18 February 2026 Nina He Assignment 11 Option 1: Write a Hard News Article! ICE Agents Shoot Alex Pretti On January 24th, the second fatal ICE shooting occurred; in Minnesota, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a...
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.
18 February 2026 Nina He AI Finally Being Used For Good AI Finally Being Used For Good Let's admit it. When we first heard of AI getting scary good, we all...
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.
STOLEN DECADES AGO, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’S LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ITALY 5 August 2023 Jessica Jin Sports STOLEN DECADES AGO, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’S LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ITALY Christopher Columbus’s letter that he sent to the King and Queen of Spain in 1492 was stolen sometime between 1985...
DAMAGED PARTS IN ASTRONAUTS’ BRAINS MIGHT TAKE THREE YEARS TO RECOVER 1 August 2023 Jessica Jin Science & Technology DAMAGED PARTS IN ASTRONAUTS’ BRAINS MIGHT TAKE THREE YEARS TO RECOVER Researchers reported a new finding in Scientific Reports on June 8th: in astronauts’ brains, chambers full of fluids would expand...
WITHOUT HIS FAMILY, AN AFGHAN TEENAGER STILL MANAGES TO MAKE A LIVING IN THE U.S. 26 July 2023 Jessica Jin Current Events WITHOUT HIS FAMILY, AN AFGHAN TEENAGER STILL MANAGES TO MAKE A LIVING IN THE U.S. In August 2021, BH, an Afghan teenager was separated from his family in the panic at the Kabul International Airport...
The Life of a Leaf 22 August 2022 Jessica Jin The Life of a Leaf On a spring day, a tree finally grew leaves. The leaves of a tree are its children. That tree was...
The Top of Elephants’ Trunks are Stretchier than the Bottom Side 21 August 2022 Jessica Jin The Top of Elephants’ Trunks are Stretchier than the Bottom Side An African bush elephant named Kelly lives at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia. In 2020, she reached for some food and...
Mixed Feelings on Plant Based Meat 21 August 2022 Jessica Jin Mixed Feelings on Plant Based Meat Beyond Meat, Impossible, and other companies make the future of food: plant-based meat that tastes exactly like real meat. Some...
