Teens strive to make college free
Tough times, skyrocketing tuition and difficulty securing enough college loans and scholarships have led a lot of students to hold back on attending four-year universities even though they’ve been...
View ArticleExpanding horizons, helping in Haiti
In Haiti, education is not as easily accessible to youth as it is in the United States. While some Haitian parents can afford to pay motorcycle drivers to transport their kids to school, less fortunate...
View ArticleAt Skyline Teachers try to clean up ‘trashy talk’
While the First Amendment grants American citizens rights to freedom of speech, is the profanity that makes up the majority of the adolescent vernacular acceptable to use at school? Recently, an...
View ArticleDoes slang show individual expression or lack of vocabulary?
Girl, you hella ratchet.” That may mean the same as “You’re being very rude and exhibiting risque behavior,” but most students choose to use the former phrase — street slang — to express themselves....
View ArticleA Twitter novelist is born
With a blue-ink pen in her left hand, she glides it across the page leaving behind strange squiggles as her dozen metal bracelets scrape against the worn, wooden table. The sound is amplified when...
View ArticleStanding up to bullies
Fremont High School students went to Jack London Square to see the documentary “Bully” on a schoolwide field trip put together in just four days. They came back full of thoughts, suggestions and...
View Article‘Bully’ effects minimal at Mack
Remember September, when your entire school was sent to the Jack London Cinema to watch “Bully”? Well, more than 12,000 fellow students throughout Oakland Unified School District saw the same movie,...
View ArticleDocumentary on Highland Hospital might put you to sleep
Undoubtedly terrible, although a great effort. These words describe “The Waiting Room,” directed by Peter Nicks. In this documentary, Nicks captures hospital staff and patients in Oakland’s Highland...
View Article‘Pitch’ not quite perfect, but worth checking out on DVD
Iwent to see “Pitch Perfect” — a musical comedy about a college female a capella group vying to win a national singing competition — with pretty high expectations. For the most part, I was not...
View ArticleMcClymonds journalists honored
Our two reporters of the issue, both McClymonds High School seniors and varsity basketball players, form a dynamic duo, often teaming up to report and photograph stories. Both Breannie Robinson, 17,...
View ArticleFremont High ‘DREAMer’ tells his immigration tale in UC app
Oakland students who are undocumented often share compelling stories of overcoming adversity in their college applications. Below is the personal statement of a Fremont High School student who wishes...
View ArticleScraper bike ‘spokesman’ explains his art
I got interested in scraper bikes when I was in middle school. Some people would pass by my neighborhood on their three-wheelers with music. I saw the wheels decorated to match the bike frame’s color —...
View ArticleDebate levels playing field
Editors Note: The following is the text of a speech given by Diego Garcia at the Bay Area Urban Debate League’s Gala Dinner on May 14 before he accepted the league’s Visionary Award. Garcia, a senior...
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