How the government uses light bulbs to infiltrate your mind
Hudson Chou, Section Editor
January 16, 2020
DISCLAIMER: This is a humor article. Please don’t take it seriously. Light bulbs have become a staple in many homes around the world. According to eia.gov, almost 86% of people in America use light bulbs. This is a huge problem - that means that the government controls 86% of Americans, maybe ...
How water bottles enslave moisture
Hudson Chou, Section Editor
January 9, 2020
DISCLAIMER: This article is about reusable water bottles, not about plastic ones. Also, it’s a humorous article, so please don’t take it seriously. Today, many people use water bottles. In fact, many people drink from water bottles. However, they don’t consider the consequences of...
The summer camp experience
Oscar Fabricant, Reporter
January 7, 2020
Welcome to our Summer Camp! Here at H.E. Lily Summer Camp For Youths, we are committed to giving every child the unique ́Summer Camp Experience ́ everyone covets, but few can actually define. Campers here are sure to return home with new friends, lasting memories, and a heightened appreciation f...
iSchool students on sleep deprivation
March 21, 2019
Nowadays, only 15% of teenagers in the US sleep over 8 hours, the required amount of sleep. Sleep deprivation is a huge problem among teens, and it can have consequences such as aggressiveness towards people, and it also causes you to eat way too much, which can lead to another problem: gaining weight. Finishing work, phone usage, and...
Traffic jams in the hallways:
March 19, 2019
The bell rings, cueing upwards of 20 students to all try to cram themselves through a small doorway as fast as humanly possible. Feet are squashed, some elbows are thrown and this only marks the start of an almost impossible hunger-games-esque trek to next period’s class. Once the students have left the relative saf...
Verne Troyer vs. Andre the Giant
January 18, 2019
Throughout history, there have been some matchups that everyone have wanted but never happened. Ali vs. Tyson, Jordan vs. LeBron, etc. But there has been matchups that could really change the way people view things. So this is the question that maybe not all of us have been asking, but all of us w...
The most amazing article anyone has ever read
January 18, 2019
News has always taken an important role in our culture, since it is how many, if not all of us get our information, whether through news itself, or hearing about news. It is the reason journalists should be held in such a high regard, since without newspapers, or news shows, the common citizen would...
Evidence to prove that Kung Fu Panda is real
Jye Bloome, Copy Editor
January 17, 2019
Picture this: You’re walking down the street in peace, minding your own business until you realize that there is a person rapidly approaching you. Eventually, the person comes up to you and asks to hand over all your money. You’re frightened, shocked, and mixed with an overload of emotions. When a...
Snapchat vs. Instagram
Maia Turman-Cooke, Reporter
January 11, 2019
You know when people say, “What happens in a place stays in a place.” It’s a different case for social media. What happens on social media stays on Google forever. According to the NORC at the University of Chicago, “76 percent of American teens age 13-17 use Instagram” and “75 percent of teens use Snapchat.” So many kids use social media, n...
Pigeons: City folk or government spies?
Duncan Levine, Reporter
January 10, 2019
If you live in New York City, or any city for that matter, you run into pigeons every day. At the bagel cart, walking home, or even in the subway, pigeons aren’t escapable. Whether you view them as “the rats of the sky,” as New York City Park Commissioner Thomas C. Fields, referred to them as,...
Lunchtime: The 45 minute rush for food!
Jesse Hoffman and Ruby Gower
January 8, 2019
Lunchtime at any high school can be hectic, but the NYC iSchool in Manhattan has especially crazy lunch breaks. Stories abound about these city adventures, and often many things have happened by the time the students swipe back in to go back to class in the afternoon. These breaks can be talked abou...
The customer is NOT always right
Fernando Rodriguez, Copy Editor
January 8, 2019
There are many phrases within the english language that don’t make any sense; as a result, people have stopped saying them as to not look dumb or receive criticism for their use of the phrase. Many phrases, such as the infamous “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” have already received the chopp...