In 2008, Reuters reported on Congo’s war-driven crisis: “War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which carried out the study with Australia’s Burnet…
Author: Jennifer Park
University High School
11th Grade
The Homeless Problem in Orange County
In April, hundreds of Irvine residents publicly protested a plan to place emergency homeless shelters in Irvine. According to the OC Register, Orange County supervisors had voted in March in favor of spending $70.5 million on permanent housing for the homeless and on temporary homeless camps in Irvine, Huntington Beach, and…
Why Do We Lie?
It is commonly known that a lie is a false statement made with the deliberate intent to deceive. As much as lying is frowned upon in society, people lie constantly, to the extent that some claim lying is a part of human nature. Each individual has a unique combination of core beliefs and political motivations…
Are Placebos Clinically and Ethically Acceptable?
A placebo is by definition, “a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.” It is latin for “I shall please.” Whether it be sterile water, saline solution, or a sugar pill being handed to patient to make his illness magically go away, a…
In Cape Town – An Impending Day Zero
When the Taps Will Be Turned Off? After three years of the worst drought it has experienced in a century, South Africa’s second largest city is bracing for Day Zero: the day the water supply will run dry. Cape Town will be the first major city in a developed country to come to this point….