16 December 2025 Jonas Lee Assignment 7 Option 1: Write Hard News On November 12, 2025, the US Mint, after 232 years, made the final pennies. President Trump made this decision because...
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...
Why the Sprinter Allyson Felix Will Forever Be a Legend 15 August 2022 Anna Chuang Sports Why the Sprinter Allyson Felix Will Forever Be a Legend Allyson Felix, a well-known U.S. sprinter, announced in April that this year would be her final year as a runner....
There Are Holes on the Ocean Floor. Scientists Don’t Know Why. 10 August 2022 Anna Chuang Science & Technology There Are Holes on the Ocean Floor. Scientists Don’t Know Why. On July 23, a group of ocean explorers were exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and noticed something strange. There was a...
TikTokers Are Using Calamine Lotion as Their Makeup Primer. Doctors Say It’s a Bad Idea. 3 August 2022 Anna Chuang Science & Technology TikTokers Are Using Calamine Lotion as Their Makeup Primer. Doctors Say It’s a Bad Idea. A new makeup hack trend that has gone viral on TikTok: putting on calamine lotion as a makeup primer. TikTokers...
Track and Field Star Sydney McLaughlin Smashes Her Own World Record Once More 3 August 2022 Anna Chuang Sports Track and Field Star Sydney McLaughlin Smashes Her Own World Record Once More Last Friday, 22-year-old US Track and Field star Sydney McLaughlin smashed her own world record for the fourth time in...
Silence and Wind 2 August 2022 Anna Chuang Creative Writing Silence and Wind The Wind is like angels singingWith their wings flapping high and lowBut Silence is like angels sleepingNot even an ant...
Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season is Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure 2 August 2022 Anna Chuang Science & Technology Pakistan’s Deadly Flood Season is Worsened by Climate Change and Bad Infrastructure Every single year in Karachi, Pakistan, heavy rains come pouring down, flooding the homes of residents and disrupting everything that...
