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By MECCAYDA GREGARY At a small school like Orangewood, the Advancement Via Individual Determination program has made a positive impact on students. AVID is a college preparation program created to … Continue reading Opinion: AVID program makes a positive impact on Orangewood students
By LILIAN MOHR During the 2019-2020 academic school year, the Redlands Unified School District has made several significant changes. Arguably some of the most beneficial of these changes came with … Continue reading Opinion: Modifications to the College Board policies affects Redlands high school students
By BROOKE MGBAFILIKE and ISABELLE SAMAAN Sandy Hook Promise honors the life that was lost in the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Every year the … Continue reading Point/ Counterpoint: Should the Sandy Hook Promise PSA be shown?
By KAITLYN SUTOW In 2011, a Princeton University-based research team conducted group decision making experiments and employed mathematical models and computer simulation to provide insights in uninformed human behavior. They … Continue reading Uninformed Opinions: Why do people believe things without any proof?
By ALYSSA ORNELAS Envision this: A teacher is trying to explain physics to the class but a student decides that their phone is more important than expanding their knowledge. Once … Continue reading Opinion: Cell phones should be banned at school
By AALEYAH WINSLOW Dear Freshmen, So, you have started your first year of high school, and you are still trying to figure out what is going on. While high school … Continue reading Open letter to freshmen from a senior: tips on self, studying and school pride
By AZRIEL OLMEDO Detention bars students from most productive activities, such as completing school work or studying, and most students consequently spend the reflection period catching up on sleep. (Alyssa … Continue reading Opinion: Detention is doing more harm than good
By MAURICIO PLIEGO Bullying is becoming a nationwide problem in schools. Teachers at times do not realize what is really going on with students, which is the main reason why … Continue reading Opinion: Everyone takes a crucial role in eliminating bullying
By CHRISTINA ANDRONESCU We’ve all experienced it: the primal chaos of a school fight. Cady Heron of “Mean Girls” was right in comparing the high school lunch period to the … Continue reading Opinion: Use of pepper spray at Citrus Valley prompts reflection
By RICHARD BUNNER Our country is one of incredible strength and amazing power. However, some of our systems and means of doing things are outdated and illogical for modern times. … Continue reading Opinion: Why I believe the United States is slowly falling apart
By TATUM MAPES Everyone remembers watching cartoons at a young age, whether it be “Spongebob Squarepants” or “Kim Possible.” With bright colors, exaggerated facial features and innocent plots, it was … Continue reading Opinion: Animation is not exclusive to children
Note to reader: Spoilers for Captain Marvel (and many other movies) below By TATUM MAPES Marvel Studios’ 21st cinematic outing, “Captain Marvel,” has taken the world by storm. The film … Continue reading Opinion: Femininity, flaws and female characters — What Captain Marvel got right
By LILIAN MOHR American high schools are notorious for their lack of conscientiousness regarding their environmental footprint. From the thousands of pieces of paper that are being used in high … Continue reading Opinion: Redlands East Valley Campus needs to make the shift to environmental conscientiousness
By RICHARD BUNNER Tax fraud, sexual assault, racism—the list goes on and on. All of these subjects have been associated with the current president, Donald J. Trump. As a freshman, … Continue reading Opinion: A brief take on modern politics from someone who will be affected the most
By MAGGIE SNAVELY When impactful events occur in the world, we immediately look to find out more about what happened on the news. However, we cannot accept everything we read … Continue reading Opinion: First impressions matter, especially with news on social media
By AVALON SALVADORE With the repeal of Obamacare, a new storm is barreling in President Trump’s health care plan. President Trump is currently proposing a plan that will only last … Continue reading Opinion: Trump’s health care reform will have corporate healthcare casualties
By ANNALYSE YGLESIAS There are countless studies and statistics that convey the potential good in lowering the voting age. If younger people became more involved in politics and the state … Continue reading Opinion: The voting age needs to be lowered to benefit future generations
By KAITLYN SUTOW “Negro History Week” was started by a man named Carter G. Woodson in 1926, and later became known as “Black History Month” in 1976. The Month became … Continue reading Opinion: Black History Month is valued for many reasons
By ALEENA SIRITANAPIVAT You have heard the saying at least once or twice: love makes the world go round. However, in this modern world, where we are constantly looking at … Continue reading Opinion: Single’s Awareness Day is just another commercialized 24 hours
By ANNALYSE YGLESIAS Many young students trust social media and the news as a source of information, but what if you can’t trust what you read? On Jan. 21, Fox … Continue reading Opinion: Fox News apologizes for accidental death announcement, blunder reminds public to fact-check
By MELANIE URIBE Despite what “White Chicks” has taught us, beauty is not restricted to blonde hair and fair skin. In fact, it has no restrictions at all. The standard … Continue reading Opinion: Societal beauty standards distract people from what really matters
