News publication for high schools of Redlands Unified School District and the community.
By TATUM MAPES September 29, 2020, RepresentUs, a non-partisan anti-corruption organization, released two videos titled “Dictators,” featuring Deepfakes of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. The videos are a part of a larger ad campaign titled “Save the Vote.” The politicians are […]
By MAGGIE SNAVELY Life is filled with so many detours. As much as we wish things could always run smoothly, that is simply not the case. When you are constantly thrown twists and turns it is extremely difficult to stay motivated. There are some steps you can try […]
By NOAH AMARO With the constant adaptations faculty and students have made through this pandemic, the annual college activities hosted by Redlands Unified School District career centers have found a way. These events are all provided and curated by the RUSD career centers. The designated offices and administrators […]
By AILEEN JANEE CORPUS When it comes to the effects of the coronavirus and quarantine, people are quick to point out the obvious: boredom at home, not being able to go outside, and difficulty connecting with others, but there are more effects than just the obvious. Living paycheck […]
By EMERSON SUTOW As the months of boring quarantine have come to an end, a new year of online education has begun. In these weird times, things are very unpredictable, unplanned and quite stressful. Here is a list of songs that commemorate the strange freedom of being home […]
By Ethic News staff As the Redlands Unified School District enters its sixth week of distance-learning for the 2020-21 school year, students, staff, parents and community members are adjusting to a new way of learning and educating. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state mandates, the district made […]
Editor’s column: A mental health moment Emerson Sutow is the A&E Editor at Ethic News By Emerson Sutow Everyone experiences emotions. Maybe not in the same way, but feelings all have one element in common; the chemicals in the brain. Depending on the balance, the chemicals can make […]
By LILIAN MOHR Amidst a global pandemic almost every aspect of daily life has been impacted in some way. Schools are digital, stores are closed, and friends have to stay six feet apart from each other. Meanwhile healthcare workers put their life on the line every day to […]
By AZRIEL OLMEDO Photo made using FlamingText, a logo design and name generator (Azriel Olmedo / Ethic News). Note: The Marvel Comics will be the main source of evidence for Taskmaster, and the DC Comics will be used for Batman. When the word “superhero” comes to mind, one […]
Isaac Mejia, 16, is a junior at Redlands East Valley. Mejia is a first-year staff writer for the paper who wants to help out and make his voice heard. Outside of Ethic News, Mejia likes to play the piano and is very passionate about his religion. He likes […]
Spencer Moore is a freshman at Redlands East Valley High School. He joined Ethic News in an effort to understand the world of journalism, and in hopes of polishing his own writing skills. In his free time, Spencer enjoys playing video-games with his friends and sharpening his piano […]
Lily Shaw is starting her first year as a freshman at Redlands East Valley High School. She is going to be a staff writer for both Ethic and La Plaza and is coming from two years of experience as the Editor-in-Chief for the Moore Middle Schools yearbook. Shaw’s […]
Hannah Patrick is 17 years old and a senior at Citrus Valley High School. Her hobbies include drawing and painting. Her favorite subject in school science. Patrick’s favorite television shows are romantic animes. Her favorite foods are pizza, chicken nuggets, and macaroni and cheese. She is originally from […]
Kendra Burdick is a 13-year-old freshman attending Redlands East Valley High School. During her first year in digital journalism, she plans to write articles in the Arts & Entertainment section. She chose this class because she has been interested in writing since the 3rd grade. She was also […]
Aiyanah Johnson is a shy, goofy, introverted, and outgoing freshman at Citrus Valley High School and is currently 14 years old. Johnson has interests in playing her many sports, including softball, soccer, basketball, and swimming; and enjoys watching Netflix and listening to all types of music. Her favorite […]
Azriel Olmedo is a 17 year old senior at Citrus Valley High School. In his free time, he likes to draw, write and collect rare cards. Azriel also enjoys track and field, a sport that he loves and participated in for two years. As the editor-in-chief for ETHIC […]
Emma Miller is 15 years old and a sophomore at Redlands East Valley High School. She decided to take digital journalism because she is taking all honors and AP classes and wanted a fun activity to do. Miller has two siblings that also attended REV, a sister that […]
Noah Amaro is senior at Redlands East Valley who is a new member to Ethic News. He joined in hopes of experiencing the opportunities and lessons that journalism has to offer as well as grow and develop his creative writing style. Born in Southern California, he adapted to […]
Miyah Sanborn is a staff writer for Ethic News. She is freshmen attending Redlands East Valley High School. She is looking forward to the fun activities REV has to offer! She is living out her childhood dreams with being a member of Ethic News. Ever since elementary school, […]
Mauricio Pliego, 16, is a sophomore at Redlands East Valley and is the News editor for Ethic and La Plaza. Pliego joined the paper because he was intrigued by the idea of writing and being able to give a platform for his voice. He hopes that when he […]
Allison Stockham is a freshman at Citrus Valley High school. Stockham joined Ethic because she has always been fond of writing. She is now a staff writer who enjoys writing about news and current events. Stockham is the oldest sibling of her family with one younger sister and […]
Miriam Yordanos is a junior at Redlands East Valley, a third year member and Features editor at Ethic News. Miriam joined Ethic because of her passion for journalism, she enjoys interacting and interviewing people and loves to read and write. Miriam is an active member of her school’s […]
