Even as the world works towards a more progressive future, the sphere of education has yet to make significant steps towards progress. Literature choices are limited for students and require them to view our society through a certain lens — the lens of white men in...
Today is May 30, a Saturday, and I am currently writing this piece at 11 p.m. as I hear helicopters flying by, sirens and explosions. Today's piece is something that I, as a minority who is very politically active, but also as a resident of Los Angeles would love to...
While social distancing is crucial to stop the spread of COVID-19, it is obvious that this quarantine has had plenty of effects on our society, particularly the working class and below. Let’s face it: there are some of us who are better off during this quarantine,...
Mindfulness Matters is a column by Vivian Wang that highlights the simple ways that she maintains mindfulness and self-care through the treacherous, life-changing journey of high school. In this week’s article, Wang shares her perspective on Imposter Syndrome and how...
Long legs, an impossibly thin waist, bleach blonde hair and big blue eyes. Growing up, those were the defining features of the iconic Barbie doll every kid played with at least once. For decades, Barbie’s immediately recognizable features have narrowly defined what...
This past month was the craziest month of my life, but I’m sure most people can relate to that. Our community has endured California wildfires, a tragic shooting in our own hometown and currently a global pandemic due to the virus, COVID-19. Conejo Valley Unified...
Following the closure of school campuses across the nation, the coronavirus pandemic has continued in the past few weeks. Nations across the globe are facing lockdowns and stay at home orders as a way to fight this pandemic. As the community moves forward in this...
Quarantine — what a weighted word. It’s crazy how an illness has escalated into a global crisis. Faced with a pandemic, society has been tasked with a simple demand: stay inside. But how has that affected the various generations? For some it may be a time to rejoice —...
The reports of COVID-19’s rapid spread around the globe alarmed people and, as with any emergency, people took to the stores and started to buy. And buy. And buy. Just as suddenly as new cases of the virus were reported in multiple states, necessities such as toilet...
The 1995 documentary film “The Shadow of Hate” expressed the history of oppression, discrimination, violence, and hate in America. The narrator begins with a scene in Pennsylvania on a summer day in 1925 in which 40,000 American Klansmen gather together to declare...
