Racial insensitivity triggers community discussion
Editorial Board
February 4, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorials
As Black History Month begins, it can be easy to say there has been significant progress for African American rights since the 1940s civil rights movements, but even in 2016, racism is still a problem. Approximately 100 high schoolers from predominantly Catholic Bay Area high schools attended a "wigger"-...
Demonstrating responsibility with protests
Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor
February 4, 2016
Filed under Opinion
With the world’s eyes focused on the Super Bowl and Super Bowl City, a fan-based zone downtown with football-based activities, is attracting citizens throughout the Bay Area to utilize their First Amendment rights through a stream of organized protests that are more than just marching around with ...
Ads not so ‘Super’
Editorial Board
February 4, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorials
As Super Bowl 50 festivities begin in San Francisco, people all over the country are flooding to the City to take part in the excitement of the game. Although many females will watch Super Bowl 50 and other big time sporting events, male-exclusive advertisements, lack of encouragement and poor representation of female athletes in the media c...
Improper use of mobility aids degrading, offensive
Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2015
Filed under Opinion
She is dressed in a black latex leotard, her eyes blank and her limbs rigid as she sits on a wheelchair, even though her legs are fully functional. Kylie Jenner’s recent cover of “Interview” magazine photographed by Steven Klein has caused controversy due to misuse of an assistive device for the...
Ad upholds rape culture
Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor
December 10, 2015
Filed under Opinion
While Target stores’ advertisement for kids’ clothing includes a girl on crutches, representing more diversity by featuring a model with a physical challenge, Bloomingdale’s Christmas catalog currently carries an ad that normalizes date rape. “Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking,” reads the tagl...
West mourned, East ignored
Lisabelle Panossian, Web Editor
December 10, 2015
Filed under Breaking News, Opinion
“It is not Paris we should pray for. It is the world. It is a world in which Beirut, reeling from bombings two days before Paris, is not covered in the press,” Instagram user Karuna Parikh posted a day after terrorist attacks shook the City of Light, causing the world to mourn. A double suicide...
Sexual harassment prevents women from breaking through the glass ceiling
Editorial Board
December 10, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorials
Even though women have made strides in many areas of the workplace, breaking the glass ceiling is made even more strenuous by sexual harassment in working environments, creating tremendous difficulty and setbacks for many women striving for success. One in three women has experienced a form of sexual harassmen...
Raising brows at unhealthy ideals
Julia-Rose Kibben, Design Editor
November 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion
As fashion, beauty and celebrity trends move from newsstands to phone screens, social media platforms have become a venue for the rapid replacement of one body ideal after another. Young girls and women are constantly exposed to changing body standards that can pose a dangerous threat to their health and sel...
Athletes blocking out the pressures of sports
Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor
November 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Sports & Fitness
In every gym or field I have ever been to, there is always that one parent screaming at the top of his or her lungs at their child, the referee or even the coach. “Put my kid in!” “That’s a foul!” “Finish with your left!” I can recall a time in the fourth grade when I was playing in a ...
Supporting one another essential to success
Editorial Board
November 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorials
Relationships forged at school provide a sturdy social safety net that teens can call upon in times of difficulty, yet for many others, a school’s social environment can be a stressful one, in which students can face toxic friendships and dating relationships, or complete ostracization at the hands...
Important news ignored
Liana Lum, Editor-in-chief
November 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion
It happens when you ignore the online article about domestic violence in Brazil and instead click on the article on ways to style a sweater, or when you pick up a tabloid to read about the latest celebrity gossip instead of the magazine addressing the strained political relationship between Russia an...
Women are entitled to equal pay (period)
Kristina Cary, Managing Editor
November 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion
Women constitute a significant portion of the workforce, yet they often do not receive a proportionate percentage of its earnings, a sad truth that was reaffirmed by actor Jennifer Lawrence's essay on the gender pay gap. The letter, which was published this month in “Girls” actors Lena Dunham and Je...
Computer II class celebrates semester end
Emily Kanellos, Reporter
The Computer II class celebrated their last class of the semester with an in-class breakfast featuring coffee, donuts, and bagels. Computer teacher Doug Grant initially planne...
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