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The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is coming to town. The easiest way to summarize the WBC is simply by attempting to visit their website under the CVUSD firewall. Type in “Westboro Baptist Church” and click the first link you see — the organization’s official homepage. The site, which you will notice has the url…
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Thousand Oaks Mayor Rob McCoy believes justice comes from God. He believes that all rights are granted by God. He believes morals are based on God. He does not believe in the separation of church and state. Religious beliefs are not shared by everyone, but the First Amendment applies to all. However, McCoy seems…
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Every year, there always seems to be a new, more popular video game — Fortnite, Call of Duty, League of Legends. The list only continues. As these games develop, controversy regarding the effects of them arise, but one effect outweighs the rest: their promotion of sexism, a disastrous concept which will be embedded in…
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Men can be better, and the Gillette advertisement exemplified that point. Gillette posted an advertisement on Jan. 13 to their Youtube account, and while it may have faced some backlash, the message gets straight to the point. The ad depicted the reality of toxic masculinity, that it not only negatively affects women, but men…
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Technology. The safest tool to humans, right? Nope, more like one of the most powerful tools that invades everyone’s privacy. Everyday, many people get their identity stolen, and technology is a major facilitator. Through online websites, games or any software where personal information is inputted, the information is at risk of being stolen. From…
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President Donald Trump tweeted a proposal to ban transgender military service in July 2017. A year and a half later, the Supreme Court condoned this decision. On Jan. 22, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the ban, reversing a policy that former President Barack Obama made allowing transgender people to serve. Not…
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On my last trip to CVS, there seemed to be a giant elephant in the room. Or rather, a giant mountain of backpacks. CVS has recently implemented a new policy requiring students to leave their backpacks by the door while they shop. They might as well have installed a flashing neon sign that says…
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Ever hear someone walk into a room and scream, “It smells like broke in here!” They were probably wearing AirPods. If you didn’t hear them, you were probably wearing AirPods too. The newest fad of 2019 is Apple’s $159 wireless AirPods. Before Christmas, mainly mediocre basketball players and rich kids who wanted other kids…
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“Girl Power” is only powerful if ALL girls stick together. When girls criticize each other, subtly or overtly, behind each other’s backs or to their face, it weakens our cause altogether. When guys have a problem with one another, they hash it out and get over it pretty quickly. In my experience, women are…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sharing cooking videos. Beto O’Rourke is giving us the inside scoop on his dental cleaning. What does this have to do with policy-making? Nothing. The new breed of Democratic politicians is trying to be our BFF. Why? There is a notion within the Democratic party that hinges on the idea of…