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Column: Students soar to new heights in STEAM 

Column: Students soar to new heights in STEAM 

Most weekends, student athletes can be found practicing their sports at Portola High School in Irvine. In a sense, the Jeffrey Trail Science Olympiad invitational was no different, except that rather than competing with their bodies, middle school students competed...

Vanity Fair opens an exclusive photo exhibit

Vanity Fair opens an exclusive photo exhibit

If you have ever wanted to see exclusive pictures of celebrities or wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the most coveted photo shoot for the Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair, they are hosting an exhibit where you can do just that. 50 photographers have captured...

NASA planning to deflect planetary killer asteroids

NASA planning to deflect planetary killer asteroids

Asteroids have existed in our solar system ever since its birth 4.6 billion years ago. Only until recently, has life evolved and taken hold of our planet, but life is fragile and susceptible to large amounts of change over the century, asteroids being one of them. In...

College Board changes AP testing format for online schooling

College Board changes AP testing format for online schooling

On March 20 the College Board announced that traditional face-to-face exam administrations will not take place due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Instead, 45-minute online free-response examinations at home will be administered. AP exams are typically two to three...

City of Carson renames gym after late Kobe Bryant

City of Carson renames gym after late Kobe Bryant

Veterans park renamed the gymnasium after the late Kobe Bryant on February 21. The “Kobe Bryant Gym” is meant to honor Bryant, but to also establish a strong work ethic to the youth that trains there. This gives them a reason, an inspiration to help them guide them...

UC colleges go test-optional in consideration for COVID-19

UC colleges go test-optional in consideration for COVID-19

On April 1, the University of California institutions announced that the application requirements for the class of 2021 will be eased by the elimination of SAT or ACT scores as well as the minimum GPA requirement. This was due to the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19...

Coronavirus spread causes LAUSD schools to remain closed until May

Coronavirus spread causes LAUSD schools to remain closed until May

Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Austin Beutner announced that all schools will remain closed until at least May 1. “These are uncertain, even frightening times, particularly for children and we can take comfort knowing that we’re in this together,...