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Opinion: Vote like your school depends on it
I attended my first drive-in movie theater the other day. Who knew those still existed? As I seek extraneous activities to keep me sane during...
Opinion: Tik Tok influencers are not role models
Growing up, my role models included my mother, Michelle Obama and Aly Raisman, women I look up to because of their work ethic and amazing...
Opinion: Essential business should remain open during COVID-19, not gun stores
The definition of essential is “of the utmost importance: basic, indispensable, necessary,” according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Three...
Column: My house made of paper products
What teenager’s life isn’t busy? I’m a planner, and I had something on my calendar every weekend through the end of the semester. I had academic...
Active shooter drills at school — what’s next?
I talk with my mom each day after I come home from school. We discuss the day’s events and eventually transition into what happened in the news. Too...
Opinion: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired me to march for women
On Jan. 19, I found myself marching in downtown Ventura in the third annual Women’s March. Surrounded by signs and chants about freedom and rights,...
Lessons from the L.A. Teacher Strike’s student activists
Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers L.A. reached an agreement last night, now ratified by union members and ended the teachers’...
Review: What you get with ‘The Hate U Give’
Society uses movie theaters and other forms of entertainment to get away from life’s problems for an hour or two. We watch movies about superheroes...
‘I just kind of sat there mortified’ — students react to Borderline shooting
As he watched Nightwatch, Ventura High School’s most recent play, a thought crept into senior Tyler Sehon’s mind — what if a shooting took place in...