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.
People Rescued from 203 Foot Tall Roller Coaster 14 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Current Events People Rescued from 203 Foot Tall Roller Coaster On August 1, 2023, an estimated dozen people were forced to evacuate the Magnum XL-200 roller coaster at Cedar Point...
Candlelight 13 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Creative Writing Candlelight Onyx, Princess of Nightleaf Kingdom, was on her way to the Candlelight, a sacred ceremony attended by all of the...
Teens Have Ditched Emojis for Abbreviated Words 13 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Current Events Teens Have Ditched Emojis for Abbreviated Words In the past few months, teens have started to ditch emojis and replace them with abbreviated text, in part because...
17-Year-Old American Cyclist Magnus White Dies 11 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Sports 17-Year-Old American Cyclist Magnus White Dies On July 29th, 2023, teen American cyclist Magnus White died in Boulder, Colorado, after getting hit by a car.White was...
Chambers in Astronauts’ Brains Tend to Swell During Space Missions 9 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Science & Technology Chambers in Astronauts’ Brains Tend to Swell During Space Missions The swollen chambers in astronauts’ brains may take up to three years to recover after embarking on a space mission...
Gamers Face a Risk of Hallucinating 8 August 2023 Jenny Zhou Science & Technology Gamers Face a Risk of Hallucinating Gamers are at risk of experiencing Gaming Transfer Phenomenon (GTP), which can cause hallucinations due to video game addiction (KidsNews,...