Category: Opinions
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Presidential Professionalism
By Maureen Ngigi Recent tweets from President Donald Trump conclude that he indeed lacks professionalism when it comes to being our President. According to NBC news, President Donald Trump comments on NFL Players’ Protests and NBA’s Stephen Curry. President Donald Trump sparked a backlash from some of the biggest names in professional sports over the weekend…
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Student Perspective: Venezuelan Immigrants
by Adrianna Nouel Today, many Venezuelans are doing everything possible to look for other horizons, away from the land that saw them born. We do not leave the country because we want to, in fact, we leave with faith that our country will be fixed very soon. Currently there are important colonies of Venezuelans in…
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Letter from the Advisor
Dear Patriots, I am proud to announce the first issue of the 2017-2018 school year. We are a “rookie” staff of journalists – none of the students on staff have been on a newspaper or yearbook staff before. I am so proud of their effort, hard work, and enthusiasm. Out of 30+ articles written, we…
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The violence that occurred at Charlottesville were acts of terrorism
by Adassa Coimin On Saturday, August 12, a woman was murdered and 19 people were injured when a car plowed into a group of peaceful protesters as they were leaving the Unite the Right rally. Among this group of counter protesters, were people who condemned hatred and bigotry, including Black Lives Matters supporters and those…
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Tough Times Call for Kindness
by Jocelyn Ponce It seems, when you turn on the news these days all you hear is bad news. Violence is everywhere and terrorism is on the news more now than ever. All around the world and here in the United States, it affects everyone, and sadly the amount seems to grow. It is a…
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Tablets: Superior to Textbooks
by Maureen Ngigi When it comes to education there are many different ways to access things necessary to learn. Both textbooks and tablets are essential and useful in school. There are pros and cons to both methods, but it all depends on the student’s preference. Tablets can hold hundreds of textbooks on one…