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The Unspoken Epidemic: A Dive Into California’s Housing Crisis

10/20/2021

 
By: Keegan Wagner​
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In March 2020, Los Angeles city officials estimated that LA County had a total homeless population of 66,436, more than 11 percent of the entire nation's homeless population. California as a whole accounts for over 25 percent of all homeless people in the country. 

It has become increasingly obvious that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way cities approach housing, and to fully grasp this idea, one must first understand how this came to be.

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BLACK GOLD: WHY AMERICA IS SO OBSESSED WITH THE MIDDLE EAST

10/5/2021

 
By: Keegan Wagner​
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In August 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden issued the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in an effort to end the War On Terror, also called the ‘Forever War’ by people who disapprove of the engagement.

​The conflict was initiated by the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, when former President George W. Bush announced that he “...directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice.” Just one month after 
this announcement, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan with thousands of troops in search of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization responsible for the attacks. ​

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9/11 cannot be forgotten

10/1/2021

 
By: Cassie Seibert and Ben Lahmann
​It has been 20 years since our nation suffered its worst attack on domestic soil. When it occurred, it was seen as one of the most significant tragedies in U.S. history. While 20 years has not changed that sentiment, time has seemingly lessened the significance of that day and we tend to forget how the tragedy truly affected Americans and American values.

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The Future of Apple and Their Products

1/20/2021

 
By: Zorais Naroo

$550. Some bring up how this is as much as the highly sought after Playstation 5, at $500, along with a game. Others bring up how this price offers many premium headphones made for music hobbyists from Sennheiser, Bose, Sony, and others. Many also bring up the fact that this is the AirPods Max’s price, Apple’s newest product in their AirPods line, but not as a good thing. Daniel Zheng, a junior at Glenelg High School and Android user, says, “[The] AirPod Maxes are absurdly overpriced. And [are] not amazing headphones either.” He elaborated that for $550, they were terrible in terms of value.

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The Human Body: A 1/5 Star Review on God’s Yelp Page

1/20/2021

 
By: Locke Afton

So, the human body-- a product we’re all supplied with at birth and continue to use until death, whether we like it or not. Each body is unique, yet we all share the same general form. A “gift given to us from God,” as some might call it-- but how useful and effective is this gift, really, when compared to other forms of life? ​

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Gun Control: A Debate that Haunts America

1/20/2021

 
By: Justin Zulu

Every year about 100,000 people are victims of gun violence in the U.S. and many lives are drastically changed due to shootings. Since the early 20th century it has been a common debate over what type of guns citizens can use, and what type of laws should be implemented. I believe stricter Gun Control laws must be put in place to ensure less violence.

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Dear USHJA, They Aren’t Professionals. Signed, the Equine Industry

1/20/2021

 
By: Meredith Neely

With the ever growing population of Instagram and Facebook accounts, there ought to be at least one rule in place to prevent misinformation. The overseeing boards of the equine industry always congregate in multiple meetings throughout the year to do their jobs as superiors to a massive industry. But what happens when this board fails to protect thousands of amateurs alike from a rule that could seriously harm non-professional riders?

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How Much Work is Too Much Work?

1/20/2021

 
By: Aleena Khan

On September 8th, 2020 Howard County students returned back to online school with a completely different system than the prior year of online school. The new system created by the Board of Education, a group of eight individuals who are supposed to “...provide leadership for excellence in teaching and learning by fostering a climate for deliberative change through policy and community engagement”(HCPSS) spent months creating schedules, rules, and requirements for virtual learning, only to completely fail. The format of online school in Howard County has proven to be very troublesome on the students' side of the screen, with a multitude of students being overwhelmed with an excessive amount of work.

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School System Destroys Kids

1/20/2021

 
By: Aleena Khan
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The modern day American education system places 25th best in science and reading and 38th best in math, compared to every other country in this world. Even though America scores a bit above and below the OECD’s average, American schools are still lacking in a lot of areas.

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Is Hoco a No-Go?