By DORIAN NEIGHBORS If you want to discuss whether or not aliens are real, you first must ask yourself, “What are aliens?” The problem at hand is that aliens encompass … Continue reading Opinion: Aliens are real, but not in the way you think
By MIRIAM YORDANOS With the constant looming question of “What do you want to be in the future?” teenagers are facing more pressure than ever to find a major or … Continue reading Opinion: A gap year gives students deeper world perspectives
By KAITLYN SUTOW and ANNALYSE YGLESIAS According to popular belief, music is mostly a distraction while studying; however, there are many sides of the story to be considered. For example, … Continue reading Opinion: Music can be either distracting or beneficial depending on the individual
By MAGGIE SNAVELY and MIRIAM YORDANOS Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and Facebook are only a few of the many social media platforms teens spend the majority of their time on. In … Continue reading Social media has many positive and negative impacts
By LILIAN MOHR With US News recording more than 20,500 public high schools in the United States, it’s no wonder that there are various ways to schedule the average school … Continue reading The Redlands Unified School District needs to implement A/B Day schedule at high schools
By AHLORA SMITH You know “White Christmas,” and “Blue Christmas,” and “Santa Baby,” and “Silver Bells,” “Rudolph,” and “Frosty,” and “Sleigh Ride” and “Drummer Boy,” but do you recall the … Continue reading Baby, it’s Cold Outside takes the world by a winter storm
By ETHIC STAFF Recently, CNN reporter Jim Acosta was stripped of his press pass by the White House, following a tense altercation between him and the president. However, Judge Timothy … Continue reading Opinion: Acosta’s press pass represents First Amendment rights and civility
By HELEN POGGI It only takes one stroll down a high school hallway to see—or, more accurately, hear—that swear words have become a large part of many teenagers’ lexicons. Although … Continue reading Opinion: Rising use of profanity lessens shock value
By TATUM MAPES With the close of the CBL football season, students can fondly look back on all the fun they had in the Litterbox, Redlands East Valley’s student section. … Continue reading Opinion: Dear Wildcats, Respect the stadiums
By ALEENA SIRITANAPIVAT No, Brett Kavanaugh is not a Kardashian, but that doesn’t mean you should neglect to keep up with him. After Justice Anthony Kennedy retired, one of the … Continue reading Opinion: Kavanaugh hearings leave lingering questions
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Editor & author of “My Country Tis of Thee Analysis”: I strongly disagree with the opinion that political correctness “silences actual discussion of ideas and strengthens people’s abilities to be … Continue reading Letter to the editor: Reader finds flaws in political correctness critique
By ETHAN SIBBETT “My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From ev’ry mountainside Let … Continue reading Opinion: “My country ’tis of Thee” analysis
I am writing concerning the article “Anxiety disorders explained.” As a parent of a student that suffers from panic attacks and anxiety I was disturbed by the idea that the … Continue reading Letter to the editor: Reader raises concern on anxiety article and photo
Dear Reader, Ethic News values responses and input from our readership and community. All published pieces have a comments section below. In addition, readers may also submit a letter to … Continue reading Write a Letter to the Editors
By TATUM MAPES School dress codes. They have been fought and debated since they were first put into place. However, the debate is starting to become very one-sided, with supporters … Continue reading Opinion: An argument on behalf of the dress code
By LILIAN MOHR The East and West Coast might as well be on different planets. For all their differences, each are home to America’s two most internationally renowned cities: New … Continue reading Opinion: Education from coast to coast through the eyes of a Jersey girl
Dear ETHIC Readers, We invite you to help judge and vote for your favorite ETHIC content of the 2017-18 school year. Our goal in ETHIC is to create high quality news content that is accurate, relevant, … Continue reading Readers Choice Awards – ETHIC wants YOUR opinion!
By ETHIC STAFF As an institution, news production—printed or digital—owes a responsibility to the people it serves and for the sake of well-informed political decisions, one that does not turn … Continue reading Take note Sinclair Broadcast Group, “This is extremely dangerous to our democracy”
“Whoever controls what is written down and passed along controls the minds of the people. That is why it is of the utmost importance of all generations, now and to … Continue reading Analysis of 1868 newspaper reveals timely message: Freedom and potential of the press remain responsibility of both writer and reader
By ALYSSA MARTIN Many scientist and experts may argue today’s current communication system is wholly advanced compared to only 30 years ago. Yes, they are surely correct in several ways. … Continue reading Is technology spoiling human interaction?
By TATUM MAPES Texas, also known as the Lone Star State, has a rich history of colonization, rebellion, triumph and liberty. One can expect that, with these defining qualities, Texans … Continue reading California ranks 17 in state pride, and it is not surprising
By AUSTIN GAW As most people are already aware at this point, a slew of allegations have surfaced of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault against various men of the Hollywood … Continue reading Sexual assault: Art cannot be separated from the artist
