Special Counsel Mueller sent Attorney General William Barr a letter in March saying that he was discontent with the way Barr had phrased his “summary” of the Special Counsel’s four hundred page investigation. It was revealed a few weeks ago. It is no secret President Trump was not happy with Mueller’s Russia probe. He has
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As an eighth grader, I am currently done with finals and have very little reason to be at school. Nonetheless, I still am swamped with homework, projects and tests. I did well on finals and am happy about that, but I don’t enjoy all the work I have to do. The whole point of this
Over winter break, my family and I traveled to Israel. The Middle East is one of the most intense places on earth, and for many years, the Palestinian/Israeli region has been conquered, fought over, destroyed and rebuilt. According to many experts, Israel is one of the safest countries in the world. We were told before
Sports have always been a huge part of society and today’s culture. So much of the population plays a sport that it is almost considered uncommon to not play one. Being in ninth grade, I am shocked that most of my peers have already begun thinking about college. Most of them even know that they
Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has long been considering running for president and has met strong opposition from Democrats, who believe that his campaign will hand Trump re-election. Howard Schultz, a centrist who tries to appeal to the less radical voters on both sides of the political, has attracted the ire of many people on the
At Harvard-Westlake (HW) students and parents have the opportunity to see their grades four times a year, with the last time in June being your final grades that go on your transcript. While the three check- ins a year are helpful and much needed, especially for the parents, it would be extremely helpful to not
Former vice president and possible presidential candidate Joe Biden was accused of sexual misconduct on March 29. Despite speculation to the contrary, Biden’s campaign has endured while sustaining barely a scratch from this debacle. In a poll by Morning Consult conducted between March 25-31 (largely before the allegations came out), Biden was expected to get
The system of conducting ninth grade finals is an unfamiliar structure that increases anxiety about end-of-the-year assessments. However, it is necessary to fairly administer exams and prepare students for the future. Ninth graders at Harvard-Westlake (HW) take their finals for the five core classes (world languages, math, history, English and science) during the last two
“Captain Marvel” hit theaters March 8 and was a slow but important installment into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Captain Marvel is the first female in the MCU to get her own standalone movie despite other female superheroes being part of the franchise. This movie is the penultimate installment in the MCU before the final
One action by Governor Gavin Newsom protected the lives of 737 people on California’s death row, designating they stay in prison rather than be executed. Newsom halted any further actions of capital punishment, or the death penalty, in our state. Though this argument is complex, conversations are finally taking place to rewrite and reconsidered our