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 […]
Category: FEATURES
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 […]
The Top 10 Student Cities
As the school year comes to a close, seniors across the world will be packing their duffle bags and suitcases and heading off to the […]
YouTube “Hauls”: A New Way to Advertise
You’ve been told this before: the Internet saturates your life., influencing what you like, what you know and mainly what you buy. The latest marketing […]
