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Sports Restarting

As we head into 2021, some non-contact sport seasons like girls tennis, co-ed swimming, and co-ed cross country have gotten ready to begin their season. However, many other sports like basketball, soccer and volleyball will most likely not start their season this year. Teens and parents all have different opinions […]

Opinion

What Does Being Health Mean?

Society and social media likes to feed us a plethora of ideas as to what they want us to be. One such area is the concept of “being healthy.” Online we see these buff guys and skinny girls and we’re told, “This is what healthy means.” To be frank, these […]

Basketball Sports

March Madness Held in Indiana

The 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division Men’s Basketball tournament or better known as March Madness is set to make a return in Indiana in upcoming March. The NCAA is planning to play the tournament with 68 teams. Games will take place at West Lafayette, Indianapolis and Bloomington. The finals […]

A&E

Local Theatre Performance Coming This Spring

Between the recent spike in Covid-19 cases and the continuation of online school, almost all standard high school extracurriculars have transferred to a virtual setting. This includes performing arts, an activity beloved by many students across the district, particularly here at San Mateo High School. Despite the unusual circumstances, theatre […]

News World

Trump’s Social Media Ban

Since the Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020, Twitter has been adding labels to Donald Trump’s tweets to warn people of false information; when Trump tweeted that he had won the election, Twitter added a warning on his tweet that stated “This claim about election fraud has been disputed”. […]

News World

BLM vs. Capitol Riots

January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy. Trump supporters from all over the country gathered in Washington D.C to forcefully challenge the election results. This protest ended in riot and insurrection, with mobs storming the U.S. Capitol. The insurrectionists carried the Confederate Flag and chanted “Hang […]

News World

What is QAnon?

QAnon has spent much of its history festering in the darkest corners of the internet, peddling baseless conspiracy theories about the government and Hollywood elites. Despite its nonsensical assertions, it has gained recognition from both members of Congress and the Trump family.   It was only recently that the drivel online […]