MLK Day is more than just a holiday
Rahima Baluch, Reporter
January 21, 2019
The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated on Jan. 20, 1986 with marches, church services and a freedom train that ran from San Jose to San Francisco. Today, we celebrate it with a day off. This isn’t enough to commemorate all the work that King did for African Americans during the Civil Righ...
Equity in school tech
Rachel Lawson, Managing/News Editor
December 29, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Print Stories, Showcase, Staff Editorials
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 93 percent of households in Washington own a computer (including a smartphone), and 87 percent have access to the internet. This may seem like a satisfactory number, but keep in mind that 7 percent of Washington households is 198,000 households, m...
Point/Counterpoint: Unweighted vs. Weighted GPA
September 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Point/Counterpoint, Showcase
A grade point average (GPA) summarizes a student’s academic performance by assigning each class grade to a numerical value (A = 4.0, B = 3.0, etc.) and taking the average of the point total. Some schools, including Inglemoor, use an unweighted grading scale, meaning that the points for a specific gra...
Two bees or not two bees?
Rachel Lawson and Olivia Sasson
August 16, 2018
Despite anyone’s personal opinions on bees, there is no doubt that their hard pollination work is the basis of a vast majority of our nutritional needs. One-third of every bite of food eaten is dependent on pollinators, Greenpeace says, with bees making up 80% of the pollination process that ensure...
Sex ed is outdated and not inclusive
Maya Holt, Web Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion
We live in an age where the taboo on discussing sex, gender and sexuality has largely been lifted. Media coverage of LGBTQ+ people’s stories has expanded dramatically, TV and movies have diversified their characters’ gender/sexual identities and the internet seems to host an unending conversatio...
Point/Counterpoint: Honor Society
March 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Point/Counterpoint
Honor Society misses the point by Kaylea Agate Character. Scholarship. Leadership. Service: these four values are the pillars that Honor Society supposedly rests on and to which its members aspire, yet in practice, the organization may not do as much to further these ideals as it could or should. ...
Point/Counterpoint: Political discussion in class
Megan Munson and Nicole Turtle
March 3, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Point/Counterpoint, Print Stories
Teachers should encourage students to get involved Living in a politically-charged society, it is only natural for current events to come up during casual conversation. Of course, these discussions frequently appear in classrooms — which is entirely necessary in order for students to develop a gre...
Editorial: Sick students should stay home
February 9, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Print Stories, Staff Editorials
Being sick does not always equate to staying home from school. Students can be seen — or rather, heard — in their classes sniffling and sneezing all throughout the period. Even if ill students make sure to wash their hands consistently and cover their mouths when they sneeze, they still pose the threat...
Point/Counterpoint: Gun laws
January 21, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Point/Counterpoint, Print Stories
Gun laws are ineffective After a mass shooting occurs in the United States, many Americans are quick to demand that the government increases restrictions on firearms. This advice would be entirely counterproductive and do little to actually reduce these crimes, while infringing on the rights of the pe...
Editorial: Core 24 makes students stress more
December 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorials
Graduation is often the central goal of a student's high school career. Whether one plans on attending a four-year college or joining the workforce right after senior year, acquiring a high school diploma is what much of a student's schooling has amounted to. However, with the introduction of a new g...
Protect the future of the internet with net neutrality
Oliver Hopcroft, Opinion Editor
December 13, 2017
On Dec. 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on a proposal by the Chairman, Ajit Pai, that would remove restrictions requiring internet service providers to treat all web content equally. If passed, this proposal will not only be dangerous for free speech, but harmful to every co...
Designer clothes and the death of individuality
Christian Barlow, Sports Editor
December 10, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Print Stories, Showcase
In the fall and winter of 2015, countless videos went viral depicting thousands of people waiting in line for 10 hours outside department stores for a crowbar that the New York skate clothing line Supreme released. The only thing setting this product apart from other crowbars was the company name embl...
Rahima Baluch, Reporter
January 21, 2019
The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated on Jan. 20, 1986 with marches, church services and a freedom train that ran from San Jose to San Francisco. Today, we celebrate...
