Since its earliest documented consumption in 7000 BCE in ancient China, where people used rice, millet, grapes and honey to create fermented beverages, cultures from every region of the globe have incorporated...
Now that most schools require community engagement credits to graduate, including Pasadena Unified School District, which implemented a forty-hour quota, students walk through the motions of volunteering...
Social media’s revolving door of microtrends has birthed a recent obsession with the “sad girl” aesthetic and all things “tragically beautiful,” flooding For You pages with montages of teary-eyed...
TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, WeChat — all of these applications enable people to share content or branch out in their networks. Various sources credit Andrew Weinreich with...
When escaping our often grim and troubling reality, many of us turn to works of literature, television shows, movies and other outlets of entertainment. In these fictional landscapes, we discover solace...
In late January of this year, an elderly gunman shot and killed 11 people during a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park. It’s a tragic story that many Poly students have heard before. The shooting’s...
As we embrace Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a wave of pink engulfs our surroundings, from pink jerseys to pink socks to pink makeup – but amid this profusion of a pink October, one must ponder if...
Jujube Hutt, Student contributor
• October 26, 2023
How would you like to live on a pirate ship for a week? A group of 40 ninth graders got this chance on the Catalina Sea Outdoor Education trip. The rest of the freshman class had fun camping on land, but...
Anya Patel, Assistant opinion editor
• September 22, 2023
A patio is more than just tables and chairs. It’s a “home base” for students to eat, hang out, meet with teachers, take a break, (attempt to) study, enjoy sunlight and wait while the grades of tomorrow’s...
Sophie Pang, Student contributor
• September 22, 2023
This past July was the hottest month on record since 1880. Although more people are prioritizing climate action, we are already witnessing the irreversible effects of climate change. Increasing frequency...
Clive Burt, Student contributor
• September 22, 2023
From its first documented use in China almost 500 years ago to its use today in the United States, cannabis has been used for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Throughout most of the 19th century...
Filiz Fish, Assistant opinion editor
• September 22, 2023
At a high school as prestigious as Poly, eager class participation is far from an aberration; however, we don’t always recognize which voices dominate the intellectual sphere. In academic environments,...
