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Students are working on homework from other classes while being in Child Development. Only six people, including the three teachers in the class, were wearing their masks.
Mask mandates no longer in effect
Nia Coleman
Truth is under attack. In our modern world, lies are more powerful than ever, and they can have real consequences. Others go so far as to deny the fundamental existence of truth.
An Age of Skepticism
Lawrence Feng
Trash cans are overflowing with students’ trash. After student support, the understaffed janitors were busy cleaning other messy parts of the school.
Trash Increasing on Campus
Nia Coleman
In the image is The latest variant of COVID-19, named BA.2. This variant sprouted from the previously dominant COVID-19 variant that surged throughout the world, Omicron.
Monte Vista’s Readiness for Another Strain of COVID-19
Connor Clark and Joshua Balagot
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Op/Ed
The political grip on female reproductive rights stems from the social expectation that women produce children.
The right to reject pregnancy
Zoe Qian

Women have won the right to vote and make an income. There have been women in space. A woman is now Vice President of the United States! But society still clutches onto an unreasonable...

Students are depicted with boxes of donation materials for their non-profit organizations. Starting a non-profit organization is marketed as a “silver bullet” towards college admission, but the consequences of doing so solely for college acceptance can be dire.
Student Non-Profits: Selfless or Selfish
Olivia Brandeis

Empty tubs of Ben and Jerrys, tear stained tissues, and “Driver's License” on repeat. No this isn’t a high school breakup, it’s college admissions season. For most high...

Celebrity and influencer Kendall Jenner wears the Hockney dress by the luxury brand House of Sunny. The dress skyrocketed in short-lived popularity during the summer of 2020 after going viral on platforms like TikTok, and is known as one of the most popular microtrends of the year.
Microtrends: out of style next month
Macie Calvert

Velvet scrunchies. Gingham dresses. Puravida bracelets. Chunky rings. In the past few years, the amount of time in which clothes and accessories have cycled through popularity...

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Maddy and Cassie show up to “Euphoria High” in nearly identical outfits. Cassie had woken up at four in the morning to get ready for school and tried to be Maddy by copying the other’s personal style.
Many students and teachers at Monte Vista have been playing Wordle. According to The New York Times, over 300,000 people play it daily.
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Sports
Demar Derozen of the Toronto Raptors dunks over teammate Sony Weems during the 2010 Dunk Contest in Dallas. Now, when players perform dunks like this, the crowd has little reaction.
Lia Thomas gets ready to race at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Womens Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. Thomas, a transgender woman, blew away her competition in the 500-yard freestyle.
A victorious Novak Djokovic hoists the 2021 Australian Open mens singles championship trophy. This was his ninth win at the tournament, one year before he was barred from returning to defend this title.
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Feature
Huang walks the runway at the 2019 Silicon Valley Fashion Week. This show was promoting Maje Paris in Bloomingdales.
After attending Sachi Sushi, a local Japanese restaurant, one of the users running the account decided to share a photo of her meal. The four friends post food on the Instagram account that ranges from gourmet meals to homemade snacks they’ve made in their own kitchens.
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The official news publication of Monte Vista High School.
The official news publication of Monte Vista High School.