snowfall in years. Not only that, but record-low temperatures met with ill-equipped infrastructure caused dozens of deaths and even more cold-related injuries. As a midwesterner, it can be easy to make jokes about the south “not being used to the cold,” until you realize that people have died because of it.
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By: Emma Ramon
Winter Storm Uri swept the South on February 13th, bringing “one of the most costly natural disasters of the year” according to the director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research. Along with snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, the storm brought extensive power outages to Texas.
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By: Dakota Taufeeq
I love looking at houses! To be quite frank I think that I have developed an addiction to Zillow. Whenever I am on Zillow I like to set the craziest parameters to see what I can find. I used to get discouraged that I lived in the midwest, I always thought that there was nothing interesting for sale in Ohio. However I was very wrong! I am going to post some of my more unique and downright cool finds of 2021.
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By: Hannah Yoo
The first use of drugs and alcohol can spiral into an unending cycle of addiction. Addiction is the regular usage of drugs and alcohol. 40 million Americans suffer from addiction, 74% of those being adults and 26% of those being kids from the ages 12-18. The issue of substance abuse has been a clear issue in America, costing society $740 billion a year in healthcare expenses, crime related costs, and lost workplace productivity.
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By: Yewon Lee
One prominent case of negative environmental impacts disproportionately affecting communities of color, especially predominantly black communities, is Cancer Alley in Louisiana. Following the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, there is a strip of land in which industrial factories and chemical plants fill the area. The river allows easier transportation on ship and the Louisiana area has little regulation to prevent companies from producing harmful substances
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