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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

Even family bonds can be broken over time if effort is not made to maintain them.

Family love is earned not granted

Inika Katragadda, Opinions Editor October 5, 2025

Siblings consume the position of being the headache creators, the snack thieves and the relentless copycats. Throughout the last 15 years, my sister has perfected all three of these roles, leaving me with...

Political blame game after Charlie Kirk’s death obscures the real problem

Kayal Kumaravel, Inika Katragadda, and Anushka Kabra September 17, 2025

On Sept. 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk – a 31-year-old American political activist and high-profile conservative commentator – was fatally shot in the neck from a distance during one of his livestreamed “Prove...

TikTok debate gathers students’ opinions

Zoe Alcause, Managing Editor May 27, 2025

As of January 2025, ByteDance’s popular app, TikTok, has faced potential ban in America due governmental concern for national security. The Supreme Court upheld a law on Jan. 19, creating the “Protecting...

How much are you willing to overlook?

Stopping corporate nice guys

Luke Santorsiero, Multimedia Editor May 26, 2025

We all know deep down that corporations are just downright evil. I think it’s a bit hard to look at a corporation like Nestle, which is responsible for a minimum of 10.9 million infant deaths, and still...

Yearbooks as an art form are fading out in a digital age where every passing moment can be captured and reflected upon in a flashy highlight reel found on a personalized social media page.

Yearbooks may be going out of style: Are they in their last pages?

Andy Mei, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 26, 2025

There was once a time when yearbooks felt essential — a thick, glossy capsule of a school year, passed around to be signed by friends and kept as a cherished memento. Today, however, they seem more like...

Due to the pandemic and the rise of social media, people are more isolated and disconnected from one another.

Community is becoming a thing of the past, and it’s taking our empathy with it

Mahika Katariya, Arts & Entertainment Editor January 29, 2025

The point we’re at in history is, objectively, one where humans are the most connected we’ve ever been. With the advent of the internet and social media, communication happens at speeds that were once...

Social media usage is decreasing for students as social media itself is sparking a change.

Social media usage decreases among young consumers

Asrita Yelisetti, Web Manager January 20, 2025

Teenagers are constantly seen as if they’re addicted to social media. However, recently, the “dopamine detox”, where the brain’s reward system is reset by taking a break from overconsumption on...

Sophomore Melody Li is crafting content beyond the classroom.

DVHS’s content creators: balancing school, passion and future goals

Sahasra Potturu, Staff Writer November 25, 2024

As platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch become more prevalent, DVHS students are taking up content creation. For many, creating videos, art or music is more than a hobby — it’s a way...

The epidemic of Brat vs Demure is prevalent across the social media platform of TikTok, and is demonstrating the influence of such trends on this generation.

Brat vs Demure: Possibly the biggest vibe switch up in the decade.

Nishita Mukherjee, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2024

What will you be today? Messy, self-centered, and overly confident or humble, calm, and collected? Will you be one today and the other tomorrow?  I don’t think I'm a brat or very demure. I do think...

“Beach Read” and “One Last Stop”, two books that rose to popularity through BookTok.

BookTok: the world’s largest book club makes people worse at reading

Mahika Katariya, Arts & Entertainment Editor September 28, 2024

The other day, I stumbled across a TikTok where a young woman was talking about a new book she’d read, and at first, this seemed like it would be right up my alley. The book was one I’d been meaning...

Many people are oblivious to the decreasing quality of “reputable” news sources.

Mainstream journalism is losing its purpose

Ekroop Kaur, Lead Copy Editor December 10, 2023

A few days ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and I noticed a post that read “NYT says coverage of Gaza hospital blast gave ‘incorrect impression’ of facts.” After reading the post,...

Performative activism highlights the inefficiencies of protests on social media.

Dougherty, stop protesting with closed eyes

Shelby Yeh, Arts and Entertainment Copy Editor December 10, 2023

Simon says close your eyes. Simon says push this button, that button. Simon says consume, copy. Simon doesn’t have to tell us twice. Yesterday, I learned that more than 13,000 people have been killed...

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