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Cartoon: Motherhood on strike

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
March 24, 2024
R&B vocalist Beyoncé is charging headfirst into a new style of music — country. Her latest single “Texas Hold ‘Em” quickly topped the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, making her the first Black woman to do so. However, her recent genre switch isn’t out of nowhere. In 2016, she performed a country-inspired song at the CMA Awards and received racist backlash. Despite this, she worked to prove herself and dive into a new genre. Beyoncé’s new album is expected to debut on March 29, 2024.

Cartoon: Stomping the competition

Grace Stiefel, Staff Writer
March 21, 2024
The House of Representatives has voted to ban social media app Tiktok from the United States: a controversial decision that caused uproar among the younger generations and somehow united the Democrats and Republicans. The ban offers Tiktoks Chinese owner, Bytedance, to either sell the app or have it banned.

Cartoon: Bye-bye Bytedance

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
March 14, 2024
Young children and teens set aside dollhouses and building blocks, turning to a new toy — skincare and anti-aging products. This surge in obsession stems from social media and influencers claiming that building a skincare routine will be beneficial later on. However, young children who slap a hundred layers of different lotions on their skin are facing worse concerns than wrinkles. Red, itchy rashes form after using skincare products that they don’t need. These rashes result from contact dermatitis, a skin reaction caused by specific allergens in some skincare products. Parents should teach their children that having a skincare routine isn’t necessary, especially at a young age when their skin doesn’t need products.

Cartoon: Skin that doesn’t need care

Grace Stiefel, Staff Writer
March 13, 2024
A familiar scene plays out: Donald Trump and Joe Biden stand across the stage from each other, vying for the title of president in front of an audience of more than 300 million Americans. They hurl insults of past mistakes at each other. Its a tight race. Only, its not 2020 anymore: four years later, 77-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden are back at it again. With Republican candidate Nikki Haley dropping out of the race, Americans will be forced to choose between two unappealing (polls say) candidates yet again. American voters need to do their part by stepping up to the polls and making a change. Otherwise, well find ourselves in this situation once again.

Cartoon: The rematch

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
March 10, 2024
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Cartoon: Abort the court

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
March 3, 2024
As Mahomes threw the game-winning point at the Superbowl, Israel launched an attack on Gazas biggest and last camp for humanitarian aid. As Usher took the stage at halftime, children in Ethiopia and Sudan starved to death. As Americans stayed riveted to their screens on Sunday night, the world continues to churn on: mass shootings occur, global warming still threatens species extinction, and Ukraine loses ground against Russias invasion. While football and other pastimes may be entertaining, we cannot let ourselves be blindsided by the travesties occurring around the world.

Cartoon: News blitz

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
February 26, 2024
On Nov. 30, 2021, a 15-year-old boy shot and killed four of his classmates in Oxford Township, Michigan. Two years later, his mother Jennifer Crumbley has been found guilty on charges of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison. She repeatedly ignored her sons pleas for help, brushing off concerning texts, drawings of guns, and phrases scribbled in notebooks like blood everywhere. The pistol that he used to kill four peers and injure 7 more was gifted by his parents. Parents should be held more accountable for their childrens actions: it is their job to protect them, raise them, and help them when in need. Above all, its the job of parents to keep their children from dangering themselves and others.

Cartoon: What happens when you gift a child a gun

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
February 8, 2024
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Cartoon: The Meta-curse

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
February 2, 2024
Mean Girls, the beloved 2000s coming-of-age film, portrays the complex social order of high school girls. Now, twenty years later, the iconic movie has inspired a remake. Although it has immediately faced backlash over changes in storyline, costumes, and castings, the new movie holds constant the ideas of friendship in girlhood, kindness, and staying true to oneself.

Cartoon: Does “Mean Girls 2” retain any meaning?

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
January 21, 2024
On December 16th, three Isreali hostages waving a white flag were mistakenly shot by Isreals forces, killing them. Since then, there has been an outpour of support and reporting on the three mens lives and families. However, this coverage sharply contrasts with the lack of coverage on Palestinian victims - who have no way of communicating with the outside world and humanizing their losses.

Cartoon: Waving the blue flag

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
December 18, 2023
The Texas Supreme court pulled the brakes on a lower court allowing an abortion to a woman with a fetus with fatal conditions. Texas has strict abortion laws and a statewide ban on abortion, presenting scenarios like these where the mother and childs life may be in danger. For the sake of human life, abortion should be legal nationwide.

Cartoon: Weighing lives

Shiyo Ohashi, Staff Writer
December 18, 2023
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