Tessa Galeazzi, Assistant Web Manager
• January 11, 2022
“It’s up to your generation to ensure a brighter future for our world!”
When I was younger and teachers said anything along those lines to the class, I felt a sense of pride and encouragement....
From the formalization of Santa Claus to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas in America feels like it’s always been nothing more than a matter of Eurocentric corporate interest. But when traced...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• December 15, 2021
Dear reader,
Let it be known that taking AP classes is actually not my whole personality trait, contrary to what it may sound like in any conversation with me.
I was scrolling through Instagram the...
The Gabby Petito disappearance case has taken over American media, with many major news outlets focusing on the investigation’s numerous twists and turns. Many users on social media platforms like TikTok...
There is a plague spreading across the U.S. Yes, as ominous and as hilariously ridiculous as that sounds, it's unfortunately true. The plague we speak of isn't physical however, at least not at first....
*Names have been changed to preserve privacy.
On the first day of Pride Month 2020, Isabella* came out to her mother. It was 4 a.m.; outside, it was dark and a pandemic was raging.
The two sat on...
“Authentic” is a sought-after buzzword on food review sites like Yelp. Eateries with this label might be mom and pop shops offering traditional family delicacies or Michelin-star establishments claiming...
“You look so pretty!”
“Er- no you.”
That is my overused response to any compliment I receive: simple, curt and self-reflexive.
But, this “simple” response isn’t so simple. It’s...
Good writing is rewriting. But good movies don’t always require remaking.
Disney’s past movies still remain as some of their most iconic across all generations, yet their most recent releases...
From filling their schedules with AP and Honors classes to joining every extracurricular they can find, Dougherty students are known for overburdening themselves for the sake of getting into a selective...
Leaning my head on the car window on a sunny day, and occasionally looking out at the freeway, I didn’t immediately recognize what it was on the shoulders of the freeway. Looking closely for several...
It wasn’t long ago that I realized I kind of missed trick-or-treating. I had never hated it, per se — it was just that I could never come up with a good costume, there was always that one house with...
