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Lower-income neighborhoods, often of minorities, face higher heat levels than their more affluent counterparts.
JJ Hoffman
JJ Hoffman is a senior at Campbell Hall and is on his school newspaper, the Piper, and will be serving as Copy Editor for the 2021-22 school year.
Column: Being deferred from my dream school
JJ Hoffman reflects on the mix of emotions felt once he opened his portal for an application update.
Review: ‘The Serpent’ is a crime drama series full of suspense
“My Octopus Teacher.” “This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist.” “The Social Dilemma.” These, and countless other films, all have something in common: they are Netflix shows. And the beauty of having accessibility to Netflix is learning about interesting...
Column: Youth-focused politics gave me a community in a time of isolation
Two and a half hours down, two and a half hours to go. As I miserably sat in traffic with the rest of my family on our drive down to Encinitas, California for a little getaway, I remembered that the closing joint Spring session of the YMCA Youth and Government program...
Column: Bidding the Disneyland of my childhood farewell
September 9, 2016: Disney announces that another classic ride, "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" will be closing down. The sorrow I felt at hearing those words felt like a piece of my childhood being taken away from me. And, in a way, it was. The closure of rides at...
Column: Goodbye, Kimba — Remembering a lost pet
It’s not easy losing a pet. Our almost 15-year-old golden retriever passed away about a month ago. We mourned her by looking at old photos from when she was just a puppy all the way to her 13th birthday, spent in the hospital. We planned a memorial ceremony for her...
Column: My experience dropping my brother off at college in a pandemic
Apprehensive, queasy and fearful are just some of my feelings while leaving my brother in his dorm room in August. When I discovered that my brother would be attending in-person classes at Denison University in Granville, Ohio and that my family and I were going to...
Opinion: TV Commercials make you happier than you think
“And now, time for a commercial break.” Groaning at hearing those dreaded words while watching A&E’s “Live Rescue,” I pull out my phone and play Geometry Dash to pass the time. The worst part about watching TV is the commercial breaks. They interrupt the show,...
Eternal vows — The 21-year false incarceration
Standing on the same street where his friend Colin Warner was arrested at the 67th Police Precinct in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, 40 years ago, Carl King remembers telling him: “We are not going to give up.” For King, this required proving Warner’s innocence by...
COVID-19 and California’s prisons
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2,585 jails and prisoners are tested positive for COVID-19 across the state as of June. Prisons are not closed environments, which is a common misconception, reports the American Civil Liberties...