Opinion: Bye Sister…
Story by Jeffrey Furgerson and Victoria Lee
May 23, 2019
On Friday, May 10, 2019, sister James Charles was laid to rest; his lies no longer concealed, his dirty deeds highlighted in a shade of Flashback, and his sisters no longer lip-sticking with his fake ass. Beauty guru Tati Westbrook was fed up with James’ sister scandals, and decided to destroy his...
Opinion: High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Story by Cade Culbertson, Staff Writer
May 22, 2019
On Saturday, Justin Amash, a Republican, broke party lines to become the first member of the GOP to advocate for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Just one day before, Amash tweeted his support for impeachment proceedings, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defied a subpoena t...
Opinion: Keep calm and ditch prom
Story by Cade Culbertson, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
Tomorrow night is prom and unlike many of the people I know, I’m not going. I know, I know; this is my last year at this school and this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that everyone should go to right? Well, not exactly. Let’s take a step back and look at how much of a dent an experience...
Opinion: Team Paradox Soars at the FIRST World Championship
Story by Jenna Weinhofer, Staff Writer
April 24, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...