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Celebrity Culture During COVID

It all began with the John Lennon song, “Imagine”, sung by celebrities on their social media accounts. This whole singalong, spearheaded by Gal Gadot, who has starred in a myriad of successful movies ranging from “Wonder Woman” to “Fast and Furious”, was meant to allow these celebrities to lift the […]

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Fall Activities During COVID

As October is coming up, it is officially fall. Even though this year is a little different from traditional years, there are still plenty of fun activities we can do during this time while social distancing. First of all, since Halloween is coming up, thinking of a fun costume to […]

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Belong / Streets

In past months, I’ve only dared to shoot daylit, still subjects. I love daylit, still subjects, don’t get me wrong, but where’s the fun in having unlimited light and time to take your shot? The lack of constraints made me question—could anyone do what i was doing? “Cool,” I mused. […]

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Shut Up, I’m Manifesting

Manifestation, law of attraction, vibrational alignment, etc. You may have seen it on the old “The Secret” movie, all over TikTok or even on your Twitter timeline. Drake, Jim Carrey, Oprah, and Bruce Lee are just a few that have used it. But what is it, really? The law of […]

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The Rise of Online Thrifting

Buying secondhand clothing used to include perusing the racks at a local thrift store such as Plato’s Closet, located in Downtown San Mateo a few minutes from our school. You could purchase used clothing at a bargain and also sell your clothes for some cash. The warming world has a […]

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Zooming In

It’s been six months since the coronavirus outbreak happened. We’ve been trying to cope with the virus for so long and now, it’s time to go back to school. Not just students, but the whole staff will need to adapt to the new “zoom format” for a while since we […]

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MSG: Mythbusted

In 1968, the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter from a supposed Chinese physician named Kwok who described a series of reactions he experienced after eating Chinese food. “Dr. Kwok” (who is believed to have been a white, American scientist lying about his identity in order to sound […]

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FreeTheFlow Wants to End Period Poverty

FreetheFlow, a teen-led organization founded by Emily Chinn, a junior at San Mateo High, focuses on contributing to the end of period poverty, the inability to afford feminine hygiene products. The company’s goal is to gather those products and create donation packets to give to local women’s shelters, such as […]