Opinion

Colleges should not have required all students to leave campus
April 20, 2020 — by Esther Luan

Colleges forcing students to leave campus during quarantine left students without places to stay, potentially creating more problems.

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Young people: Stay inside!
April 19, 2020 — by Harshini Velchamy

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, it is more essential than ever that younger generations comply with safety measures

 

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Don’t celebrate yet: Chances are AP exams will still be hard
April 16, 2020 — by Andrew Li

College Board’s changes to AP testing in response to global COVID-19 quarantines presents various issues about test security and difficulty.

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Although devastating, the coronavirus has brought a needed reprieve for students
April 16, 2020 — by Rohan Kumar

The academic environment of SHS, which often forces students into an energy-draining, monotonous routine, has finally settled down as a result of the virus.

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Credit-no-credit system would fail to accurately represent students’ abilities
April 16, 2020 — by Allen Luo

The school should not consider switching to a pass/fail grading system as it falls short of the current letter grading system

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Photo of the week

At UC Berkeley, PhD student Abrar Abidi and research assistant Yvonne Hao have embarked on a goal of creating hand sanitizer for the Bay Area's most vulnerable populations, including the homeless and the incarcerated. Their hand sanitizer includes glycerol mixed with other products, in accordance with a formula from the World Health Organization. So far, they are producing 120 hundreds of gallons of sanitizer each week. Photo courtesy of Roxanne Makasdjian with UC Berkeley.

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