G20 Summit Sparks Protest Among Students

By Kim Ngai, News editor and Misael Galdamez, Entertainment editor
On Thursday, April 2, students against the G20 Summit called for a “walk out” during fourth period to sign a petition in the bowl area. They called for President Obama to stop spending time on the crises abroad and instead focus on [...]

President Obama Faces the Nation

By Brian Larzelere, Staff writer
President Obama gave his first address to a joint session of Congress, outlining his agenda for the nation, and promising action- especially in tough situations to come. In almost an hour, Mr. Obama covered his plans to attack economic crisis, America’s dependence on foreign oil, the rising cost of health insurance, and [...]

A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: It’s all about temper

By: Kim Ngai, News Editor
There’s only a few days before the election and that last debate on October 15, 2008 was McCain’s last and only chance to quit lagging in the polls. He might have won. He could have won. He presented his case and he attempted to back up his arguments. And when he [...]

Media 101

by Misael Galdamez, Staff writer

Let’s face it. We’ve got a rather sticky situation on our hands. The mainstream media has downright given up on objective reporting. They’d rather be brainwashing the masses and beat around the bush than put real effort into their reporting.But what is the mainstream media? Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, a news columnist, [...]

A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: You decide

The economy starts to falter, Congress can’t get its act together—and McCain is back where he should be, which is behind Obama.

A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Palin

By Kim Ngai, News Editor
For the first time since she was announced to be Senator John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin wasn’t the topic of the day on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She didn’t make headlines on the LA Times, and she wasn’t the subject of any major political pundits’ broadcasts on CNN. 
Sarah Palin [...]

A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Junior Kim Ngai gives her take on politics in her new column, “A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.”

Character beneath the color

By Huy Dao, staff writer
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A greater say in government marks the progress of this increasingly diverse society. Bountiful is the opportunity to become a councilman, state congressional leader, or other governmental position hitherto denied to ethnic minorities but now within the grasp of anyone willing to invest time, effort, and no small [...]