By Carla López, 9th Grade This past weekend, the Academy Awards presented ‘The Oscars’ honoring the motion pictures industries since 1929. These awards are considered the grand dame of film award ceremonies, claiming to reward members of the Academy, fairly, through the best work in technical, production and performance aspects from films. The honors are more likely to be given to projects that are highly … Continue reading The Slap and the rest of the Oscars
By Camille Garcia, 9th Grade The Dominican Republic is a country that has stood out in cultural and touristic aspects, and shines internationally because of its artists, but most of the time, when we try to search our mind for Dominicans known in the academic world, we come out empty. The reality is that here in the country it is very difficult to see cases … Continue reading Emmanuel García: Newton 2.0
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade Taking place in China’s capital, Beijing, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games is made up of 15 sports and 109 events, and figure skating is the most graceful, rigorous, demanding, and shockingly complicated one out of all of them. As one of the most anticipated events in the Winter Olympics, figure skaters are put under a lot of pressure to demonstrate … Continue reading The controversy behind the Russian Olympic figure skating trio
By Mabel Soriano, 11th Grade Stephen Chbosky once said, “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight”. Books play an essential role in every person’s life by introducing us to a world of imagination, expanding our horizons, knowledge, and perspective. Books act as doorways that connect us … Continue reading The Controversy of Book Bans
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade The United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his plans of retirement at the end of the court’s current term last week, providing President Joe Biden with a critical opportunity to replace the liberal justice and carry out one of his campaign pledges of nominating, for the first time, a Black woman to the Supreme Court. With the court’s … Continue reading What Justice Breyer’s retirement could mean for the U.S.
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade The undersea Tongan volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai erupted this past January 15th, leaving thousands of people without houses, supplies, and connectivity. The eruption produced a huge cloud of ash, earthquakes, and tsunamis that made it all the way to Peru’s coasts, Alaska, the United Kingdom, Russia, as well as the shores of Australia. With NASA stating that the volcanic explosion was hundreds … Continue reading Tonga Volcano Eruption: A Brief Overview of What Happened
By Ana Perez, 9th Grade Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth with a net worth of $263B, more than 40% of the general population, refuses to pay his taxes because he sucks. In 2018, he paid nothing in federal income taxes despite his fortune as a billionaire. So, why is it that the richest man in the world refuses to pay taxes? Greed and … Continue reading The Saga of Elon Musk Not Paying Taxes
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade At the beginning of December, every single Spotify user receives their very own Spotify Wrapped–a comprehensive analysis of their annual listening habits on the app. Then with a click to share it, people go on Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok to show off their music tastes with a certain enthusiasm that you don’t see every day. In a way, Spotify … Continue reading Spotify Wrapped, Corporate America, and Internships
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade Princess Mako of Japan’s modest civil ceremony last month, devoid of the grandeur that royal weddings tend to presume, marks her change from Princess Mako to Mrs. Mako Komuro. Adopting her college sweetheart and commoner Kei Komuro’s surname and status has not only raised questions about Japanese imperial household laws but also about gender equality and human rights under the … Continue reading What Princess Mako’s Marriage Could Mean for the Japanese Royal Family
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade Over the past couple of years, the TikTok app has soared in popularity among younger demographics, slowly developing into a global phenomenon. Major corporations and media outlets hopped on the TikTok bandwagon to increase their visibility among the younger user population, attempting to reach this new base of potential customers. This isn’t much of a surprise given that the app’s … Continue reading Self-Critical Companies, Capitalism, and TikTok
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