It’s not common for adults 40 and older to have heart attacks, but it’s surprising when teenagers experience cardiac arrest. “During a workout this summer, Bronny James, Lebron James’ son, experienced cardiac arrest,” but he was saved due to an automated defibrillator (AED).  An AED is used to help people who have gone into sudden cardiac arrest. It restores the heart rhythm to normal....

The letterman jacket. We’ve all seen them before somewhere - in old-school pictures, movies, or shows. It seems that everyone knows what they are but very few own one. It’s the big, bulky jacket the color of your school with sewn on patches of all the sports you were varsity on. It shows off the pride you have of all of your athletic achievements and the school that you come from. It's something...

Due to rapid technological advances, technology has become inevitable in our everyday lives. In schools, we have Chromebooks, teachers have multiple monitors, and now, newly added to every classroom on campus, touch screen smart boards. With all these technological advances, come the obvious advances with cell phones.  According to the student handbook, which every student received through mail,...

Thanksgiving means different things to different people. For some it's a time to show gratitude for family, friends, accomplishments, to help other people and be thankful for what you have.  After Halloween most people seem to think more about Christmas and forget about Thanksgiving, but I think it's a great holiday that everyone should celebrate and spend it with friends and family.  Thanksgiving...

Bullying has been around and known for as long as we can remember. In the current state of the world we are in, where social media rules, bullying has evolved and taken a new form, cyberbullying.  Teenagers and people in general in this era are ruthless, and apparently, physical or in-person bullying isn’t enough for them. Cyberbullying is a real and serious thing that is often disregarded in...

Most people are very concerned about their skin and a pimple can seem like the end of the world. I was born with a birthmark that took up more than half of my face when I was a baby. They told my mom it wasn’t dangerous and that it would get smaller, fade, and disappear over time. I’m 17 and I still have the birthmark on my left eye. It’s smaller but honestly, I think the only reason it’s smaller...

Looking to connect live action and animated versions of characters and stories, Ahsoka continues with the expansion of the Star Wars galaxy. After Disney took over the Star Wars franchise, their projects have had some hits and misses. Some projects like The Mandalorian thrive, while others like The Book of Boba Fett crumble. With Ahsoka, not only is the story high quality, but the attention to detail...

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, is a coming-of-age Romantic Drama Film with small aspects of comedy. This film is an adaptation from the book itself originally by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. The movie focuses on Aristotle Mendoza (Max Pelayo), your stereotypical loner. Along with Dante Quintana (Reese Gonzales), a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. Both...

Most people know what Fentanyl is, but people should now be focusing on how much deadlier it is compared to other opioids. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is  50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine and is the most deadly cause of overdoses in the U.S.  According to CDCP (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), “an estimated 187 people in the U.S die everyday...

Getting a job is a rite of passage for many teens, and just working one job is often challenging enough with school and wanting to have a social life.  Usually getting a job is exciting since you can have your income, you don’t have to ask your parents for money and you can help your parents financially. I wanted to work a job to save up money for a car and spend it on my girlfriend. Also my...

 The Nun 2 is the latest addition to The Conjuring universe, and the sequel to The Nun. Creating a successful sequel can be difficult. The filmmakers have to deliver something fresh and exciting, while using the same strategies they used to make the original so great. They have to satisfy their fans and their audience by adding new twists and turns, but they can’t tweak the original plot too much...

Music, steps, skirts, BAILE. Ever since I was 6, I’ve loved dancing and listening to music. My cousin and I love to choreograph our own dances. Not only that, my favorite game to play on the WII was “JUST DANCE”. I would become super competitive and aim for the score of “Perfects”. I would sometimes get upset when my cousin would beat me.The songs we danced to were mostly popular.  Of...

Mitsuki Laycock’s first choice of study was film, but she decided to pursue music. As she explored and experimented with chords, her style fell into traditional folk. The Japanese-American soloist taught herself the guitar, piano, and drums and she self-produced her songs. After finishing studio contributions in 2013, she continued producing new songs and went on tour for five consecutive years,...