Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is making history. At 15 years old, Thunberg began sitting outside the Swedish parliament every Friday to protest against climate change. After her protest gained media coverage, it led to the school strike for climate movement...
From protests for civil rights in the 1960s to a 2018 national school walkout to oppose gun violence, numerous youth-led protests and demonstrations have shown that students are an integral part of making a difference in their community. Although teens participating...
Human trafficking steals the freedom of approximately 27 million people across the globe annually and is the second largest underground economy in San Diego according to the San Diego District Attorney’s Office. It makes me sick to my stomach every time I think about...
The other night, I settled into the couch, flicking through the channels on the TV in hopes of finding an entertaining show. I eventually landed on the reality show “Botched,” where patients — mostly women — who have already had significant plastic surgery consult...
Ironically, in an era where everyone seems to be perpetually glued to their cell phone screens, many people these days are not aware of current events, much less what is going on in their own community. Knowledge and wisdom were once considered an esteemed privilege,...
At San Marino, our anecdotes of hallway breakdowns and tension headaches are as common as the 5s we score on our AP exams (to give you a perspective, almost 50 percent of students who took the 2018 AP Chemistry exam scored a 5). These fees we pay for academic merit...
The struggle that the LGBTQ youth of America face is far more than a few cruel words. Imagine this: it’s a regular summer’s day 2015, the overbearing heat is beating down on your face and you’ve taken to sitting in front of a fan in your living room to escape a...
Thirty-one-year-old actress AnnaLynne McCord is the president of nonprofit organization Together1Heart, working to care for young women and girls in Cambodia who are victims (or at risk of being victims) of slavery and successfully “recover, educate, train and...
Walking through the halls at lunch, students at Arcadia High School pass various clubs with specific objectives for the student body. Of the new clubs granted charters this year, right after being given the green light, Arcadia High’s Unity Through Poetry club has...
Throughout our country's history, some of the most influential movements have all had one thing in common: young adults. From the Vietnam War to the March For Our Lives, we have seen the fearlessness of teens and their strong desire to implement change. The importance...
