Shaking it up this summer
Ceci Musgrove, Features Co-Editor
May 29, 2019
In a time of hot weather and sticky desserts, the milkshake is by far my favorite and the cleanest treat of the summertime. Keeping everything in a cup on the go or even sitting down at your favorite diner, the milkshake is the sweetest delicacy this summer. Unlike ice cream or froze...
Yo-yo, it’s fro-yo
Emmy Burrus, News Co-Editor
May 29, 2019
ooking for a cool summer treat without the extra calories of ice cream? Frozen yogurt is a great alternative. Although this dessert still isn’t very healthy, on a hot summer day who cares? And lucky for us, the East Bay has many different options to choose from. Here’s my list of some of the...
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream this upcoming summer break
Sabrina Contreras, Features Co-Editor
May 29, 2019
As summer approaches, the only thing that can save us from the scorching sun is ice cream. Lucky for you, I’ve taken my precious time to go ice cream tasting, trying to find the best ice cream around. Being a professional ice cream taster can be exhausting, but someone has to do it, so I stepped...
Science discredits signs
Michelle Kuperman, A&E Co-Editor
May 2, 2019
People believe whatever ideas and concepts support their perspective of the world. As such, many people have differing opinions on astrology, the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies and the influence they have on human affairs and the natural world. ...
Astrology becoming a staple of pop culture
Varsha Ravi, Managing Editor
May 2, 2019
Astrology’s recent revival is just another aspect of mainstream culture. Astrology refers to using details of people’s birth, such as location, date and time, to construct information about their personality as well as predict aspects of the future. Although a person’s ...
Star signs fool no one
Ceci Musgrove, Features Co-Editor
May 2, 2019
ns are often viewed by people everywhere, skeptical or not. Every day I wake up and check my Co-Star app to see if something new is going to affect my day, my relationships with others, or if I should watch out for something I shouldn’t be doing. Like most, I can be skeptical of things I see i...
Earth is warming at an alarming rate
Maira Nigaar, Staff Writer
March 26, 2019
Everyone longs to live in a utopia, but the upsetting reality of the earth is overwhelming as it rapidly drifts away from the perfect world people envision in their minds. Earth’s climate is dramatically fluctuating, making it difficult for living organisms to coexist with their surroundin...
The fight for environmental policy
Priyanka Krishna, Staff Writer
March 26, 2019
The talk of global warming has raised political controversy throughout society for several decades. By definition, global warming is the gradual increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by the rise of greenhouse gases. Climate change has not only been a growing problem concerning the environment, but it has als...
Why MLK is important
Michelle Kuperman, A&E Co-Editor
February 12, 2019
Jan. 21, 2019. This is the day we honor the man who transformed American history and the African American community. Martin Luther King, Jr. implemented change during the summit of the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s and was also a driving force behind important events such as the Montgom...
The reality black Americans face
Siena Sharpe, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
In the age of voter suppression, po- lice brutality, and increasingly dispro- portionate incarceration rates, and with a political administration who isn’t on our side, African Americans may feel weak and disheartened. Despite everything pushing against us, black people ev- erywhere are ...