One hundred years ago, women received the right to vote. But it was only 50 years ago when America fought through the brutalities of the Vietnam War. With a new year and decade beginning, I want to reflect and predict what the future has to hold for our country and community. […]
With the mad dash of finals beginning next week (almost there, everyone!), it is easy to forget that the holiday season is just around the corner. No matter how eager everyone may already be for the school year to end, I am realizing that in a way, I do not want it to end, because it means I am a second-semester senior. It makes me nostalgic because I am not ready to let go of all of the friends I have made during my four years at Costa. […]
The ACT, a standardized test required for the college admissions process, recently implemented a policy that allows students to retake individual sections of the test, providing a step in the right direction toward adjusting the ACT to be less strenuous for students taking it. Students who will take the ACT in the future years will benefit from the new policy change, excluding students who took it in previous years. […]
Nowadays, high school students have all been lectured about how to keep their presence on social media minimal and private so it does not affect their future careers. I agreed with this idea until recently when my perspective on the issue shifted. My English teacher, Bradi Everett, presented a lesson on how it is actually beneficial to create an appropriate public profile on social media in order to make professional relationships and connections for our post-high school lives. […]
Journalists are like superheroes; we comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.This quote was the foundation of our first lesson in my beginning journalism class taught by Michael McAvin. We were taught that the duty of a journalist is to speak the truth in the face of controversy, and to challenge ideas of those in power, while comforting those who have been taken advantage of by others. […]
It’s crazy to think that four years after we sat next to each other for three weeks over the summer filled with movies, music reviews and one presentation about Walter Cronkite in Beginning Journalism, we would be writing our final words to be published in La Vista. […]
As the school year comes to an end, Costa seniors are beginning to commit to their college of choice, where many of them will spend the next four years. […]
Federal prosecutors have recently charged Hollywood celebrities, CEOs and business executives for their involvement in a massive college admissions scheme, alleging that they bribed college admissions officers, athletic coaches and school officials to secure their child’s admission into some of the most prestigious colleges in the nation. […]
The 91st Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 24. However, the event as a whole has been creating confusion for movie lovers and those in the film industry. […]
Naomi Tsuang Editor-in-Chief With news feeds cluttered with articles on the government shutdown, mass shootings and environmental disasters, it can be difficult to read the news. While keeping up with current events is crucial to […]
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