High school sucks. We are all told this, we all think it, and at one point or another, we all believe it. Those who work their asses off hate that they are surrounded by lazy students. Those who struggle with grades and just want to have fun and hate the …

The U.S. has grown accustomed to a very luxurious way of life. While we still have a large class division, the vast majority of Americans are better off than most. But what about those countries that aren’t so well off? What makes a third world country different from ours? The …

Humans are capable of many things; love, compassion, ingenuity and much more. Unfortunately, one issue stands out above all the others. Humans are capable of destruction. We tend to leave a wake of destruction in our path, whether intentionally or by mistake. The question, though, is how long will the …

In the year 2020, Southern California’s water shortage became more severe than it ever had been before. The Colorado River dried up due to warmer climate and water reclamation programs continued to be swatted by protestors against the conservation of wastewater. To solve this problem, chunks of the polar ice …

In 2013 the Formosan Clouded Leopard was officially declared extinct. Its population had been declining due to extensive logging of its natural habitat in Southern Taiwan. But why should we care? What’s one extinction when so many species are declared threatened, endangered, or extinct all the time? What difference does …

As San Diegans, most of us have grown accustomed to the constant onslaught of environmental ideals everywhere from ‘ride your bike to school’ to ‘don’t leave your trash on the ground’. While the extremes of these ideas can be obnoxious, we tend to agree with them and complain about how …

Each generation is defined by its music. Whether it’s the swing feeling we get from the 20s’, the groovy vibes from the 70s’, or the punk attitude from the 90s’ the music is the greatest expression of the youth culture of the time. But is our generation’s music worthwhile? Is …

As I was squatting on the floor during our last disaster drill, holding a copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein over my head for protection due to being larger than my desk, I asked myself, “Am I really prepared?” Disaster drills are an essential part to our safety on school grounds. …

Corrupt politicians, con men and Christian Bale with a comb-over, what more could you want? American Hustle, a film directed by David O. Russell, is a comedy-drama that is loosely based off of the FBI ABSCAM operation in the late 1970’s. Just about all movies today have some element of comedy …

When we are young we all have dreams of growing up into something exciting like a racecar driver, star athlete, or astronaut. This might be the reason why video games are so popular, because they let us live out the unlikely, and very few do this as well as the …