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*DISCLAIMER: I AM GENERALIZING It is a known fact that girls develop faster than boys. Thus, we quickly become tired of the male shenanigans that occur in elementary and middle school. Girls turn to each other to entertain themselves in different, less athletic ways. However, as time goes on and we reach high school,…
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Violence against women of color is omnipresent. We listen to it, we read about it, we watch it happen and yet it still seems to be treated like white noise in the background of “bigger” issues. Why has the conversation of the African-American girls missing from Washington D.C. since 2017 stopped? Did you know…
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I am an absolute music nerd. I can’t go anywhere without a pair of earbuds with me, and I have to be the one to control the aux cord. For the past two years, I have listened to more than 190,000 minutes of music total, or about four and a half hours everyday. That…
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The idea that guns are untouchable because of the Second Amendment follows an aged dogmatism that makes no sense in 2018. While mental health issues and toxic masculinity are probable and well-founded causes of gun violence, it does not absolve guns from blame. Yes people kill people, but guns make it easy. If a…
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YBefore 2010, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon were dropping some heat on their channels: “Tom and Jerry”, “Drake and Josh”, “Kim Possible” and “Danny Phantom”. Shows like these shaped our futures, from revealing subtle truths about life to giving us a few extra jokes to laugh at during school. Recently, the quality of…
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One of the most common debates among tech users is the age-old Apple vs Android dispute. No one needs to know that they are talking about to have an opinion on this issue. In fact, people are so opinionated on the matter, that the debate has spawned millions of memes, countless forums and very…
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Ah the holiday season. This is usually my favorite time of year. A perfect trinity of holidays all crammed into three months — the Harry Potter movie marathon of holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, then my birthday, let’s not talk about new years) — not to mention the colorful array of caffeinated holiday drinks. This year,…
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The United States was not founded with political parties. In fact, our first president George Washington warned against them in his farewell address. Yet, it seems like America did what Americans do best nowadays: ignored him. Even from the beginning, with Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, political parties were not just used as vehicles of bringing…
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Our country is founded on the basis that the American population will elect politicians to make governmental decisions. In theory, these politicians are people who represent the ideals of dignity, morality and tolerance for all people. However, in the last couple of years, it has become clear that many politicians are individuals who cannot…
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Visiting colleges is a necessity for high school seniors to truly know where they belong. Though our school gives our seniors two excused days at any time of the school year to visit colleges, all the work that we need to makeup on the days we miss can be a large weight on our…