By Linnette Cruz, 11th Grade It is no surprise that the COVID-19 crisis has affected every aspect of our everyday life ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a global pandemic in March 2020. The rampant virus has managed to transform the way we work, shop, and live in our current society–and the global theater industry has been no exception. Due to … Continue reading The Future of Post-pandemic Broadway
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 Linnette Cruz, 11th Grade On Sunday, November 21st, Chilean citizens headed straight to the polls to vote in Chile’s presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections. Since Chile operates using the two-round (or runoff) system and no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote, the second round of ballot casting will be held on December 19th. This election is one of the most divisive in … Continue reading Chile Polarized By Presidential Elections
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 Linnette Cruz, 11th Grade Based on research released during the month of October by WPLN News and ProPublica, eleven members of Congress submitted a letter to the US Department of Justice on October 13th, 2021, requesting that it start an inquiry into the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County. This is due to the fact that in 2016, eleven black children–including those under the … Continue reading Tennessee Court Judge Illegally Incarcerated Black Children For Years
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
By Ana Perez, 9th Grade “Dance Moms” was a reality TV show that aired from 2011 – 2019, following the training of children at the Abby Lee Dance Company Junior Elite Team as they compete in weekly dance competitions and the relationships between Abby Lee Miller and their mothers – or mostly their constant bickering. Although the show gained popularity because of the dramatic fights … Continue reading The Mess That Was Dance Moms
By Linnette Cruz, 11th Grade You, yes you. Welcome. Don’t worry, this is a spoiler-free zone here. Honestly, who would’ve thought that we as a society would be so addicted to a TV show about an unconventionally attractive twenty-something-year-old man named Joe killing beautiful white women in the name of love (and if you’re not, congrats, consider yourself normal–or stuck under a rock)? The enormously … Continue reading Obsessed with the sociopathic TV show You? So are we
By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade The world came to a standstill after Facebook and its other services–Instagram, Whatsapp, and Messenger–experienced widespread outages last Monday. The unprecedented disruption had profound effects on worldwide networks, the internet economy, and global citizens as a whole. However, the incident is merely an indication of a much bigger issue–the monopoly of social media, and more specifically, Facebook’s dominance over it. … Continue reading A Social Media Monopoly
Linnette Cruz, 11th Grade On May 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that they approved Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for everyone of ages 12 and up. After vast amounts of research and clinical trials, no safety concerns came about for children 12 through 15 years old with the vaccine. Pfizer and the CDC concluded that COVID-19 vaccines can help protect children from … Continue reading Should kids be able to get vaccinated without their parent’s consent?
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