By: Analie Nguyen (‘26) (Photo from Pew Research Center) When I was younger, I lived in a predominantly white community. To illustrate, out of 800 students in my elementary school, there were 4 Asian kids: my sister, my cousins, and me. It was not a very diverse community. Coupled with the fact that kids are usually ignorant and immature, it was not easy being Asian. … Continue reading Street Food: What It Means to An Asian American
By Hayden Frishman (‘27) Image courtesy of The NASA Earth Conservatory Chocolate is usually in candy bars, ice creams, and almost anything you can think of. Chocolate also has many different varieties, such as dark chocolate, white chocolate, and milk chocolate, and can be mixed with different extracts to bring out a unique flavor. But where does this delicious chocolate come from? Cacao beans originate … Continue reading Chocolate: Its Roots and Impact
By Isabella Nestor (‘26) Image courtesy of whoseoutthere.ca Caption: A political cartoon created by Shel Silverstein portraying an American soldier in the Japanese Occupation era near the end of World War II. Shel Silverstein is an author known for his award-winning children’s books and his crude and comical works of art and literature. Although he mainly wrote poetry and even made political cartoons for some … Continue reading Shel Silverstein and the Ambiguity of Life
by Isabella Blakeley (’26) In the United States alone, it is estimated that 6.7 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Worldwide, however, that statistic bubbles to nearly 55 million Alzheimer’s sufferers. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease that causes brain cells and connections to these cells to die, which destroys memory functions and other necessary motor skills. There are three main stages of Alzheimer’s: … Continue reading Deep Brain Stimulation: The Moral Implications DBS Alzheimer’s treatment
By Cathy Shan (’23) Featured: Rachel Rochford (’23) Starting with four words that sparked the end of an era of segregation and prejudice, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech is undoubtedly one of, if not the most, well-known pieces of literature in American history. This speech touched the hearts of tens of thousands of people around the nation, making it a prime … Continue reading The Wonders of Words and Writing
The Overachiever 