The Impact of Your Christmas Tree on the Environment
Annabella Rivera, Staff Writer
December 23, 2019
With Christmas coming up and the winter holidays being a time for excessive spending, do people ever stop to think about how their purchases affect the environment? Every wrapping paper roll and every present bought will eventually end up in a landfill, with their destiny of polluting the earth being...
Russia Has Been Rightfully Removed from World Sporting Events
Japheth Oyedepo, Staff Writer
December 18, 2019
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently banned the Russian Athletic Federation from competing in international sporting events for the next four years. The ban includes exclusion from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and it has been...
Man Against Man Should be Officiated by Man
Japheth Oyedepo, Staff Writer
November 7, 2019
In Game 6 of the 2019 Major League Baseball World Series, the Washington Nationals held a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning against the Houston Astros. Shortstop Trea Turner hit the ball, sending it as far as the pitcher's mound. The Astros' pitcher, Brad Peacock, picked it up and threw it to first bas...
Blizzard Hong Kong
Alexander Yagoda, Co Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2019
As far as video game companies go, Blizzard has always been on the bleeding edge of things, essentially pioneering the modern MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game with their massively popular "World of Warcraft". The game has been so successful, it pioneered the way forward for another major breakthrough...
China’s Concentration Camp Secrets are a Blatant Ethnic Injustice
Annabella Rivera, Staff Writer
October 19, 2019
Since 2014, Muslims residents of Xinjiang, China have been mysteriously admitted into "re-education" camps, and these camps are extremely secretive and kept from the public eye. Until recently, the Chinese government had these camps under wraps and the majority of citizens were unaware of what was going...
How Much Does Your Diet Affect Climate Change?
Stephanie Andrade, Staff writer
September 30, 2019
Whether it is chicken, beef or pork, meat is practically in every American meal, and in the past few years, a new wave of people have chosen to be pescatarian, vegetarian or vegan for a multitude of reasons. These ever-increasing trends prompt a crucial question: exactly how much of our actions, even...
A Desperate Attempt at Peace in Afghanistan
Alexander Tabares, Staff Writer
September 23, 2019
The Camp David Deal - a secretive deal completely separate from the 1978 Camp David Accords - was created to take American troops out of Afghanistan. It would also give the Taliban land. This was the United States' intention up until a Taliban car bomb killed an American soldier, which further encouraged...
Climate Change Solutions Lie In The Hands Of Individuals
Ingrid Moises, Staff Writer
September 8, 2019
Climate change has been one of the most significant global issues of today's day and age. Air pollution, water pollution, overuse of fossil fuels, deforestation, habitat and animal degradation are all results of human action and causes of climate change. With its increasing urgency, people all over t...
The Iranian Situation: Is a Nuclear Crisis on the Horizon?
Alexander Tabares, Staff Writer
September 4, 2019
Few countries respect or want to do business with Iran. Saying that things are tense between them and the western nations would be an understatement. However, the countries’ relations were not always this way. Since the election of President Donald Trump, the U.S. exited from the Iran nuclear deal...
The Amazon Rainforest’s Recent Fires Call for Global Action
Ingrid Moises and Stephanie Andrade
August 31, 2019
The Amazon rainforest is a tropical rainforest that covers 5.5 million square kilometers of the Amazon basin of South America. Often referred to as "the planet’s lungs", the Amazonia is responsible for producing roughly 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Natural fires in the Amazon rai...
Is Encouraging Violent Rioting a Good Way to Begin a Presidency?
Maia Berthier, Staff Writer
May 5, 2019
For the past few months, Venezuelans have been on edge about the state of their government. Juan Guaidó, an opposition leader to Maduro’s communist regime, previously claimed the title as interim president of Venezuela while Maduro was still in power. Since then, he has called upon his Venezuelan...
Notre Dame Donations – How Much is Too Much?
Chase Bagnall-Koger, News Editor
April 22, 2019
On April 15, 2019, the world watched Paris's Notre Dame cathedral burn. As the centuries-old church was engulfed in flames, crumbling until partial collapse, political leaders from around the world reached out to share their condolences and pledge support in the reconstruction effort. Few, though, were as im...
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Staff Writer
Melanie Ozuna is a rising junior currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program here at Coral Gables Senior High. This is her first...
