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An Original Article by Anastasiya, News Team Contributor “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~ Maya Angelou Do you ever feel that being wrong is wrong? As a young adult, I am constantly trying to figure out my identity and my beliefs and so is everyone else, I believe. While Read more...

  An interview with a rising photography star By Lucie, News Team Contributor What if you were to stumble into the wrong orientation at a summer camp, for a subject that you know almost nothing about? What if while at that orientation, you discovered a passion you never knew you had? Meet Claudia O’Neill, a rising senior at Amador Valley Read more...

by Margaret, News Team Contributor Extracurriculars are a fundamental aspect of the quintessential American experience. Their significance lies in the fact that they are highly capable of shaping a student’s interests and potentially even a future major or pathway! Not only are they essential parts of distinguishing a person from others in the all-important college admissions process, but they also Read more...

By Lucie, News Team Contributor   While most museums and art galleries are still closed, there is a wealth of public outdoor art and online galleries that can still be appreciated.   1. Public Art and Heritage Walk in Walnut Creek The five public art tours can be an entertaining activity for all ages, while also being a way to Read more...

By Kanchan, News Team Contributor   There is a difference between shouting “Black Lives Matter” into the void and appreciating this statement for what it truly means. The former, which has been reappropriated in the latest wave of corporate desperation, brings its own layer of superficiality. But to accomplish the latter, there is a process of introspection involved. In order Read more...

By Margaret, News Team Contributor Nowadays, when you think of the epitome of intellectualism, you think of elitist colleges, renowned for everything from their excelling athletics teams to academic prestige that are insurance of a bright future. However, centuries before all the hype over the Ivy Leagues, who (or shall I say, which educational institute) dominated the scholastic field? The Read more...

By Kanchan, A News Team Contributor Local Teens Help Break The Outbreak Though separated by a malfunctioning Zoom dashboard, I could see the passion radiating from youth nonprofit Break the Outbreak when I met the team for the first time. “How can we contribute to our society? How do we make a difference?”, asked Sky Yang, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Read more...

        Untitled by Kanchan Naik, News Team Contributor   and only the dead can make promises with these streets; mouths parted from their final breaths cannot lie like the living. the brown body is a broken secret its reality exhaled into autopsies and caskets, a gasping america can breathe again. justice dances with the night, serenaded by Read more...

By Ananya, News Team Contributor There it is, you can see it now. The glorious light at the end of the tunnel. It’s May, which means it’s the last month of school! Summertime will come again! But until that sweet release, here are some things we all experience during the last month of toil (before it starts all over again). Read more...

By Kanchan, Newsteam Contributor “Thank you, come again!” Apu smiles. The faux-Indian accent rings in my ears even after The Simpsons cuts to the next scene, leaving the brightly-lit Kwik-E-Mart in the distance. It’s been two years since I’ve heard that infamous dialogue from Apu, a Simpson’s classic voiced by Jewish-American Hank Azaria. Apu embodies so many of the stereotypes that the South-Asian community Read more...