State legislations restrict higher youth turnout
Sanjana Ranganathan, Opinions Editor
August 4, 2020
Nine years ago, New Hampshire's Republican House Speaker William O’Brien promised to end voter fraud, proclaiming “kids voting liberal, voting with their feelings, with no life experience.” What followed were a series of restrictive voting laws that remain roadblocks to increasing America...
Tribune seniors answer 12 college application questions
Daniel Shen, Ronit Kumar, Harshita Neralla, Sarah Kim, and Steven Deng
May 28, 2020
As seniors graduating from the Tribune and high school, we wanted to answer some of your most frequently asked questions about the college application process. We hope that our responses, which call upon our own experiences, contribute to a healthy and more open dialogue about the often-stigmatized str...
Toxic masculinity places a mask on our society
Shereen Ahmed, Journey Manager
May 28, 2020
I went to a baby shower before the COVID-19 pandemic; the parents had a gender reveal party with balloons. The balloons were stuffed in a box, pink being a girl and blue being a boy. When the box opened and a bunch of pink balloons came out, everyone was excited and jumped for joy. I mean, obviously so w...
How we can stop COVID-19 from hurting the government’s response to wildfires
Shruthi Narayanan, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
May 28, 2020
Springtime is usually the time when firefighters inspect and reduce brush that can fuel fires in summer and fall. But the novel coronavirus has halted such activities, and many more things firefighters do to help mitigate the effects of wildfires have also been stopped. According to the New York Times, the same or...
Questioning your ethics makes them stronger
Kavin Kumaravel, Opinions Editor
May 28, 2020
As I reflect on my time spent writing for the Tribune, I realize how much I’ve enjoyed provoking conversations on campus and pushing myself to write strong opinions that didn’t preach to the choir. In writing opinion pieces, ranging from supporting the criticism of problematic figures after their...
Climate change: what we need is shame
Eva Shen, Managing Editor
May 28, 2020
I used to drink giant bottles of water— the 32 ounce plastic ones you can buy at certain Costcos. As a disproportionately hydrated person, I would lug them to school every day. That was one giant plastic bottle every single day, supplemented by a smaller, standard 16 ounce plastic bottle in case I ...
Friendly reminder: maintain social distancing on trails
Steven Deng, Copy Editor
May 28, 2020
With the shelter-in-place orders having been enforced for a few months now, there’s no doubt that people have started to feel cramped and uncomfortable stuck at home all day. As a result, more and more people are going out for walks around the neighborhood and on the nearby trails to get some fresh...
Rambling reflections on high school
Sraavya Sambara, Editor-in-Chief
May 28, 2020
Dear Reader, I’ve wanted to write this article for a really long time. As a buoyant underclassman, I remember rehearsing the sage words I would offer as a weathered senior, the impossible advice I would dole out that I would only seem to understand myself. And now that I finally have the credib...
The effect of misogyny in social media and how it affects people offline
Tessa Galeazzi, Staff Writer
May 28, 2020
Social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and YouTube allow us to comment, post and share our opinions, and serve as outlets for online creativity. TikTok, an app that has most recently risen in popularity, allows users to create videos varying from dances and lip-syncing to comedy and skits. However, t...
The anti-lockdown movement is an example of the (white) right to protest
Owen Spargo and Jade Wang
May 28, 2020
The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Recent anti-lockdown protests are taking place nationwide as people grow increasingly anxious about the state of the economy ...
Striving for ethicality in an unethical world
Vivian Kuang, Public Relations Editor
May 28, 2020
A little over a year ago, I decided to go vegetarian. I’ll admit: it was really hard. Not only did I miss meat (and still do sometimes), but coming from a family that ate meat every day, I had to deal with the reactions of my friends and family, ranging from puzzled to critical. But perhaps the mo...
Feminism and gaslighting: reflecting on my high school activism
Riya Bindlish, Features Editor
May 28, 2020
Joining journalism my sophomore year was probably one of the most influential and refreshing experiences of high school. The past three years have consisted of our class making a voice for ourselves and an attempt to figure out what our “thing” will be. To some extent we are defined by what we choos...
