Month: April 2021

BIDEN SO FAR

BY ALAINA INOYUE AND BELLA TRINKO

STAFF WRITERS

President Biden was elected on the promise that he would change the way things were run in America and combat COVID-19 and the economic crisis. He told Americans that he would vaccinate 100 million Americans by the end of his first 100 days. On his very first day in office he started by signing 17 different executive orders; these executive orders did many things including rejoining the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization, revoke the Keystone pipeline permit, and requiring social distancing and masks on federal property. 

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Is It Ethical to Try Someone Under 18 As an Adult?

BY CREIGHTON LEWIS

STAFF WRITER

 During the adolescent years, the prefrontal cortex- the part of the brain that enables rational decision making, is not fully formed until the mid twenties. It makes legal scholars question whether, say, a seventeen year old raised by an abusive  parent should get a lifetime in jail, or lesser punishment. Flow Psychology.com details some pros and cons to sentencing children as adults: 

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Phasmophobia: A Review

BY LOGAN SCHLOSSER

STAFF WRITER

Hello to all of you wonderful people sitting in your homes! Welcome back to another installment of “Logan reviews games, haha get it he’s still funny.” Anyways, it’s certainly been a few weeks since I’ve written anything. So I hope you all have been doing well over my hiatus! To get right into it, I will be reviewing a type of game that I never have before. Today I will be going into the genre of horror, and this particular horror game has an added twist. It’s a virtual reality immersed horror game where multiplayer is heavily encouraged. The game in question is, of course, Phasmophobia. Now with the introduction out of the way, let’s get right into the game!

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Texas Power Outages

BY LYNNE INOUYE AND SYDNEY WESCHCKE 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IN TRAINING AND STAFF WRITER 

On February 11, 2021, the winter storms that nearly shut down Texas began. Over the next week or so, residents had to face frigid temperatures often without heat, due to the widespread power outages that affected nearly 4 million people. Even when the power returned, broken pipes and a lack of access to clean water provided no relief to those still struggling in the storms.

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