Food Recall: Who’s Checking Food Safety?
Be wary of the food you buy. Be especially cautious of prepared food, even from seemingly reputable sources. From January 2014 to August 2014, there […]
Category: FEATURES
In France, All the Cool Kids Are Doing It! What Are They Thinking?
Paris, known as the “City of Lights” is also the city that lights up. The number of smokers – especially teen smokers – in Paris isn’t […]
Change Your Water Ways, California
Drought. Both California and Nevada are facing extreme conditions. San Francisco’s precipitation level has dropped 58% from previous years, Lake Shasta’s total capacity has dropped […]
Ferguson: The Incident and the Impact
On October 13, police in Ferguson, Missouri, arrested at least 50 protesters from a 500-person gathering outside a Ferguson police station on charges of civil […]
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Makes a Splash
Since June 14, 2014, just over 2.5 million people have posted photos and videos on Instagram under the hashtag #ALSIceBucketChallenge. The viral social media campaign […]
Whitewashed School Curriculum Proposed For Colorado County
Imagine an AP U.S. History class in which real history—successes, mistakes, paradoxes and failures—has conveniently been forgotten. Study guide: valiant European “explorers” arrived on virgin […]
Teacher Resignation Illuminates Uncivil Discrimination
“‘Queer bohemian’ chairs theology department at Woodside Priory School” When the students at Woodside Priory High School in Woodside, CA read that headline published in […]
A Million Dollar City: Is There a Place for Me?
In June 2014, San Francisco homes’ selling prices hit a million dollar median for the first time in the city’s history. That’s the sold price. […]
Rethinking the College Tour
In The Wall Street Journal’s recent article “Oh, No Not Another College Tour!” Sarah Lawrence College professor Marek Fuch writes about the numerous college visits that […]
Missing Malaysian Flight Highlights Trash Soup
Months after its disappearance, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is still making headlines. This time, though, it is for a different reason—ocean awareness. The harried search […]
