KO dances are just okay

For some students, Homecoming is one of the most significant events in their high school career. It’s a time to celebrate school spirit while having fun with peers. Of course, fundamentally, it is a school-held event where you dance for a few hours with teenagers who are all sweaty and tired by the end. Still, […]

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Why you should read

If you were like me growing up, you may remember reading a lot. Between classics like “Charlotte’s Web,” or the arguably just-as-classic “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, reading was a pastime. It was exciting to anticipate the new “Dork Diaries” book that would come to print every holiday season or take on “Percy Jackson” […]

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The House is in shambles

Since Republicans won the House majority in 2022, its leadership has been shambles. Only nine months ago, Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House after 15 rounds of voting. Matt Gaetz, the representative of Florida’s fourth district, took the spotlight during that time, as he was the ringleader of a group of far-right republicans […]

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The beauty of Miyazaki’s “Howl’s Moving Castle”

The fantasy genre has a special effect on audiences; many of the most popular book series, as well as their critically acclaimed film adaptations – such as “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” – belong to the genre. There is something special about becoming lost in a fantastical world with magic and otherworldly creatures. Hayao […]

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mRNA vaccines are humanity’s future protection against viruses

Did you know that Messenger RNA (mRNA) is the template in organisms for constructing proteins and subsequently, using our own biological processes to combat diseases? (Pfizer). mRNA is a type of single-stranded nucleic acid that has a phosphate group, a ribose sugar, and nucleotide bases including adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil connected together through hydrogen […]

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Decolonization: the final chapter of the Age of Empires

The definition of decolonization includes both active and passive resistance against the colonizer, wherein the colonized populace will acquire its freedom and autonomy. Decolonization is not simply a process of a state being granted its independence; rather, it is a nation’s determination to obtain its independence after being subjected to the psychological and economic impacts […]

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Forget the Submarine, Actually

On June 18, 2023, an OceanGate submarine named Titan lost contact with its support vessel around an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. Onboard were five people—four of whom were billionaires.  These passengers were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, former French naval officer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Dawood’s […]

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