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The work week takes adults and students alike through the miserable Monday and into Friday, where a weekend   couch date getaway seems inevitable. Saturdays and Sundays serve as a rejuvenation period where individuals gather their strength for the upcoming week.  Just as people deserve holidays, TV shows do, too. However, …

On April 19, David Gordon Weaks, a San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) teacher, was arrested for distributing child porn. Officials found more than one computer and devices the 59-year-old had used to share the content. Weaks worked at Bayview Terrace Elementary School for 17 years. After it had closed …

Since the creation of time, women have been paying for feminine hygiene products that have been taxed as a luxury, instead of a necessity. Women throughout history were forced to pay the price for society’s repulsion of the grisly function of the female uterus. Though Urban legends state that women …

Burnouts, loud engine revving, and tire smoke. Sounds like a typical start to a drag race. Fastest Car, Netflix’s newest series,  showcases three ‘sleeper’ cars facing off against a supercar in a straight line drag race. A sleeper car is a cheap or unsuspectedly fast car built from the ground …

Amidst a world where lynching has been outlawed and segregation no longer exists, people are unaware of subconscious racism, or implicit bias.  This very issue was demonstrated on April 12 when two black men entered a downtown Philadelphia Starbucks and did not order anything for two whole minutes.  After asking the men …

This country swept the news spectrum in the past couple weeks, as the United States , United Kingdom, and France further their involvement in Syrian politics. The questions “What on earth is going on in Syria?” along with “What does The U.S. have to do with Syria?” has drawn many …

  When I picked up Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One from my local Barnes and Nobles, I was excited from  the buzz surrounding this book, as well as the promise of a new sci-fi dystopian favorite. About 50 pages in, the book was living up to the hype. Interesting world …

When the MC swim and dive team reached the Poway stadium on March 22, the ever present spirit and friendly attitude of MC’s varsity team may have led the Titans to believe it was going to be an easy victory.  However, as the swimmers took their positions and the buzzer …

While the rate of cigarette use has greatly decreased in recent years, it seems that a different tobacco product has taken its place. Vaping, or the administration of nicotine through an e-cigarette device, has become increasingly popular, especially with teens and young adults. According to the Office on Smoking and …

Throughout the year, MC accepts and welcomes new students alongside new staff. Although MC counselor Victor Baez has been a member of the red sea for two years now, this was his first year as a full-time school counselor. The previous year he was an intern. “I’ve been with the …