Just a couple weeks ago, Halloween was celebrated nationwide. Children and parents were seen roaming around the streets of their neighborhood in their extravagant costumes, knocking on doors and asking “Trick or Treat?” Although Halloween may be conceived as a day for candy and fun, its history was not fun-filled with candy, decorated pumpkins, and…
An Original and a Translation
Han Gang is a South Korean bestseller author of the novel “The Vegetarian”, a sensational tale about a housewife who refuses to eat meat due to violent nightmares, growing insane as the story goes on. “The Vegetarian” was originally published in 2007 in Korean. Even then, the novel received a positive response, but it was…
How High School Affects Freshman
To students, high school is known to be either the greatest time of their lives or the most stressful. A few 9th graders at La Canada High School revealed their thoughts about high school’s effects on themselves, so far. Jenny Kim, an aspiring art student at the school disclosed her perspective upon the tolls high…
“Tiger Mom”: Good or Bad?
Every parent wants their child to succeed in life. In a time when the value of an individual can be determined by a single letter, it’s not surprising to see that more and more parents are hovering over their child’s gradebook to immediately reprimand them for any grade that doesn’t meet their standard. Of course,…
Clean Water Needs to be Available for All
“Over 20% of our world’s population don’t have access to a vital resource that is necessary for human life,” stated by professor John Ahart at Hart High School. Each year 10 million people die because from not having this vital resource for consumption and other uses. Nearly all 10 million of those deaths occur in…
Taking Action to Help Students
Currently in the process of being built, a wellness room is opening up for students at Academy of the Canyons, or AOC. The students in AOC do not get to experience a normal high school experience like other students do. From freshman to senior year, the students are required to take multiple college classes such…
Editor’s Column: Diversity in the 21st Century
As a society, we have strived long and hard to reach the goal of attaining diversity – or is it only on the surface? Dove has been one of the first companies to step up to address the societal problems regarding diversity and acceptance through their Real Beauty Campaign, which was launched in 2004. The…
Dia De Los Muertos
While the US is busy preparing to have the spookiest Halloween celebration, their neighboring country, Mexico is working extremely hard to have the brightest yet most exotic Halloween-like and traditional celebration for themselves. Term El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), this Mexican festival, as a memorial for the dead, is celebrated…
Coastal Cleanup Day
Earlier this month, Heal the Bay hosted their annual coastal cleanup which is the largest volunteer project to protect the ocean. During this event, volunteers gathered in 61 different sites along the coast of California to pick up toxic waste. A total of 9,600 volunteers showed up to beaches, creeks, and rivers to collect trash…
Rising Star in Hollywood; Marketable R-rated Films
Recently in the Hollywood movie industry, R-rated movies are very famous and leading the new trend of the movie industry. Starting from last year’s movie “Deadpool”, which was one of the first hero movies that premiered as an R-rated film. Coming in as one of the top 10 movies in the box office last year,…