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In wake of the Urumqi fire, an event that took the lives of ten and injured nine, protests erupted across China in the major cities of Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and more. Participants took up a common banner- a blank piece of paper. On Nov. 27th, during a ceremony intended to mourn the victims of the fire, people began shouting for policy changes after a build-up of discontent spanning since the start of the pandemic. Soon after, one protester held up a sheet of paper that

Dear Underclassman, By now you are all most likely in your first or second year of English at Glendora High School. Here is a ranked list of some of the books you’ve read or will likely read in the next few school years. The Book Thief Markus Zusak's ground-breaking book, The Book Thief, is set in Germany during World War II and tells the tale of Liesel, a young child who is sent to a new family because her mother cannot afford to care for her. Death, who tells the tale, deve

Panes con pavo, bread with turkey, is a traditional Latin dish. This delicious sandwich is a staple to Thanksgiving in the McDuffie household. Jada McDuffie recalls her stepmother prepping for two whole days in order to serve the delightful turkey sandwiches on the year’s greatest feast day. Since the meal was being cooked over the stove, it resulted in a mess of pungent spices and scattered turkey, but it was still appetizing nonetheless. Panes con pavo consists of lettuc

Christmas time is almost here and ‘tis the season to watch festive holiday movies with the family. There are a ton of good movies out there, but there are plenty of ones that should not make the cut. These are the top 5 worst Christmas movies. Home Alone 3: The first home alone and maybe even the second were great movies. However as the third one was made, the series felt more dragged out and without the original cast it felt like a knock off. The same funny original feel

Sandwiched in between the two biggest holidays of the year lies Thanksgiving, America’s forever forgotten middle child holiday. While I won’t lie and say that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday out of the three, I do not stand for the heat my beloved Turkey Day endures. In my brainstorming of why I think that Thanksgiving gets no love, I came up with two possible explanations. The first reason being that no one knows how to have a “Thanksgiving season.” Halloween is known