Polytechnic School’s Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), adopted 2020, reads: “Diversity of ideas, experiences, and identities within the school enriches the experience of everyone...
Ashlyn Motley, Student contributor
• February 28, 2025
In the 2024 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump received 49.8% of the vote and Democrat Kamala Harris received 48.3%, with Independent Jill Stein receiving 2.13%. Under our American electoral...
Late starts and two-hour lunches: the best parts about Block Days. In previous years, Block Days started with a two-hour block at 9:00 a.m., followed by a two-hour lunch, and then another two-hour block,...
Clive Burt, Assistant opinion editor
• January 31, 2025
At some point in Poly’s Middle School history curriculum, I learned that firefighting used to be a privatized sector in 18th-century America. My teacher tried to explain the injustice that stemmed from...
Miki Chan, Assistant opinion editor
• January 31, 2025
At the start of the new year, Angelenos found themselves beneath skies choked with smoke, as shrieking “devil winds” whipped across hillsides so arid they thirsted to burn. This time, the California...
Poor Thanksgiving. Wedged between cheesy Halloween ghoulishness and the sparkling commercialism of Christmas, Thanksgiving is treated by American citizens as a mere prelude to the holiday season or, even...
On Nov. 6, former President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election by a sweeping amount against Vice President Kamala Harris, amassing 76 million votes to Harris’ 73 million. He will become...
As the 2024 presidential election heats up, each party’s true colors are coming to light. The Oak Party has endorsed candidate Levon Torian, a 40-year-old Armenian-American born and raised in Los Angeles,...
The Better Party’s presidential candidate, Gerald America, a 50-year-old Tennessee native of the Better Party, envisions a nation that is simply better. From eliminating artificial ingredients like Red...
Miki Chan, Assistant opinion editor
• October 28, 2024
When you turn 18 years old, your entire life can be laid out in a series of dots, each representing a month. Where would most of those dots fall – on sleep, work, school, or something else entirely?...
Imagine working in a sweatshop from the age of 10, toiling for 13-14 hours a day in dark, dirty, and unhygienic conditions to make only 18 dollars per month. This is the life of Arifa, a 30-year-old woman...
The first time I ever put on Schmopium, a style of clothing that emphasizes darkness and moodiness, I was 14 years old. It was at my friend Alejandro Kohn Rabassa’s house, and when he told me that he...
