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The Wildcat Tribune

The official student news site of Dougherty Valley High School.

The Wildcat Tribune

The official student news site of Dougherty Valley High School.

The Wildcat Tribune

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They could come for you next.

Nayja Shah, Staff Writer April 23, 2023

June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade was overturned. Why should you care? Nation-wide limitation for the abortion pill mifepristone is being discussed. Why should you care? Just in 2023, 461 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were...

Stressed-out students use LinkedIn counterproductively when they compare themselves to others.

LinkedIn bolsters toxic environment at DVHS

Ananya Pinnamaneni and Saanvi Haridas April 16, 2023

Have you ever found yourself clicking through endless LinkedIn profiles of your peers, your stress building up as you realize how much more accomplished these students seem compared to you? LinkedIn,...

As hate toward vegetarian diets increases, it's essential to question the effectivity of them.

Subject to Change: Questioning vegans

Srishreya (Shreya) Arunsaravanakumar, Opinions Editor April 16, 2023

Dear reader,  Recently, I was scrolling through my YouTube feed and I saw a video from YouTuber beenoftheweek with the Vegan Teacher that piqued my interest. For those of you who haven’t been on...

The scatterplot indicates that more academically rigorous counties, such as Contra Costa County, have lower suicide rates.

Dougherty academic culture is good — stop pretending like you don’t like it

Samuel (Sammy) Minioza April 14, 2023

It’s a new school year once again, and although the last two years have been tumultuous, now that the first couple of months have passed and students have begun to settle in, it’s clear that a couple...

Word art reading "The Illusion of a Blue Bay Area."

The illusion of a “blue” Bay Area

Lauren Chen, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2023

Recently I came across an Instagram account that made some disturbing—and blatantly false—claims. Among other issues, it argued 1) that the CDC and NIH “have no studies proving the safety of injecting...

Teenage love, while sometimes violent and harmful, can similarly be passionate and is something no one should avoid.

The insanity of love, adolescence and facing consequences

Reyna Jimenez, Staff Writer April 7, 2023

Teenage couples are a rough topic. Love, and more commonly for teenagers, infatuation, like all feelings, is unavoidable. But for the emotional teen already handling changes within the body and mind, love...

High school debate encourages teens to sensationalize certain issues while devaluing others, an alarming trend in an activity meant to promote a better understanding of the world.

High school debate obscures the true issues

Ananya Pinnamaneni, Features Editor April 4, 2023

Recently, in a debate round, my opponents read an argument about how unions increase wages for women and thereby close the gender wage gap. As a response to this, I talked about how unions perpetuate sexual...

Despite nuclear threats, possibilities of cooperation shouldn’t be stopped.

Normalized nuclear threats show us the path to peace

Nethra Dhamodaran, Opinions Editor April 3, 2023

It seemed somewhat unimaginable until the pandemic to see a war play out with a global power involved, yet the time finally came when after years of speculation, Russia invaded Ukraine. However, even with...

Farm subsidies pay farmers part of the cost of producing cash crops.

Farm subsidies are destroying the world

Rikin Patel and Jennifer Sheng March 30, 2023

Recent Ukraine and COVID-19 supply chain shocks are yet another reminder of the world’s worsening food security crisis. They have brought hunger to millions of people, especially in low-income countries...

Self-pressure places us in a constant state of chasing perfection  in our academic pursuits.

Subject to Change: Self-pressurization comes at the cost of our sanity

Srishreya (Shreya) Arunsaravanakumar, Opinions Editor March 30, 2023

Dear Reader, Picture this: bright-colored papers adorn the hands of DV students. You quickly glance over your friend’s shoulder to see what course titles fill their course selection forms. “AP”...

Despite its widespread definition, we're usually not laughing out loud when we use the term "lol".

The true meaning of “lol”

Arav Bhattacharya March 29, 2023

Ask anyone who’s ever been online what “lol” means, and you’ll get a pretty clear-cut answer. It seems like that should be the end of the story, since “lol” is literally an acronym for “laughing...

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