Jasmine Rosales is a 14-year-old freshman at Citrus Valley High School who is partaking in her first year as a writer in Digital Journalism. Rosales´s interest in journalism sparked when she learned that journalism is always changing and is always aware of what is going on in the […]
Aileen Janee “AJ” Corpus is a sophomore at Redlands East Valley High School. She is only 15 years old, yet has many hobbies and talents including longboarding, playing basketball and swimming, and playing instruments like guitar, bass, drums, mandolin, and ukulele. Although this is her first year of […]
Emerson Sutow is a 16 year old junior at Citrus Valley High School and the youngest of three. This is his third year of Ethic News; he is this year’s Arts and Entertainment Editor. In his free time Emerson enjoys listening to alternative rock, especially the band Palaye […]
Bella Espinoza is a junior at Citrus Valley High School. She is the Video Director for Ethic News and handles filming and editing for videos, which she enjoys. She started learning more about digital news in her video production class in 7th grade, and signed up for the […]
Maggie Snavely is a junior at Citrus Valley Highschool and has been part of Ethic for three years. Snavely is the Self and Style editor and helps produce articles that make others feel happy and comfortable with themselves. Being part of Ethic has allowed Snavely to be able […]
Makayla Naime is currently a 13-year-old freshman at Citrus Valley High School. She joined Digital Journalism, because she enjoys writing and taking pictures. Outside of school, Naime has been doing gymnastics for seven years, Girl Scouts for nine years, and National Charity League, a volunteer organization, for three […]
Lilian Mohr is a 17-year-old senior and the CEO of Ethic News at Redlands East Valley. Not only is she a writer for Ethic, but she is involved in multiple clubs, including French Club and the Possibilities Club. The New-Jersey native is currently an undecided major, but when […]
Emily Walos is a current junior student at Citrus Valley High School and CEO of Ethic on the CV side. She has always loved being a voice for her community and to inform, which made journalism the right choice for her. Her journey in journalism began when she […]
Daniela Mora, currently a 14-year-old freshman at Redlands East Valley High School, is a staff member for Ethic News. This is her first year in journalism; as she was accidentally placed in the class due to a misunderstanding however, after noticing the mistake she decided to stay to […]
Tatum Mapes, a senior at Redlands East Valley, plays piano, ukulele and kalimba. Typically, she can be found in band, choir, running choir’s meme page, or working as Editor in Chief for Ethic News. She teaches piano and is the student director for REV’s choral music program. Tatum […]
Emily Prinstein, 14, attends Citrus Valley high school, and is in the 9th grade. Before entering into high school she went to Richardson Prep. Emily was also born in Fontana on March 13. She really enjoys drawing and playing volleyball. She is most interested in photography and art […]
Ethan Crabtree is a 17-year-old senior at Citrus Valley High School, and is starting his first year in Ethic News. He chose to join Ethic because of his interest in making videos and capturing exciting incidents on camera. He has been interested in video production since 2017, and […]
Alexander (Xander) Marquis is a sophomore at Redlands East Valley High school. He is currently involved in AVID and Cross Country in addition to journalism. His hobbies include painting miniatures and game design. He has six cats and two dogs, an amount he calls “too many.” After High […]
Featured image is from the Digital Journalism Telepresence class in December 2019, celebrating Digital Journalism being approved as a course that fulfills the UC/Cal State A-G Fine Art requirement. (Ethic Photo) “I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world” – […]
By LILIAN MOHR As the Redlands Unified School District decides to finish the 2019-2020 academic school year through distance learning and close its campus until the fall semester begins, the focus on making the best of the next school year becomes an issue of importance for almost every […]
By AALEYAH WINSLOW Recently, at most Southern California beaches, people have noticed that the waves they are used to seeing year round have changed in appearance. They appear to be a reddish color in the day and at night the waves light up to reveal a sparkling neon […]
By AZRIEL OLMEDO Photo made using FlamingText, a logo design and name generator (Azriel Olmedo / Ethic News). Note: The main source of evidence for this edition will come directly from the “Dark Nights: Metal” comic book series, published by DC Comics. This edition uses descriptions that some […]
By MAGGIE SNAVELY (Markus Spiske/ Pexels) Having to be isolated from the rest of the world can leave us with many conflicted feelings. Maybe you feel happy to stay home, or maybe you feel lonely. Either way, this quarantine has definitely left us feeling different than before. It […]
Editor’s column: Exploring endangered species Mia Delmonico is the REV Editor-In-Chief By MIA DELMONICO When most people think of polar bears an image of a large pearl white creature usually appears. While some may find them adorable, others can easily find them frightening, as they share many of […]
By AHLORA SMITH Superintendent of the Redlands Unified School District, Mauricio Arellano, released a statement on the evening of April 27 that recounts the steps that the district has taken to adjust to quarantine life as well as some exciting news for Redlands seniors. In this letter, Arellano […]
By AALEYAH WINSLOW Lorraine Booth: “It feels so surreal. Maybe I’m being melodramatic, but it feels like my four years were a waste. No prom, no graduation… It’s a series of unfortunate events.” Joslynn Gomez: “That wasn’t very cash money of u covid-19.” Analysse Marie Todd: “While school […]
By LILIAN MOHR & MIA DELMONICO As millions of high school students across the world enter into a new phase of education during the pandemic that is solely reliant on distant learning, obvious struggles begin to arise as organization flies out the window. Productivity seems more impossible than […]
