Month: March 2021
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Fall Sports Are Cancelled
By: Chloe Bruno After high school sports kept getting postponed, California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) decided on Tuesday, January 19th to cancel fall sports play-offs. While this decision was supposed to happen earlier in the year, it’s been put off many times due to fluctuations in the COVID classification tiers that Orange County is in. While […]
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The Benefits of Writing and Journaling
By: Amy Morrison Despite it almost having been a full year since the first lockdown from coronavirus, most people still haven’t completely adjusted to the huge difference in lifestyle. Quarantine life continues to take its toll on most people, mentally and emotionally, but at this point most people have figured out the best ways to […]
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How high school students can plan ahead to maximize their summer
By: Vivian Wang As the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year comes to an end, many high school students around the world have started to plan for their summer. For rising high school seniors, their summer entails back-to-back days of planning for college applications. For younger students, their summer may revolve around preparing for […]
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How to learn a foreign language efficiently and effectively
By: Vivian Wang With over 7,000 languages in the world today, there often lies a language barrier between two or more individuals. Google Translate becomes a traveler’s best friend, expressive hand gestures satisfy the basic everyday phrases, and miscommunication leads to potential conflict. For the start of this new year, many individuals have set new […]
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Types of Learners
By Snehal Shinh When it comes to learning, there’s no right way to do it. There are, however, different styles of learning that make it easier to grasp complicated concepts. The idea of learning styles has been around for decades and entails that different people learn best when information is presented to them in a […]
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Should We Stan “Stan Culture”?
By Snehal Shinh The term “stan” is used widely, seen on every social media platform, and is familiar amongst a large majority of people. When it comes to the origins of the term, many believe that the term is a combination of “fan” and “stalker”; however, the term originates from Eminem’s song “Stan” which was […]
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Mid Year Burn Out
By: Inso Park Given that we are in a new semester and finals have ended, it is completely normal to feel burnt out. It seems like spring break is a ways away and with no more three day weekends in sight, it feels as if the school year is going to last forever. Not to […]
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Popular Games of Quarantine
By: Amy Morrison Since the quarantine set 8 months ago, the task of finding things to do to pass the time has become quite difficult. Because so much focus has been on the ways we can pass our time while indoors, video games have become a much bigger focus of general life. For many, video […]
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Christmas Movies: Why are they all the same?
By: Young Kim It’s the merriest time of the year and families can expect classic festive movies that bring a sense of nostalgia to everyone. Some cult classics such as Elf, Harry Potter, Rudolph the Redness Reindeer, and the Nightmare Before Christmas are a small sample of the genre filled with thousands of movies. But […]
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The Problem With Delivery Apps
By: Young Kim Postmates, Doordash, and UberEats. These are all delivery apps that have had significant growth during the quarantine period due to the majority of the population staying at home. From the outside it seems like a win win situation. Users can stay at home while restaurants still gain revenue through a transaction fee […]
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