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Fire sprinklers threaten school safety

Tanvi MaiMarch 26, 2020

The school has never had fire sprinklers. When the fire alarm rings, students and teachers are expected to evacuate the classroom with the emergency backpack and wait at a safe...

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COVID-19 causes unwarranted unrest

Melody ZhangMarch 26, 2020

A stark contrast to the beginnings of the spread of the new coronavirus, currently COVID-19 has garnered considerable attention, causing widespread panic and myths to propagate across the general population....

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Unpaid internships do not pay off

Eric MaiMarch 24, 2020March 26, 2020

Obsessed with making themselves appear more appealing to colleges, students often sacrifice their labor and health just to say that they took up an internship. However, such jobs are not...

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Kind of, totally Latina

Amanda LermaMarch 14, 2020March 16, 2020

I am Peruvian-Mexican-American and proud of it. My family is large in numbers and obnoxiously Latino, yelling in Spanish across streets and singing loudly at the top of our lungs....

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Tardies accompanied by absurd punishments

Leane CheMarch 14, 2020

Tardies add up, and so do the consequences. However, if a student’s parent notifies the school about an absence, they will be excused with little consequence. Most tardies are only...

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Sick days

Andrew LamMarch 12, 2020March 16, 2020

I always considered myself a healthy kid. But in 2015, I struggled even to muster up just enough strength to walk to the kitchen with my nauseating lightheadedness. My coughing...

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Finding family

Ken YuMarch 3, 2020

I never really knew what it was like to have a functional family at home. I can’t even remember when I first started visiting my dad on the weekends instead...

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Passport to happiness

Megan TieuMarch 2, 2020

I remember my first time on an airplane. As any six year old would be, I was initially filled with jittery, excited energy. This feeling soon faded away after it...

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Underpaid teachers undermine education quality

Brandon TranFebruary 20, 2020March 16, 2020

Teachers play a vital role in the education system. They utilize their time and energy to create lesson plans, grade assignments, and communicate with students inside and outside of the...

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Pride Month has lost its radical roots

Leane CheFebruary 20, 2020March 29, 2020

Pride Month has become a commercialized holiday due to the abundant “support” for the LGBTQ+ community from companies. Pride is meant to stand for how the LGBTQ+ community and its...