It was the month of January and the week of Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, and the weather was turbulent and stormy. But the bad weather didn’t stop the thousands of people from gathering around the busy port of Long Beach to go on a four day Carnival Inspiration Cruise vacation. The 855 ft long…
California’s Drought: Is This Goodbye?
After five long years of drought in California, residents were literally showered with a pleasant surprise. Just in the past month, California experienced so much rain that many believe that the state is finally on the recovery road from the long-term drought. Based on the Sierra Nevada snowfall, Northern California has had the heaviest snowfall…
DeleteUber: What happened?
After President Donald Trump issued his “Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States,” more commonly known as Trump’s travel ban, different taxi companies of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance refused to pick up passengers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28th from 6 to 7 p.m….
Hurdling Mental Blocks
Of all the pestilences that everyone needs to endure at some point in their lives, lack of inspiration is one of the most detrimental. It is the reason that your favorite artist scrapped the album you were looking forward to, and why you can’t think of anything to write about for your English essay. It’s…
PressOn Campaign Arises
Journalism has recently made a resurgence when people on social media started the hashtag #PressOn to encourage others to personally invest in journalism. After journalism outlets refused to muddle the facts for President Donald Trump’s administration, Trump called the news “dishonest” and described the media as “the opposition party.” As a means to support those…
“Oddly Satisfying” Slime Takes Over!
There is a new internet trend going around. Once thought of as gross and disturbing, “slime” has now taken over the internet. It claims the title of “Oddly Satisfying” on many social media pages, and YouTubers and Instagrammers alike are trying out this current internet sensation for themselves.The internet is obsessed with this peculiar, new…
A New Semester, A New Goal
At the outset of the new year, many high school students begin to stress about their SATs and college applications, and 2017 may be their last chance to improve their grades and scores. As such, students have adopted new goals for the new year. Studying constantly has been the one thing that high school students…
Robotic Doctors?
Artificial intelligence seemed to be a mere myth when it first was used in our society. However, ever since the automaton Deep Blue beat the previous world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, AI has slowly encroached upon various occupations, ranging from online assistants to journalists. One remarkable area in which AI is emerging is the field…
How Big Data Affects the World
As the world shifts towards more innovative ways of gathering, sorting and delivering information, some of the current technologies are in the process of being replaced. For example, handwritten letters are now replaced by emails, and the pen and paper are replaced by the computer and keyboard. One of the key catalysts of this change…
SAT or ACT: Take the Right Test
For many students, choosing between SAT and ACT may be a grey area because all the traditional standards and lack of self-awareness. There is a lot of controversy about whether or not students should dedicate themselves to one test. For many years, taking the SAT has been the norm in the minds of parents and…