By Jessa Glassman ’20 and Jordan Murray ’20 The definition of community service is “voluntary work intended to help people in a particular area.” Over time, this definition has become less and less true because the way we think about community service is evolving. The purpose of community service has transformed from being selfless for
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By David Arkow ’20 Most people at movie theaters complain about how expensive the food is, but I never thought that would apply to a school cafeteria. Standing in the lunch area, I heard a student complaining to a friend about being charged $7 for chicken and rice. Unfortunately, this story isn’t just a one-time
By Amelie Zilber ’20, David Arkow ’20, and Jessa Glassman ’20 Left By Amelie Zilber ’20 As we head towards the beginning of a new presidency, pressing issues of our nation take hold. Immigration poses one of the biggest threats to our generation, and in recent polls has been ranked an escalating complication, amongst
By Tanisha Gunby’21 “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” was released on Dec. 16 and had the second-biggest December opening ever. It is the first standalone film in the “Star Wars” series and made $155 million at the box office during its first weekend. The story takes place in the days leading up to “Episode
By Sarah Reiff ’20 and Astor Wu ’20 Now that winter break is over, students are starting to reminisce about the holiday cheer. This issue, Cooking Column brings these delicious Peppermint Cake Pops, with winter’s chilly feel to block out Los Angeles’ burning hot weather. Even though this recipe takes time, the end product makes
By Lauren Nehorai ’20 and Alexandra Mork ’20 When people think of winter, the first things that come to mind are often cold weather, hot chocolate, holidays, family and gifts. But with the second semester approaching, the week leading up to winter break is often filled with assessments. Although some degree of testing is seemingly
By Leila Dall’Olmo ’20 and Georgia Gerber ’20 Daniel Novikov ’21: Breakdancer Leila Dall’Olmo ‘20 Daniel Novikov ‘21 believes breakdancing is a great way to express yourself, and he tries to incorporate dancing into his life as much as he can. “I like to dance everywhere in my everyday life. I dance at parties. I
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POINT: Madison Huggins ’20 STRESS Point: When students are aware that the horrors of an assessment are approaching them on a given date, their minds become crowded with stress and anticipation that prevent them from performing to their best of their abilities. However, when students arrive in class to find that they knowledge of a certain
By Keila McCabe’20 and Jordan Murray’20 ‘Collateral Beauty’ follows Howard (Will Smith) through his journey to overcome the death of his daughter. Howard immediately becomes depressed, and it begins to affect his performance at work. In order to cope with the grief, he writes letters to Love, Time and Death. His coworkers and friends
