The Risky Reality of Media in Teen Lives
By: Collin Wang Over the past twenty years, media has become an increasingly important aspect of teenagers' lives. With the invention of new technologies like smartphones and laptops, it is now easier than ever to immerse oneself in a different reality through a screen. From the moment they wake up to the moment they shut their eyes, teens are constantly immersed in media. Scrolling through social media platforms, streaming movies and television, messaging friends and family
Collin Wang
2 days ago6 min read
Captain Credit
By: Zoey Zhang The week prior to Valentine’s Day, Sir Captain Credit made a grand entrance in a pink heart-shaped stretch limousine. When he pointed his diamond-studded, bejeweled hand, all of the stores became full of vases of flowers, boxes of candies, and sparkling diamonds. It did not take long before the couples in the town felt an urgency to create bigger and more extravagant displays of love than the previous couple. Sir Captain Credit ordered everyone to “Show off how
Zoey Zhang
2 days ago2 min read
Is It Really a Rule Without Punishment?
By: A. Lu Your parents say that 11 pm is your bed time, but they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm, so is 11 pm really your bed time? Introduction The question of whether 11 PM is really your bedtime if your parents do not punish you for staying up later can be explored from various angles. If we consider a family as a small society, then the rules within the family can be seen as its legal system, with "going to bed by 11 PM" functioning as a rule in this mic
A. Lu
Mar 297 min read
The Importance of Third Spaces
By: Anisa Chandra Where do you spend the majority of your time? For many of us, we have what psychologists call a ‘first space’ and a ‘second space’ — the two places where we spend most of our time. Oftentimes, our first space is our home, or place of residence, while our second space is where we work. But with this framework comes the question of third spaces: places where we’re able to create community and feel accepted, but are neither at home nor at work (take, for exampl
Anisa Chandra
Mar 215 min read
The Extent to Which We Should Go to Help Another
By: Anisa Chandra What is the furthest extent we should go to in order to help someone else? If it’s our duty to give up our seat to an elderly person, is it also our duty to help children in third-world countries by giving them opportunities for a better life? Why? As the global situation gets increasingly worse — there’s mass genocides in a variety of countries, we’re facing a global water shortage, and the job market is becoming distorted due to the influence of AI — this
Anisa Chandra
Mar 215 min read
The Disco Girl
By: Raul Montano Alvarado The Dark The Light Of Red, Blue, Green, & White In the hotel of beauty & might One more night before I go To my favorite place, my home I know A party, they say, that I shall attend The last night here, should be one which I want no end I see my friends by the water’s meet On a dance with fun, and of so sweet Popular songs that topped the charts To Spanish ballads I know from heart But then I see her on the floor of dance Which makes my heart start
Raul Montano Alvarado
Mar 102 min read
Deepfakes: Weighing the Risks and the Benefits
By: Darren Lee As reported by Maria Negreiro, a Researcher at the European Parliamentary Research Service, an astounding 8 million deepfakes will be shared in 2025 up 7.5 million from 2023 and a projected 90 % of online content may be generated synthetically by 2026 (Negreiro, 2025). The use of deepfakes, realistic but fabricated videos, images or files created by Artificial Intelligence, has become a major issue for politics and society as a whole. Deepfakes can threaten de
Darren Lee
Mar 16 min read