On March 25, Turkish postgraduate student Rumesysa Ozturk was arrested by Department of Homeland Security officers before being shipped to the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile. Her crime:...

In Korea’s digital dining arena, delivery apps serve not just meals—but debt. Baedal Minjok, Korea’s dominant service  platform, feeds a system where local restaurant owners grapple to survive while...

Since President Trump took his oath of office on Jan. 20, the havoc he has unleashed on the very foundations of our government has been catastrophic. Under his leadership, scores of federal workers...

The CHNV is a humanitarian parole program that allows certain individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to be granted permission to stay in the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons....

“Where are you?” That once-common question has become obsolete. In an age of constant connectivity, cultural norms have transformed the location-sharing feature on many apps into normalized digital...

583 days. That is how long my brother, Devin Newcombe, fought for his life after being shot at a family party shortly after turning 16. He survived the initial wound, but ultimately lost his battle...

A 2023 Harvard faculty report revealed that 79% of the grades given out at Harvard in the 2020-21 school year were in the A range, an almost 20% increase from a decade earlier. Yale’s rate was even higher...

On March 4, 2025, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, saying, “I’ve stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America. It’s back.” However, many of his...

Sophomore Laila Alkhatib is at home with her family when she hears the sudden explosions of fireworks — or so she thinks. In reality, they are gunshots fired into the air by a 45-year-old man having...

This February, the White House revealed that its officials will determine which news outlets are granted regular access to their press pool. This decision arranged for the White House Correspondents’...

Reality has recently been sinking in for students and teachers in the West Linn-Wilsonville (WLWV) school district as the budget crisis has reached a point where goodbyes have begun. In March 2024,...

Despite Wheeling Park’s attempts to block all forms of AI on Chromebooks, students continue to find ways to abuse it. So, let’s make the obvious choice here: eliminate all technology. If students can’t...

During a conference regarding a fatal plane crash in Washington D.C. on Jan. 30, President Donald Trump claimed that the collision was due to the diversity, equity and inclusivity hires at the Federal...

For millions of Americans, from students to constituents, the previously-noble pursuit of knowledge has been reduced to a pursuit FROM knowledge. On multiple fronts, American society is scrambling over...

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Jefferson’s words still ring true 一 today, as press freedom in the...

**Disclaimer: Some of the interviews featured in this article have been conducted anonymously to protect the safety and privacy of students and parents. Inside cramped hagwon classrooms, kindergarten...

Most mornings driving to school, I crave background noise filled by the news, but stories that normally spark interest leave me with dread as I listen to the most recent air strike, economic decline...

Every morning, the pledge of Allegiance echoes through the classrooms of Pleasant Valley High School. Students rise from their seats, hand on chest, and declare their “allegiance to the flag.”  The...

When discussing Trump-2.0, too often we don’t put the fundamentals of American democracy first. Donald Trump himself, devoid of any coherent ideology and bereft of any clear end-goal beside the most...

Just when we think we’ve succeeded, it all comes roaring back. On Feb. 19, an Orange County infant returned from South Korea with measles. Days later, an unvaccinated child in Texas died from measles—the...

My personal favorite aspect of Star Trek (besides watching with my father) was the Vulcan people, a fictional extraterrestrial species. Each time one was in a scene, their characteristic strict adherence...

Throughout human history, there has always been racism, and there will never be a time without it. We like to believe that it is not as large of a problem as it is even though 52.5% of the reported hate...

In the first weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has already issued sweeping executive orders that strike at pillars of national public health. Changes like deleted data, disappearing webpages...

Currently, Hayes is undergoing many changes due to recently passed legislation, including the enacted Senate Bill 104 that limits where students may use the restroom to their assigned sex at birth. Subsequently,...

Last summer, the Granger Pines Facebook group exploded with excitement. The park playground was filled with enthusiastic chatter. The big news? A Domino’s Pizza was opening in front of the neighborhood. The...

We are witnessing a crisis—not just of literacy, but in our societal capacity to simply think for ourselves. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the percentage of U.S....

I remember it as if I had just experienced it all over again, 30 seconds ago. It was my first day as a freshman, and I wasn’t sure if I’d have to dress out. I was walking to the Green Wall to grab...

If you frequently travel along National Road, you may have noticed a group of protestors lining the street, holding signs that read “Defund Fascism”, “Support Trans Youth”, “Fight 4 Democracy”,...

Even though both groups are classified as Black, Black American and African cultures have very prominent differences. However, in the U.S., African culture has often been overlooked and lumped into Black...

It’s that time of year again; fourth-grade teachers are queuing up the BrainPOP video about Martin Luther King Jr., corporations that own slave mining operations in the Congo are tweeting about how they’re...

Micah Beckwith has emerged as the newly inaugurated Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, an extremely controversial figure in both state and national politics. He will now be featured at the Cass County Republican's...

“Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors.” Although the experience of reading can be described in numerous ways, Dr. Rudine Bishop's analogy perfectly captures the essence. Bishop, an Ohio State...

*Disclaimer: This article discusses sensitive topics, including self-harm—reader discretion is advised.* “My chest feels so stuffy. I feel like I’m going to fall somewhere. I don’t even know...

When Americans think about the role of a journalist, they often imagine a human robot producing stories at their desk for hours or having an intrusive reporter shoving a microphone into someone’s face....

I am proud to be able to speak Flemish. It’s my mother’s native tongue, one she’s immensely proud of. I’ve been taught the language my whole life and grew to love it. Yet, in my everyday life,...

The president’s bodyguards cover the mouth of an angry STEM graduate and drag him out of student hall. This action encapsulates the government’s response to student unrest over its research & development...

The 2025 Texas legislative session put school vouchers on the table yet again, with Senate Bill 2 being passed on Feb. 5. In writing, the bill provides $10,000 annually per child or $11,500 per disabled...

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...