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...
5-1 Victory as Germany Dominates Scotland in the Euros 23 June 2024 Jingwei Zhao Sports 5-1 Victory as Germany Dominates Scotland in the Euros The opening match of the 2024 Euro cup ended in tragedy for Scotland as they lost to Germany in a...
The U.S is Trying to Ban or Buy TikTok, Here’s Why 20 June 2024 Jingwei Zhao Science & Technology The U.S is Trying to Ban or Buy TikTok, Here’s Why The Chinese government may be spying on people’s information through TikTok, leading the U.S. government wanting to ban it from...
Honorable Mention: My Summer Swim Team Relay Experience 18 September 2023 Jingwei Zhao Creative Writing Honorable Mention: My Summer Swim Team Relay Experience Four years ago, my friends and I qualified for our county’s 8 and under men’s 100 medley relay. Being seated...
Japanese Pop Star Publicly Comes Out as Gay 24 August 2023 Jingwei Zhao Current Events Japanese Pop Star Publicly Comes Out as Gay Shinjiro Atae, a J-pop idol who has been on a two-year hiatus from performing, recently revealed on a stage in...
“Air Bud: World Pup” Attracts New Soccer Fans to 1999 World Cup Stars 23 August 2023 Jingwei Zhao Soccer, Sports “Air Bud: World Pup” Attracts New Soccer Fans to 1999 World Cup Stars In the 1999 Women’s World Cup, the United States soccer team cruised their way into the final round of the...
The HelioLinc3D Program Could Prevent Asteroids from Hitting Earth 20 August 2023 Jingwei Zhao Science & Technology The HelioLinc3D Program Could Prevent Asteroids from Hitting Earth The HelioLinc3D, an algorithm developed for the Vera Rubin Observatory located in Chile, could potentially find overlooked asteroids heading towards...
