Elizabeth Holmes: Silicon Valley toxicity epitomized February 4, 2022 — by Jonathan Li $600 million evaporated after the dust settled from the fall of Theranos. Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulence tainted the once-coveted “Silicon Valley startup” title, but this name has already greatly deteriorated from its formal grandeur. Decades of misinformation fueled by poisonous investor behavior have bubbled over, revealing Silicon Valley’s toxic culture of valuing growth over […] read more » February Break: the best time of year February 3, 2022 — by Benjamin Li and Daniel Wu Ski week: The “undeserved break” we all hail. Some people say it shouldn’t exist; we couldn’t disagree more. Whether we’re hitting the slopes to ski, sleeping in or utilizing the time to catch up on second semester studying, February’s so-called ski week is every high school student’s savior. Placed just over a month into the […] read more » Amidst controversy, schools correct to maximize in-person education January 31, 2022 — by Arnav Swamy Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases resulting from the highly transmissible omicron variant, some students, parents and teachers alike are calling for a return to online school, if only for a few weeks. Currently, however, the in-person policies put in place by the district have been adequate, and a pre-emptive switch to online […] read more » Politics plus math equals a terrible idea January 30, 2022 — by Benjamin Li With countless social justice issues being brought to light from abortion rights to gun control, it’s no surprise that many students wish to learn about these matters earlier. Recently, the California legislative branch has been debating whether to replace some of the current math curriculum with more social justice–related topics. This proposal shifts the focus […] read more » Staff editorial: As infections rise, schools should have the authority to go online again January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo In the weeks after coming back from winter break, COVID-19 cases have exploded in many schools across the nation: At SHS, at least 40 students and a handful of staff members had tested positive as of Jan. 20, a number that is likely to increase as the incredibly contagious omicron variant spreads. In fact, cases […] read more » How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
February Break: the best time of year February 3, 2022 — by Benjamin Li and Daniel Wu Ski week: The “undeserved break” we all hail. Some people say it shouldn’t exist; we couldn’t disagree more. Whether we’re hitting the slopes to ski, sleeping in or utilizing the time to catch up on second semester studying, February’s so-called ski week is every high school student’s savior. Placed just over a month into the […] read more » Amidst controversy, schools correct to maximize in-person education January 31, 2022 — by Arnav Swamy Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases resulting from the highly transmissible omicron variant, some students, parents and teachers alike are calling for a return to online school, if only for a few weeks. Currently, however, the in-person policies put in place by the district have been adequate, and a pre-emptive switch to online […] read more » Politics plus math equals a terrible idea January 30, 2022 — by Benjamin Li With countless social justice issues being brought to light from abortion rights to gun control, it’s no surprise that many students wish to learn about these matters earlier. Recently, the California legislative branch has been debating whether to replace some of the current math curriculum with more social justice–related topics. This proposal shifts the focus […] read more » Staff editorial: As infections rise, schools should have the authority to go online again January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo In the weeks after coming back from winter break, COVID-19 cases have exploded in many schools across the nation: At SHS, at least 40 students and a handful of staff members had tested positive as of Jan. 20, a number that is likely to increase as the incredibly contagious omicron variant spreads. In fact, cases […] read more » How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Amidst controversy, schools correct to maximize in-person education January 31, 2022 — by Arnav Swamy Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases resulting from the highly transmissible omicron variant, some students, parents and teachers alike are calling for a return to online school, if only for a few weeks. Currently, however, the in-person policies put in place by the district have been adequate, and a pre-emptive switch to online […] read more » Politics plus math equals a terrible idea January 30, 2022 — by Benjamin Li With countless social justice issues being brought to light from abortion rights to gun control, it’s no surprise that many students wish to learn about these matters earlier. Recently, the California legislative branch has been debating whether to replace some of the current math curriculum with more social justice–related topics. This proposal shifts the focus […] read more » Staff editorial: As infections rise, schools should have the authority to go online again January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo In the weeks after coming back from winter break, COVID-19 cases have exploded in many schools across the nation: At SHS, at least 40 students and a handful of staff members had tested positive as of Jan. 20, a number that is likely to increase as the incredibly contagious omicron variant spreads. In fact, cases […] read more » How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Politics plus math equals a terrible idea January 30, 2022 — by Benjamin Li With countless social justice issues being brought to light from abortion rights to gun control, it’s no surprise that many students wish to learn about these matters earlier. Recently, the California legislative branch has been debating whether to replace some of the current math curriculum with more social justice–related topics. This proposal shifts the focus […] read more » Staff editorial: As infections rise, schools should have the authority to go online again January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo In the weeks after coming back from winter break, COVID-19 cases have exploded in many schools across the nation: At SHS, at least 40 students and a handful of staff members had tested positive as of Jan. 20, a number that is likely to increase as the incredibly contagious omicron variant spreads. In fact, cases […] read more » How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Staff editorial: As infections rise, schools should have the authority to go online again January 21, 2022 — by Jonny Luo In the weeks after coming back from winter break, COVID-19 cases have exploded in many schools across the nation: At SHS, at least 40 students and a handful of staff members had tested positive as of Jan. 20, a number that is likely to increase as the incredibly contagious omicron variant spreads. In fact, cases […] read more » How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
How to approach New Year’s Resolutions: Think of them New Year’s goals instead January 21, 2022 — by Howard Shu Near the end of 2020, I was pondering what my New Year’s resolution should be when it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to stop going to sleep at 1:30 a.m. and finally fix my messed up sleep schedule. Though I hadn’t changed my sleep schedule at all for the week […] read more » Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics: a reminder for IOC officials to step up their game January 21, 2022 — by Lynn Dai On Dec. 6, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. will be diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing “ongoing genocide and other human rights abuses” in Xinjiang. The U.K., Australia and Canada joined the boycott shortly after, and as usual, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded with a biting threat […] read more » America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
America may be the land of the free, but that doesn’t mean college should be January 20, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou In October, President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community college free was cut from the White House’s social spending bill in an effort to get it passed (it remains unpassed as of this writing). This is just the latest push for free private and public college, which began over five decades ago. It’s easy to […] read more » Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Overturning Roe v. Wade threatens more fundamental rights than just abortion January 18, 2022 — by Stephanie Sun On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court officially ruled that a Texas statute banning abortion was unconstitutional, establishing that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicitly protected under the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision from the court. It decriminalized abortions, which […] read more » Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast
Should the alumni interview system undergo radical changes? December 17, 2021 — by Selina Chen On Oct. 8, Georgetown sent me an email with an all caps “ACTION REQUIRED” in the subject line telling me to reach out to my alumni interviewer within a week. I freaked out; I had not started my essays because I was applying by the regular decision deadline of Jan. 10. Nevertheless, I emailed my […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2627282930...4050607080...nextlast