Once the backbone of public discourse and community engagement, print journalism now teeters on the brink of extinction. With dwindling circulation, declining ad revenue, and a generation of news consumers...

I woke up to countless messages from my friends in the U.S. complaining about the ongoing TikTok ban Jan. 19. The previous night, users in the U.S. opened TikTok expecting to be greeted with yet another...

Trigger warning for topics of sexual assault. In discussions about military trauma, an oversimplified, distinct division is often made between combat trauma and sexual trauma, with the former usually...

“Breaking News: L.A. goes up in flames.” “Pray for L.A.” “Donate to the GoFundMe.” With every swipe, posts like these fill up social media feeds. Whether a natural disaster such...

As lightsticks flicker through Seoul’s packed city squares, casting a warm glow over throngs of protesters demanding accountability from South Korea’s president, echoes of the upheaval resonate...

A student scrolls through Instagram to take a break from schoolwork, absorbing a carefully curated feed of reels without a second thought. Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, Messenger...

After clicking the upload button on her latest TikTok, sophomore Aeshna Chatterji was greeted by an influx of comments. While scrolling through them, a couple of them caught her eye, reading, “You’re...

In the past 10 years, the world’s approach to media has taken a series of drastic and unexpected changes. With the combination of social media, misinformation, and now the emergence of Artificial Intelligence...

Dear society, How often do you ignore the pain of the human condition? How do you continuously fail the people who are in the most need? How much will you watch us bleed and weep until deciding it’s...

My entire life flipped upside-down Jan. 7, 2025, when record-setting winds spread two wildfires over 37,000 acres of Los Angeles and destroyed my childhood home. This devastation not only impacted me and...

In times of crisis and frustration, Westridge has historically rallied together to provide a space to mourn and take action. Most recently, when Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald...

Endangered Species. That is how journalist Scott Simon referred to high school newspapers in a 2013 NPR article, citing social media as the end of student journalism. Over a decade later, however, after...

Editor-in-Training Gabriella Castro is a two-year member of the Wildcat Chronicle who sometimes writes opinion pieces. The views expressed in this piece are her own. Educators are observing a concerning...

I first saw the fire at 6:22 p.m. from my back patio. By 7 p.m., I had evacuated to a friend’s house in South Pasadena. As the San Gabriel Mountains—the background of my life—blazed away, my family...

In an effort to meet the growing demand for teachers, the Missouri State Board of Education  proposed an amendment on Tuesday, Dec. 3, to change the minimum required GPA for teachers from 3.0 to 2.5 in...

On June 21, 2023, the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act was introduced to Congress by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. It unanimously passed through the House of Representatives,...

Former President Jimmy Carter died on December 29, 2024. One of the most common refrains from his supporters, before his death and after, is that a man as moral as he was could never have stayed in the...

To be honest, I’m sick of hearing a peer tell me, “I’m starting a club,” or, “If you join my club, I’ll give you a leadership position,” or, “My friend and I are starting a nonprofit-volunteer...

On Mondays last year our journalism class went to the library for “Media Literacy Mondays.” Library media specialist Angela Maxwell showed us clips from TikTok, Twitter and Instagram and asked us...

As you sit down with your family and turn on the television, you witness the passing of the torch of the United States presidency. You anticipate the tide to shift, and new orders to be signed. However,...

On Nov. 23, as Christian Brothers College junior Colin Brown and his father drove home from a hockey game on Interstate 55, a stray bullet hit and killed Brown. Brown’s tragic death sent shockwaves of...

Today, my teacher was looking at the stickers on my computer. She stared at the one that takes up the most space: a butterfly colored yellow, black, purple, and white—the non-binary flag colors—with...

The Annual People of Color Conference, or PoCC, was held this December in Denver by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), which includes about 1,700 private schools across the U.S. According...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on The Southerner. It was originally published on January 17, 2025.

By September 2028, NYS high school classes, excluding physical education, will be capped at 25 students as a result of New York State's class size law. This legislation was sponsored by our state senator,...

