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Music enhances nearly every aspect of life
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Music directly impacts and is essential to every phase and angle of existence. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, music is a factor of each level of the necessities to human life. The last tier, titled “Self-Actualization,” entails the psychological needs of creativity, acceptance and expressing the core of one’s being and music is an…
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A binational canal is necessary to fight climate change
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California’s Salton Sea was once a shining resort town of the 50s and late 60s; reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell canvas. The 21st century paints a destroyed ecosystem, with water levels dropping by 11 feet from 2005 to 2022, consequently exposing shorelines (playa). The playa harbors toxic dust, causing the prevalence of lung diseases…
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Teenagers struggle to find jobs without prior experience
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Becoming a teenager translates to a whole list of new experiences. These range from starting high school, to driving and finally to the dreaded and near impossible task of finding a job. As more and more students start driving and going out on their own, more and more are trying to find a job…
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Homelessness and what we can do as a community
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“Stranger Danger” is one of the first phrases that we are taught as children, to warn us that our safety may be jeopardized by those we do not know. We learn to fear anyone whose appearance diverges from “normality,” that they must pose a threat and should be avoided at all costs. As children,…
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Native American challenges continue today
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To state that Native Americans’ experiences are commonly overlooked in our education system is not a shocking conclusion. However, many believe that Native American history is just that: history. In reality, much of the overlooked adversity that Native individuals dealt with in the past is still present in society. The understanding that most students…
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Perpetual gun violence leads to desensitization
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“____ is in our thoughts and prayers.” Fill in the blank with any location that has been a victim of gun violence, and you might start to notice that we hear this phrase so often that we have become so comfortable with it, to the point where we almost expect it. Our flag is…
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Banning gender transitions is clearly regressive
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On March 22, the government of Iowa approved Senate File 538. Included in this file are the prohibition of hormone-based medications or hormone blockers for minors, the prohibition of surgeries that sterilize (including vasectomies and hysterectomies), and the prohibition of gender reconstruction surgeries for adults, as well as minors. The state of Iowa is…
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The U.S. needs to put more effort into helping Turkey
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On Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Gaziantep, Turkey (Türkiye), and on Feb. 20, a 6.3-magnitude hit the southern part of Turkey. This pushed the death toll from the earthquakes past 47,000, making these events the deadliest natural disasters in history. There are reports of over 87,000 injuries and over 47,000 destroyed buildings. On…
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California needs to be mindful of the drought status
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One of the biggest misconceptions made within our community concerning our water usage tends to be the celebration that drought status is revoked whenever rain falls. In turn, people begin to make poor decisions in terms of their water usage and carelessly waste water. The gravity of this issue does not just fall within…
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Agendas have no place in the health curriculum
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In 2021, the district adopted the new health curriculum known as “Teen Talk”. The adaptation of this new curriculum has led to an abundance of parents who feel entitled to voice their strong criticisms of the material educating their children. Under a rational and well-founded basis, criticisms are accepted and even encouraged in our…