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Why youth voting matters

Why youth voting matters

Julia Kremenetsky March 1, 2024

Many upperclassmen students at West Ranch will have the opportunity to be first-time voters this year. Whether that be in the California Presidential Primary Election this March or in the Presidential...

Seasonal depression: dealing with mental health in the winter

Seasonal depression: dealing with mental health in the winter

Alice Xie January 12, 2024

   Seasonal depression: a term often described as a change in mood triggered by a change in seasons. For most, the cold fall and winter months usher in a bout of seasonal depression that lingers until...

The Benefits of Self-Care

The Benefits of Self-Care

Alyssa Pascual and Layla Arshad October 16, 2023

With the start of the school year, students are afflicted with waves of stress as balancing multiple classes and extracurricular activities can be difficult to handle. As deadlines approach, it may seem...

The times have changed, but pollution remains: A look into the environmental hazards plaguing our community and the larger world

The times have changed, but pollution remains: A look into the environmental hazards plaguing our community and the larger world

Jaeeun Park, Editor-in-Chief May 30, 2022

   Environmental damage has been a repetitive topic in headlines, especially as the modern world has been forced to confront the consequences of its rapid industrialization and lack of foresight in dealing...

Watch out Alaska! (Here I come)

Alice Xie, Copy Editor May 19, 2022

   On the evening of March 1, I boarded a 7 p.m. Anchorage-bound Alaska Airlines flight, the first of two flights scheduled to take me to Fairbanks, Alaska. As a student athlete, my journey was as much...

Spring School Stress

Spring School Stress

Clarissa Zuo and Jaeeun Park May 11, 2022

    Spring is a beautiful time of year. Flowers bloom, the weather becomes milder and the atmosphere is ripe with excitement for the approaching summer fun.    However, for students and staff...

How art has impacted my life and helped me heal

How art has impacted my life and helped me heal

Noor Baber, Copy Editor March 8, 2022

   The year was 2015.     In the middle of the school year, I had to visit the doctor’s office—nothing much, just a normal, routine check-up.    I’ve had many of these check-ups over...

Pop science: A baking soda volcano sized controversy

Pop science: A baking soda volcano sized controversy

Reya Mehta and Ricky Rojas March 4, 2022

   Nearly all of us remember the glorious days of elementary school, sitting in the science lab as the teacher performed a demonstration of that day’s activity. From discovering viscosity to designing...

Should we listen to the music of problematic artists?

Should we listen to the music of problematic artists?

Jaeeun Park, Opinions Editor February 9, 2022

   There are many musical artists, especially in the modern day, that have been found to be responsible for ethically questionable acts.     Such artists also produce wildly popular music and legitimately...

Congratulations, the internet says youve got cardiac arrest

Congratulations, the internet says you’ve got “cardiac arrest”

Jaeeun Park, Opinions Editor November 30, 2021

   Self diagnosis: I feel like we've all done it before. You wake up feeling under-the-weather, with an ominous aching in your bones and a crick in your neck. Gingerly, you type in these symptoms into...

West Ranch Wellness Center: Working to Reduce the Stigma and Improve Students Mental Health

West Ranch Wellness Center: Working to Reduce the Stigma and Improve Student’s Mental Health

Tashvi Ratnani and Krish Singh November 8, 2021

Mental health plays a huge role in academic and physical performance, and not taking a break every so often may have unintended consequences. As the CDC states on their website, “Mental health is important...

On cultural dysphoria, its roots, and the effect it has on our world

On cultural dysphoria, its roots, and the effect it has on our world

Noor Baber, Copy Editor November 5, 2021

Cultural dysphoria: the term describes an uncertainty that a person feels about where they fit in terms of cultural categories. I had originally heard of the word while doing research about immigrants...

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