The Mariners: Hot or not in the new season?
With October well underway, the Major League Baseball postseason has begun as well. As is seemingly tradition, with the end of the regular season comes the end of the Mariners […]
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How procrastination saves grades: Productivity increases when students have no choice
I can confidently say that I am definitely a procrastinator. And I’ve been this way ever since I’ve been in charge of my own schedule and I didn’t have my […]
Europe justified unjust legislation as a defense measure
In recent months, Europe has been plagued with extreme issues ranging from terrorist attacks, instability in Spain over an independence referendum to decide if Catalan would remain as a part […]
Footballers need more concussion protection
The National Football League’s concussion protocol and punishment system is a laughable excuse of rules and policies set up to make people like Commissioner Rodger Goodell look as if though […]
Moving out: an adventure well worth the challenges
Moving out of a childhood home is almost always a welcome change for people my age. In a time when teenagers are becoming adults and craving more independence, parents simultaneously […]
Why humans should not move to Mars
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about how modern technology is advancing at a rate that could soon allow us to leave our home planet Earth and inhabit […]
E-sports are real sports
With the coming of October, the baseball postseason begins, the NBA season begins, Halloween is coming up, and League of Legends goes underway on Thursday, Oct. 6. League of Legends […]
Green Bay Packers dominate the field and start Seattle Seahawks off on the wrong foot
Now that the Seattle Seahawks are a few weeks into their 2017-2018 regular season, it’s about time to start putting together impressions of how the team came together in the […]
Students are drowning in excessive work
It’s no secret that being a student is hard job. Even though taking classes is meant to be in preparation for the “real world,” college can often be even more […]
Baby boomers are killing musical theater industry
If you go up to a random person on the street below the age of 50 and asked them if they knew about musicals, you would probably get the same […]
Trump speaks against North Korea at UN
On Sept. 19, Trump gave an unusually presidential speech to the UN. Aside from a hilarious “rocket man” jab at Kim Jong-un, Trump primarily focused on a unified tone against […]
Social change in a technologically advanced world
The launch of the iPhone X last week made me think a lot about where we are in terms of technology as a community and how far we have come. […]
The evolution of school fear: How the threats that followed generations are evolving
When our parents were our age it was bomb threats. For our grandparents, it was gas attacks but now it’s 2017 and our schools are facing a different category of […]
The new iPhone: the first of many flops
Apple’s new iPhone X is special. It has flashy upgrades, facial recognition and animated emoji, all in celebration of the iPhone’s 10-year anniversary. And its price tag is appropriately special: […]
The meaning of natural disasters: A never ending cycle
Hurricane Irma is one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. Ranking category five with 185 mph winds and many fatalities, Irma is a “dangerous major hurricane,” according to the […]
CNN needs to remain unbiased
CNN makes me ashamed to call myself a journalist. Most major media outlets make me feel that way, but lately CNN has pushed me over the edge. Tremendously biased reporting, […]
Jobs in high school build self-confidence
I’ve always been a quiet and reserved person, afraid to talk to people I wasn’t familiar with and terrified to speak in front of large groups. Book reports, presentations and […]
Pop Science undermines actual science
Lately, I’ve been noticing an epidemic of mischaracterizing science. Celebrities and notable scientists are all over the place talking about political, social, and even religious issues as if they were […]
Accepting fact and faith without double standards
Science and religion have always clashed with each other, especially when it came to the origin of the world and life, the idea of a higher being, sexuality and women’s […]
Don’t judge people for the food they eat
Recently, I’ve been getting in to a lot of conversations about what type of food is acceptable and what isn’t. Things like bugs and snails that may seem awful to […]