Category: Opinion

By ARIANA GHALAMBOR Over 60 Iranian-American citizens have been detained and held for additional questioning at the U.S. crossing border. Several Iranian-Americans claim they were traveling through Washington’s state border … Continue reading Opinion: Iranians detained at the US crossing border

By MALIK GAYNAIR What keeps students motivated to get up and get ready for school? Maybe it’s friends, maybe it’s food, or maybe it’s educational excitement. But, amid all this … Continue reading Opinion: Orangewood student makes a case for return of school buses

By SOFIA DICARLO The “Ok Boomer” phrase, which was introduced through social media in the fall of 2019, has become quite popular among the younger generations of our society. “Ok … Continue reading Opinion: The "Ok Boomer" phrase takes over the internet

By AVALON SALVADORE According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, outstanding student loan debt in the United States ranges between $902 billion and $1 trillion with around $864 … Continue reading Opinion: The student loan crisis is crushing America

By RAYYAN ABDO After much heated debate and public outcry, Sony Pictures and Walt Disney reach a deal to continue Spider-Man movie partnership. (Credit to Marvel Studios) A few months … Continue reading Opinion: The fight for the web-slinging hero is resolved; Disney waves a white flag

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: New College Board policies benefit Redlands high school students, but have room for improvement

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

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 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 ETHAN SIBBETT One of the most underappreciated sports at Citrus Valley High School and Redlands East Valley High School is Academic Decathlon. Similar to speech and debate but with … Continue reading Opinion: Blackhawk Academic Decathalon success shows the sport’s unique blend of competition and camraderie

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 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 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 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

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

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