The dust of the 2024 election is slowly settling, and we’re drowning in voter analysis: “How did Latinos vote?” “Why did Latinos vote this way?” “What does this mean for 2028?” It’s...

Bloodlines have no bearing on how a student develops their academic qualifications, yet they still can determine the course of their educational career. Nevertheless, the majority of universities continue...

Temperatures drop, snow begins to fall and colorful lights go up around residential neighborhoods: the holidays are here. This ‘season of giving,’ as it’s been affectionately named, arrives with...

On my first day of freshman year, my teacher asked us to make place cards for our desk so she could learn our names faster. She passed out paper and had us write our names, the phonetic spelling, and our...

6,741 people make up the population of Aspen; 0.8% of that population identifies as black. But what does “black identifying” really mean? Does it refer to African Americans? Or possibly the 20+ countries...

There's no feeling like fresh air to jolt your brain back into action after hours of intense academic work. Eighty-five minutes of calculating derivatives or analyzing complex themes makes even the most...

The death of the humanities is something long prophesied. College enrollment numbers in the humanities have been in free fall recently amid worries about future job prospects and lower pay for humanities...

“Are you even Asian?” is among the many questions people ask me when I tell them I am from Pakistan. Growing up, it has been challenging to navigate the complexities of my identity in a society that...

In the past year alone, 130 newspapers have shut down across the country. Illinois was home to six of these now-shuttered papers, following an extremely concerning nationwide trend. Since 2005, over 3,200...

President Barack Obama won his 2008 election by a dominating 365 electoral votes. He acquired Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Indiana, key swing states at the time, albeit losing one state: Missouri. Despite...

I have played Valorant one time, and one time only. My eyes were fixed on the loading screen as I excitedly chatted with my friends. This was my first time trying any kind of multiplayer or team-based...

I’m an independent, (there, I said it). American politics can often be seen as a chess game, with two distinct sides and no crossover between them. In chess, pieces can move forward and backward....

Between my last year in middle school and my first in high school, I went through the worst years of my life. Sizeable contributors were mental health issues like severe depression and social anxiety,...

Disclaimer: the security manager requested to remain anonymous due to privacy concerns about his apartment residents. A fiery blaze engulfs a Mercedes Benz. In its aftermath, it leaves 23 people injured...

Juicy, tender brisket sits in the oven, an alarm wailing to take it out. My family’s two Shih Tzus bolt throughout the living room, relentlessly yelping at one another. A mini plastic Christmas tree...

We as a society have become so accustomed to the corruption present in this world. Poverty is normal, discrimination is normal, war is normal. We continue on with our lives in a state of blissful ignorance...

Imagine this: you’re browsing through an old thrift shop around the corner. As you navigate the aisles, you come across two identical figurines. The only discernible difference is that one was made by...

As a Turkish teenage girl living far from home, I am constantly confronted by heartbreaking news that echoes through my living room. With every tragic story, a piece of myself aches for the country I left...

On Monday, Dec. 2, CRCSD representatives hosted the first of three informational meetings regarding the freshman academies and academic pathways coming to the district. As the night progressed, parents...

The morning after the election, the moments of silence shared between women and girls communicated everything I wanted to say. The all-girl tables I sat with that day acted as a safe haven despite the...

It’s Thanksgiving Day, and you’ve just sat at the dinner table with a plate full of food. Auntie Sheryl, sitting beside you, shakes her head and sighs. "Should you be eating all of that?" she asks....

When walking into the first day of this school year, students and staff were left with one question: Have we lost our spirit? In previous years, school spirit felt light and fun for all of us, but when...

Freshman Mollie Schnedler submitted her test and looked around at the class to see who else was done. Upon looking around, she saw a classmate with another tab open, looking up answers to the test. Mollie...

I’ve never had turkey for Thanksgiving — a fact that might seem surprising, given that this roast bird, notorious for its dry texture, is such an iconic symbol of the American holiday. The truth...

The United States is ranked highly on many fronts, including the highest gross domestic product and most dominant military force. More recently, the U.S. has started to fall behind in education—specifically...