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Saturday, January 4, 2025
As you may have heard from the news, coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout China and the world, infecting and killing many. But what is coronavirus, why are people so concerned, and what are some effects of coronavirus on society? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can cause infections in […]
Have you ever turned on Spotify’s “private session” function to listen to music anonymously, away from the eyes of potentially judging peers? Have you ever described your music as a “guilty pleasure” before? All too often I’ll find people who sheepishly admit to listening to artists like Billie Eilish, Ariana […]
PathWater is a company that sells sustainable aluminum water bottles with the purpose to shift from single-use plastics to reusable materials. The company has a three-step plan that doubles as their company mission, which helps shift communities to a reuse culture, a culture more aware of environmentally-friendly steps to take […]
Sometimes the death of an artist can enhance our understanding of their work. Take David Bowie’s critically acclaimed “Blackstar” a harrowing journey through the mind of a man coming to the end of his life and exploring the finality of death with the poignancy and skill that only Bowie, facing […]
SMHS held its 3rd Spirit Rally of the year on January 24th, 2020. San Mateo Journalists edited it down into a video recap.
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 […]
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 […]
June 3rd: San Mateo’s Coalition Z Chapter, a youth-led organization, holds a peaceful protest outside San Mateo City Hall. May 31st: San Francisco issues a curfew from 8 PM to 5 AM to stop the protests. May 28th: The 2019-2020 School Year officially ends. May 28th: Riots and Protests break […]
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang launched his candidacy in November of 2017, nearly two years before the rest of the candidates in the overflowing Democratic field. Running on the core idea of a Universal Basic Income, or what he coined the “Freedom Dividend,” which would give $1,000 to nearly every adult […]
As the boy’s basketball team marches on from the preseason into the regular season, it becomes increasingly clear that this year’s team is different from last year’s squad. This year, the Bearcats’ boys varsity team has a new coach taking the reins, Josh Gould, who formerly was an assistant coach […]