1/20/2021

 
​By: Avery Ahlquist

Much to the dismay of many students, homecoming has been cancelled at Glenelg High School and many other high schools around the country due to COVID-19. Some schools have carried on with their homecoming events while adhering to safety protocols, while others have postponed the event or cancelled it entirely. Disappointed teenagers have begun to plan their own parties, completely defeating the purpose of cancelling the school sanctioned event. ​

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America’s ‘wealthy’ only make $255,604 a year, really.

1/19/2021

 
By: Meredith Neely

The fact above is sadly and surprisingly true. Throughout the course of the 2020 presidential election, raising taxes has been a heavily debated topic on both sides, discussing income definitions, tax brackets, and where tax dollars go. The question has always been to raise or not to raise, but there are some sad realities that come with raising taxes on America’s ‘wealthiest’, and it’s not pretty.

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Why Give Homework?

1/19/2021

 
By: Ginny Sung

Students spend most of their lifetime completing assignments, doing homework, and attending school. Some people argue that homework helps students reinforce what they learn in class, but is homework really benefiting students? Students go to school for at least 7 hours a day; some have after school activities and some have sports. Then they go home after a long day and have to do more school work, allowing no time for family time or friends. ​

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Expensive Equines

1/19/2021

 
By: Makena Vass

​The picture of a perfect equestrian: a tall, slender rider in a sleek, clean polo and pearly white breeches. The boots are tall, stopping just before her knee, glinting in the sunlight from their shiny essence. Her hair is tucked back, not a strand out of place. Her helmet has been polished recently; it gleams. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that she is rich.

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Civility and Glenelg; A New Future?

1/19/2021

 
By: Zorais Naroo

​It’s not hard to see how the past 4 years have isolated friends and family over political differences. Trump did this so that his campaign would appear as something “new” and “exciting”; a break from the ordinary towards right-populism. Due to the polarized environment created by the past 4 years, we should get to work to resolve issues in Glenelg through discussion.

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Mental Health Needs more Recognition

1/19/2021

 
By: Vivian Contreras

Mental health has been a topic pushed aside by generations. Teens for centuries have been forced to hide their struggles and keep everything bottled up because society has treated the discussion of mental health as something so disgusting and horrific that no one should talk about it openly. As a result, teens have had to endure their pain alone and feel the need to struggle behind closed doors.

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Early Start Times are Enervating

1/19/2021

 
By: Anshuta Beeram

​A poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation has revealed that 69% of high school students get seven or less hours of sleep every night. Is sleep deprivation really that big of a deal? Is it really caused by early school start times?

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The Great Political Divide

1/19/2021

 
By: Nia Stewart

​In the past, Saturdays were sacred in my household, and Saturdays’ dinners were always something I could look forward to. That is, until last month when politics had finally reached its final destination in my life, the dinner table, and has refused to leave ever since. Before this year, the only politician I truly knew and liked was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and, now from this month only, I’ve gotten to know at least forty politicians that I either like or don’t.
The political conversations have only escalated over the past two weeks at my dinner table, and only three issues are continually mentioned.

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School Sports Need to Call a Time-Out!

1/19/2021

 
By: Anna Ritter

​For many high schoolers in the U.S., school sports play a major role in their academic careers. Now, however, with the worldwide pandemic taking priority, schools are closed and in many areas, sports have not started back up. 

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SEL, is it worth it?

11/30/2020

 
By: Evan Whatley

​Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an initiative that Howard County started this year, in order to promote growth and learning within each school in creating a more open and trusting environment. SEL time is every Monday from 10:50 – 11:20 am. The Social Emotional Distance Learning time was created based on the needs of forthcoming students who felt their voice needed to be heard by their peers and classmates on difficult topics such as race and culture.


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Why We need Sports now more than ever

5/27/2020

 
By Justin Robertson
For the past two months, we have all been cooped up in our homes binge watching Tiger King and counting down the days until the COVID-19 pandemic is contained. It has been easier to adjust for some more than others, but for sports fans such as myself, there is a glaring hole in our lives that has been irreplaceable. Not having the ability to turn on the TV and watch an NBA or NHL game agonizes us. For a brief three days, however, the NFL’s first virtual draft gave us hope and a sense of relief from the troubles we are facing today. If those three draft days were any indication of the effect regular sporting events would have during today’s crisis, we need sports now more than ever.
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