23 December 2025 Jonas Lee Assignment 9 Option 1: Write Hard News In the week of November 24, 2025, 2 strong hurricanes caused tremendous flooding in countries in southern Asia. Over 1,100...
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.
4 December 2025 Nina He Government Shutdown: Are We Serious? Government Shutdown: Are We Serious? I must admit something: despite calling myself a journalist, I've never bothered to concern myself...
16 December 2025 Jonathan Sun Assignment 2 Option 1: Fiction The flee of the century The cloudy and rainy sky reflected my mood as I walked through the streets of...
Tennis is done with Covid-19, but is Covid-19 done with tennis? 20 July 2022 Alisa Wei Tennis is done with Covid-19, but is Covid-19 done with tennis? Tennis may finally be Covid-19 free after 27 months of tournament cancellations, Covid-19 testing, and spectator free events. Tennis had...
Record-Breaking 215-Pound Burmese Python Captured in Florida 11 July 2022 Alisa Wei Record-Breaking 215-Pound Burmese Python Captured in Florida The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced a 215-pound Burmese python was caught in Everglades National Park. The large reptile measured...
Stormzy and other celebs who have an honorary degree 8 July 2022 Alisa Wei Stormzy and other celebs who have an honorary degree Stormzy, an award-winning rapper, has received an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for his "outstanding achievement in the...
The Harpist 5 July 2022 Alisa Wei The Harpist I woke up to the stale smell of disinfectant and the sharp glare from the harsh fluorescent lights hanging above...
A man threw some cake at the Mona Lisa 5 July 2022 Alisa Wei A man threw some cake at the Mona Lisa A layer of protective glass prevented the Mona Lisa from being caked in “cake”, though the portrait remained unflinching after...
Ella Bruning, the Little League World Series’s 20th Female Player 1 July 2022 Alisa Wei Ella Bruning, the Little League World Series’s 20th Female Player Ella Bruning, the star player and only girl in her team among 13 boys, is the 20th girl to play...
