I was sitting on the kitchen counter, scrolling through interesting news articles on my iPhone. My mom walked in and put down our week’s worth of mail on the counter. I looked up and began to sort through the mail. One of the items was a newspaper written in Chinese. ...
Growing up as a second-generation Asian American, it is hard for me to find mainstream American films featuring a protagonist who I could culturally relate to. In the rare instances that I have been able to find one, the star is portrayed in a stereotypical, foreign...
One of the leading causes of the rising rates of anxiety and depression for students is schoolwork, and stress for the future, an issue that countless students at Oak Park High School struggle with. Of 50 students surveyed at OPHS in January, 41 said they were...
The Oak Park Chinese Community contributed 1,700 masks with approximately 250 families in the area during the week of April 17. The Oak Park Chinese Community is a small group that takes pride in promoting and sharing the Chinese culture with their community. The OPCC...
TikTok has been the teen social media superstar platform for months already, passing Instagram, Twitter and Facebook like they were old news, has now taken over the day-to-day lives of countless quarantined people. Why has TikTok found more success in the midst of...
Every 10 years, all United States residents are sent a comprehensive survey to determine an approximate amount of people residing in each district, city and state of the United States. These numbers are then used for federal resource allocation, dictating the amount...
I clutch my throat, gasping for air as my skin erupts in splotches of red and white hives. The sink shudders as unforgiving fluorescent light bathes my skin. Splashing water onto my pallid face, I fight for control over my mind, imaginary bugs exuding out of my pores....
Of those involved in the college admissions scandal in March, John Vandemoer, a former Stanford University rowing coach, was the first to be sentenced on June 12. Vandemoer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering and admitted to taking $770,000 from...
Oak Park Unified School District is implementing new Gender and Diversity Counseling Lessons in elementary schools starting in the fall of the 2019-20 school year. OPUSD will be the first district in the surrounding area to provide gender diversity lessons at the...
Fly-in programs are opportunities for high school students to visit colleges over the course of a few days and meet students from all around the world with various interests. The visit is at no cost to the student. While the general public has a solid idea of certain...
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