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The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

Opinion

Community college a more viable option

Staff Editorial January 30, 2015

Seniors are officially being inundated with the same question from peers, teachers, dentists, crossing guards, and garbage men: What college are you going to? Many students can be seen wearing the answer...

Fine line between racism and free speech

Staff Editorial January 30, 2015

Two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, both Islamic extremists belonging to the terrorist group Al Qaeda, shot and killed 12 illustrators working at the satirical French publication, Charlie Hebdo, on...

Threats lie in China and Russia

Ben Sellers, Staff Writer January 30, 2015

The United States is an empire in retreat. Throughout the 20th century, many of the greatest powers have literally disappeared from the map. The Ottoman Empire, the Soviet Union, the British Empire,...

‘Mockingjay’ sparks protests in Thailand

Michelle Wang, Editor in Chief January 30, 2015

With the ongoing turmoil in Thailand, I’d consider them lucky to have had any violent revolts or riots. Despite the frequency of Thailand’s political turmoil and citizen dissent, its government...

Government money ill-spent

Government money ill-spent

Sarah Chi, Opinions Editor January 30, 2015

Every citizen of the United States is taught to obey authority. Listen to your parents. Listen to your teacher. Listen to the government. Lately though, questioning authoritative power seems like all...

Are Ferguson protests solving racial problems?

Are Ferguson protests solving racial problems?

Austin Hille and Emily Mun December 18, 2014

YES When there are protests within a nation, they’re usually a sign of unrest and a want for change. And by protests, I don’t mean stormy nights filled with townspeople carrying torches, pitchforks...

Etiquette has a place on social media

Annissa Bensalah, Features Editor December 18, 2014

There’s been a lot of buzz recently on whether social media sites such as Twitter are acceptable places to debate opinions on controversial topics. Some say that Twitter is a site teens go on just...

New Eminem album draws harsh criticism

Radeen Shemirani, Staff Writer December 18, 2014

Eminem released his long waited 15th anniversary record, “ShadyXV,” on Nov. 24. As a revelation to all hip hop/rap listeners, the record wasn’t very welcome to some big name pop artists who were...

Taylor Swift’s greed costs fans on Spotify

Taylor Swift’s greed costs fans on Spotify

Staff Editorial November 21, 2014

Most of us would not admit it, but almost all of The Californian editorial staff loves Taylor Swift. So one can imagine the pain we were all viciously thrown in to when we logged on to The Californian’s...

Confederate flag is offensive but protected

Staff Editorial November 21, 2014

Administrators recently confiscated two students’ Confederate flags that were flying in the backs of their pick-up trucks in the school parking lot. This is kind of shocking, as we live in California,...

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