https://vimeo.com/235197595 A few weeks ago, scientists in Costa Rica discovered that there were four times as many male crocodiles than female. What caused the sex change? How should we react to synthetic hormones and GMOs? --Rachel Chang
Foothill Dragon Press
Our mission as an online-only publication is to provide the Foothill community with accurate, responsible, thought-provoking and timely journalism.
Electric cars aren’t driving us away from climate change
Most of us go about our day fulfilling small tasks aimed to better the well-being of our volatile environment. All of these minor but seemingly meaningful actions appear to culminate in so much change, but realistically do very little to none at all for the...
Transcending persons and parties
This country—this great, special country—is freedom. And freedom is inimitable. Freedom is an eagle’s ability to fly high, silent against the wind, and touch the sky. The transcendental cords of freedom stretch from every forsaken battlefield to every American heart....
Opinion: The individual’s role in combating misinformation in the media age
Prior to the rise of alternative avenues of obtaining information, the average American’s knowledge was at the whim of newspapers and radio broadcasts intent on giving an unadulterated, objective recap of the news. In the good old days, every word read and heard was...
Review: ‘It,’ the clown of terror
Are you looking for a scare to make you scream? The film “It” definitely causes you to shrill from exciting terror. The movie will get you on the edge of your seat and has little hints of humor to lighten the mood. The theater was filled with shrieks and laughter....
Opinion: Misconceptions about homosexuality and misogyny in the Bible
Written nearly 3,400 years ago, the Bible has been read cover to cover by scholars, priests and atheists alike, searching for the hidden meanings in the verses and the truth to words written by men (not God) from another time. Even with all of these people dissecting...
Recap with Rachel: First gene therapy approved
https://vimeo.com/233252420 With two minutes of water-color, Rachel will catch you up on the science news. On Aug. 30, the very first gene therapy was approved in the United States for cancer treatment.
Opinion: Dream on Trump, DACA isn’t ending
Eight hundred thousand students, military personnel and civil servants will be affected by the latest and cruelest decision by President Donald Trump. Eight hundred thousand people who just so happened to be unlucky in their situation, but took the initiative to...
Understanding versus relating, as explained by Joey Tribbiani
With our nation’s current turmoil and deepening racial divide, who else is there to turn to but the famous Joey Tribbiani? The ever-confused character sheds surprising light to an American issue in season two episode nine of the widely popular 90’s sitcom “Friends.”...
‘Trump’ing Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina
With an executive administration straying from historical precedent in almost every possible way, it’s become habit to say that President Donald Trump has done it again, and he has. However, I’m ecstatic to be the bearer of good news and not of the bad because when...