According to World Health Organization (WHO), 6,316 people die each hour, 151,600 people die each day, and 55.3 million people die each year. A Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is one of the common causes of death, with 50,000 to 200,000 annual deaths. It is a disease in which one or more arteries in the lungs become…
San Marino High School football Suffers Third Consecutive Loss
On September 9th, the San Marino Titans took a beating against the Schurr Spartans with the score of 42-7. The Schurr Spartans had big plays to secure each touchdown. Four of their touchdowns were scored on plays that were 40 yards or longer. Schurr quarterback, Miguel Aguero, was the star of the game. He threw…
CVHS Clubs Prepare for New School Year
On Friday, September 9, Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) held its first day of annual Club Expo. At this hour-long lunch event facilitated by the student government, more than forty clubs advertised for their clubs. Club expo is an important annual event at CVHS in which more than 100 clubs on campus try…
Science Olympiad Tryouts
This September, North Hollywood is hosting tryouts for the 2016-2017 North Hollywood Science Olympiad Team. Science Olympiad is a team competition that facilitates bonding and teamwork between aspiring scientists. Participants select a couple of events they excel at to compete in. The competition consists of events with both a study portion and a building portion…
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Case of Senioritis
It was always believed that senioritis would begin to kick in after college applications were due, near the start of the second semester, but the symptoms seem to be making an appearance relatively earlier this year. The Class of 2017 is plagued by the feeling of apathy and nonchalance towards school work and the tendency…
Robo-Taxis Run the World
On August 25th, nuTonomy.inc, a company in Cambridge, launched the world’s first self-driving taxi service through six taxicabs in Singapore. The test taxi used cameras and lasers to maneuver through the road, and people who had previously applied for the pilot run were able to experience the ride. Although there still must be a human…
California’s ban on accepting ITT students
On August 26, an emergency decision was announced by the for-profit technical institute, ITT Technical Institute, which stated that its California campuses would no longer accept new students who received federal financial aid. Much to the dismay of those in the technological field, ITT has recently been in hot water for misconduct and failure to…
Frondoso’s Fluffy Felicity
The exhaustingly long wait has finally come to an end. On the 17th of August 2016, the Frondoso apartment complex of Interlomas, Mexico City inaugurated a celebration, felicitating the new opening of an innovative application of its remaining area of land – a dog park. This was quite clearly observed to be a delightful introduction…
Students:What classes must I take?
As the new school year is starting, many students have certain classes they must take in order to earn credits to graduate. Generally, most students in the United States are required to take 4 years of english, a few years of mathematics, science, and social studies classes. In California, however, there is an A-G curriculum…
BHHS Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is a high school and middle school competition in which numerous schools from the United States participate to demonstrate interest and devotion to learning the world of science. The competition offers numerous building events and study events dealing with topics like optics, astronomy, chemistry lab, invasive species, microbe mission, forensics, and robots. Each…