If you could forgo college for big bucks in Silicon Valley, would you do it? High school seniors stress about Common App essays and EA/ED deadlines. That’s a fact plainly visible across school districts in America. At some point along the trek to January, many will question why they even subject themselves to weekends of […]
Category: Food for Thought
The Echo Chamber That Changed America
How the “manosphere” won Donald Trump the 2024 election To understand how the manosphere plays a big part in today’s government, it is crucial to understand what the concept actually is. According to UN Women, the manosphere describes the online collection of podcasts, blogs, and videos that claim to help solve men’s problems but often […]
The Good and the Bad of Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Concert
The two-faced truth of the artist’s concert residency experiment Bad Bunny, one of the most famous Latinx artists in the world, has recently gone viral for his one-of-a-kind “residential concert” in Puerto Rico. Titled “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí,” Spanish for “I Don’t Want to Leave Here,” the concert experience involved Bad Bunny performing […]
A New Future Of Education
How phone bans pave the way for a distraction-free school system You are sitting in first-period English and listening attentively to your teacher when, all of a sudden, you hear a buzz. Someone’s phone is going off. Everyone turns to watch as your classmate scrambles to turn off their ringer, pulling out their phone to […]
UCLA’s Reaction to the Palisades Fire
Distress in the UCLA community rises as communication declines By: Harper Dubovik Although the state of California takes rigorous precautionary wildfire measures, no program could prepare Los Angeles for the Palisades fires on January 7th, 2025. The flames that started off as a small brush fire in the Pacific Palisades soon destroyed over 20,000 acres. […]
The Truth of Aviation Safety
The danger behind media bias and distortion By: Ahna Jung Imagine sitting in an airplane, when all of a sudden, the engine falters. Helpless, you watch as the plane plummets rapidly to the ground, and the only thing you can hear in these final moments are the shrieks and cries of everyone around you. This […]
Rebooting the Gilded Age
How technology drove the world back By: You-Yan Wang Robber barons lined the pockets of America’s first Gilded Age. A century-and-a-half later, they threaten to do the same again. A postbellum period characterized by intense corruption that marred workers’ hopes for prosperous futures, the Gilded Age began with rapid industrialization and the development of the […]
Why Facebook Shouldn’t Be Your Fact Checker
Policing online speech risks amplifying misinformation, not solving it By: Lukas Wellesley Social media platforms host an astonishing 5.2 billion active users, with posts ranging from casual updates to global news. However, the growing demand for platforms like Facebook and Instagram to act as the internet’s fact-checkers presents a difficult conundrum: their business models prioritize […]
Mysterious Drone Sightings
A rising threat to privacy in New Jersey By: Viena Desai Over the past few weeks, over 100 drones have been spotted in New Jersey, raising the question: How far is too far regarding safety and freedom? The recent mysterious increase in drone sightings in New Jersey is part of a dangerous rise in surveillance […]
Scrolling Your Life Away
Why social media is the bane of society By: Mac Dimidis The rise of social media has altered the way we share information, communicate, and interact with others. However, there are many problems caused by it that negatively impact both individuals and society as a whole. Social media is destructive because it harms people’s mental […]