10 March 2026 Leo Xu Assignment 13 Option 3: Write Soft News (Sports, Science, Arts)! Origami Folds Found Out by a 14-Year-Old Holds Thousands of Times Its Weight Miles Wu, a fourteen-year-old, designed a folded...
4 December 2025 Jameson Dai Northern White Rhinoceros on The Brink of Extinction Fatu and Najin are the last two living Northern White Rhinos after Sudan, the last living male, died by being euthanized at the age of 45 on March, 19, 2018 in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The species was driven to being functionally extinct by poaching, habitat loss, and war.
25 August 2025 Austin Tsao Legendary Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Just “One of The Guys” Legendary Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Is Just "One of The Guys" As a relatively new member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback...
4 December 2025 Eileen Chen Otter Surfboard Hijackers Make Waves again in Santa Cruz, California On October 15, 2025, amidst the rolling waves of Steamer Lane, a renowned surf break in Santa Cruz, California, 21-year-old college student Isabella Orduna was wrapping up a surf session when she felt something pinch her foot. She ditched her board and jumped into the chilly Pacific, only to find “a big, fuzzy, chunky bear of an otter” lounging on her surfboard. Orduna recounted, “I was like, wow, what do I do now?”, as her board had been seized by an uninvited otter.
10 March 2026 Aurelia Zhang Assignment 3 Option 2: Write an Op Ed! When Neutrality Becomes Cruelty The Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskeych was disqualified from Olympic competition on February 12, 2026, because...
12 February 2026 Joe Wang Her Last Spark In the last evening of the year, the wind was blowing, the snow was falling. Everyone was at home with cheer, but on the street, a poor little girl was wandering.
Former Football Star Isn’t Ready to Quit His Career Entirely Just Yet 8 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Sports Former Football Star Isn’t Ready to Quit His Career Entirely Just Yet Ryan Kerrigan is an unwavering football fanatic; he has played in 172 regular season games on the Washington team, dedicating...
Frida: The Musical: The Onstage Portrayal of a Mexican Artist’s Life Story 3 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Sports Frida: The Musical: The Onstage Portrayal of a Mexican Artist’s Life Story “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” Frida Kahlo, an iconic Mexican painter, once...
Overturning of Roe V. Wade Leads to Dreadful Decisions for Pregnant Women with Cancer 2 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Science & Technology Overturning of Roe V. Wade Leads to Dreadful Decisions for Pregnant Women with Cancer After a year of trying, Rachel Brown found out that she was pregnant. She might have been ecstatic… if she...
Baton Mishap Costs US Men’s Relay the Gold In the 4×100 2 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Sports Baton Mishap Costs US Men’s Relay the Gold In the 4×100 The starting pistol fires. Christian Coleman from the United States team zooms ahead, clutching the lime-green baton. “Here’s Noah Lyles,”...
Before the Train Departs 1 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Creative Writing Before the Train Departs The shrill, off-key voices of students singing along to the radio filled the bus, instantly replacing the subdued hum of...
Twitter’s Failure to Provide Information Causes Elon Musk’s Withdrawal From $44 Billion Purchase 1 August 2022 Abigail Weintraub Science & Technology Twitter’s Failure to Provide Information Causes Elon Musk’s Withdrawal From $44 Billion Purchase On July 9th, Elon Musk, who previously reached an agreement with Twitter to buy the entire site for $44 billion,...
