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New Years resolutions celebrate inability to accomplish goals

New Year’s resolutions celebrate inability to accomplish goals

Saydria Ostler, News Editor December 14, 2021

As 2021 comes to a close and everyone starts to prepare for 2022, many people reflect on what they have and have not accomplished within the past year. New Year’s resolutions are often a byproduct of...

Convenience over community: how volunteer opportunities seem to be getting scarcer

Convenience over community: how volunteer opportunities seem to be getting scarcer

Madeleine Nseir, Editor December 1, 2021

High schoolers and college students have made a recent turn to convenience in the form of online school, remote jobs, online shopping with easy delivery. With this, volunteer work becomes increasingly...

Service hours are first and foremost self-serving for students. A majority of students completed hours to only put them on applications.

Service hours benefit students more than the community

Saydria Ostler, News Editor December 1, 2021

Many clubs on campus are dedicated to helping students get the service hours they need for college applications and resumes. These hours are required to be in many honors societies or service organizations,...

Swiftie staffers Meghan McGowan, Lindsey Harrison, and Saydria Ostler (left to right) at at Red (Taylors Version) listening party

All too unwell

In the next phase of her re-recording process, Taylor Swift released Red (Taylor’s Version) on   Friday, Nov. 12. The record, originally released in 2012, was dropped just seven months after the superstar...

Hidden food finds

Lexi Amaro, Staff Reporter November 15, 2021

There are plenty of hidden food gems within the Valley. Places that not only taste amazing, but have thoughtful messages and owners who prioritize the quality of their goods and the time they invest in...

28 Avengers is already too many

28 Avengers is already too many

Lauren Ludwig, Editor-In-Chief November 15, 2021

The Marvel Cinematic Universe should have ended after Avengers: Endgame. It created the perfect frustrating 3-hour finale for the MCU, full of heartbreak, joy, and disaster, with seemingly just enough...

Best burrito option for hectic mornings

Best burrito option for hectic mornings

Vanessa Coracides, Staff Reporter November 12, 2021

School starts early in the morning, and for many that means limited time to eat breakfast. Some just skip it altogether, but there is an easy solution to consuming the most important meal of the day; breakfast...

Many teens around the world suffer from people pleasing. One of the biggest effects is a damaging voice inside the mind.

Conquer the monstrous voice inside your head

Derek Fernandez, A&E Editor November 1, 2021

Dear voice in my head, Whether or not this fear is irrational does not change the fact that you still exist in our society today. When I go about my day, there is something genuinely terrifying when...

Day of the Dead has continued to be overshadowed by Halloween. Corporate companies have taken over the much smaller cultural holiday.

Day of the Dead and its cultural importance

Lexi Amaro, Staff Reporter November 1, 2021

Halloween has long since lost its purpose. While some may enjoy the feeling of potential death and premature demise, those who value our lives, and not to mention our sanity, may not find your average...

Shop classes are essential for high school students

Shop classes are essential for high school students

Tyler Blandin, Website Editor November 1, 2021

It is no secret that most adults today are considerably less handy than previous generations. The root cause of this helplessness is the lack of high school level shop classes. The removal of hands-on...

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