Opinion: Team Paradox Soars at the FIRST World Championship
Story by Jenna Weinhofer, Staff Writer
April 24, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
Over 300 teams from around the world gathered this past week at the FIRST World Championship at Houston, Texas from April 17-20. The event, which was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, celebrated STEM innovation and inspiration. The teams competing were either regional winners, Chairma...
Opinion: How to productively discuss (without the complications)
Story by Hunter McGahan, Staff Writer
April 19, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
So I talk a lot. That was a problem I faced when I was really young, but luckily through those troubles I’ve discovered some basics when discussing with others (I prefer to say discuss rather than argue because I am a heavily opinionated person and don’t like fighting nor am I any bit a professional...
Opinion: Snowed in on Competition
Story by Jenna Weinhofer, Staff Writer
April 1, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
San Dieguito Academy’s robotics organization Team Paradox 2102 competed at the Utah Regional last weekend, making it into the semi-finals. Having earlier qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championships in Houston, our goal was to practice and, hopefully, win the competition. We also wanted...
Opinion: Houston? We don’t have a problem.
Story by Jenna Weinhofer and Max Vennemeyer
March 7, 2019
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San Dieguito Academy’s robotics organization Team Paradox 2102 competed at the Del Mar Regional last weekend and qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championships in Houston in mid-April. Thirty-five teams from around the world came together to compete in this year’s challenge, Destination...
Humor: February Meme Review
Story by Victoria Lee and Jeffrey Furgerson
March 7, 2019
Filed under CAF, Circus Animal Fun, Top Stories
DISCLAMER: Dictionary result for meme: /mēm/ noun an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means, especially imitation. a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with sli...
Humor: The Hell-Rat
Story by Jeffrey Furgerson and Victoria Lee
March 4, 2019
Filed under CAF, Circus Animal Fun, Top Stories
Youtuber Shane Dawson went to Chuck E. Cheese and said that he discovered that they reused their pizzas, so he exposed them on his channel. This caused an uproar of enraged parents and kids who couldn’t believe that Chuck E Cheese would serve them such disgusting food. Then, CEC’s pizzas became a...
Opinion: “Roma” should’ve won, “BlacKkKlansman” maybe, but not “Green Book”
Story by Sylvia Young, Humor Editor/Features Editor
February 25, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Opinions, Reviews, Top Stories, TV
I actually took the time to watch all of the Best Picture nominees, plus “The Wife” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me,” which got Best Actress nominations. So basically, my opinions on the Oscars are about two percent more relevant than anyone else’s. I want to rant, so I’m gonna shove everything...
Opinion: Bryan Stevenson’s message of hope
Story by Sylvia Young, Humor Editor
January 22, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
Yesterday, we got a day off of school for Martin Luther King day. It’s easy to focus on how nice it is to have a day to relax instead of remembering the reason behind it. But this year, take a moment to reflect. And then take action. Whatever you’re passionate about, whatever makes you angry, do so...
Opinion: The parks are a wreck.
Story by Linnaea Erisman, Arts Editor
January 14, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
If you happen to have glanced at the news lately, you might have noticed that our government is going through an interesting dilemma. Under the Trump administration, America is currently in the middle of the longest government shutdown in its 238-year history. As you might expect, this has...
Opinion – We had the cowbell, but not the spirit
Story by Alexis Price and Madelyn Sequeira
October 12, 2018
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Today at SDA, the homecoming assembly was quite something. It began with senior Ariana Riel singing a beautiful version of the national anthem, a hoco-promotion video, speech and debate announcements, the fall sports video, a “Just Dance” activity for students, and a teacher band made up of music...
Opinion – Homeroom Olympics: Relay Race Day
Story by Tom Amoroso, Staff Writer
March 27, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Today at SDA, Top Stories
At SDA, Homeroom Olympics is the pinnacle of intra-school competition. It is the stage in which homerooms both foster a sense of community as well as prove their ultimate dominance. Homerooms may elect to either participate or abstain from competition. We are lucky to be granted the opportunity for...
Opinion – Taking Action Beyond the March
Story by Lila Schief, Staff Writer
March 26, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
Enough is enough. As 4,000 men, women, and most importantly, children gathered at Swami’s Saturday to March for their Lives and for the enforcement of stricter gun laws, our overwhelming need for change became obvious. The march began in the Swami’s parking lot. After a quick introduction by the ...
