Read and Chill: Do we Need Books?
By Paola Urribarri, Copy-Editor
March 4, 2019
Filed under Features, News, Opinion
Can you remember the time when you couldn’t read? It feels really distant, right? If you started to read at 5 or 6 as the average person, you probably have been reading at least 10 years of your life. Reading is probably the most important thing we learn in our lives, since reading gives us a lot of the kn...
Alcohol and Teens
By Jose Daniel Rodriguez, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Alcohol is something that has always been popular with today's youth. In many countries, it is normal to see 15-year-olds drinking alcoholic drinks without knowing the damage that this can cause. Often the young people resort to the vice of alcohol because of problems in the family or in school. Others...
What creeps you?
By Christhian Mendoza, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that something or someone is dangerous. For example, imagine walking on a nice, sunny day, then out of nowhere, a giant snake comes out and bites your leg. As a result, you hate snakes, and they are now your biggest nightmare. Many of us have something...
What’s Your Sign?
By Mayisha Perez, Staff Writer
February 4, 2019
Has anyone ever asked you when is your birthday and then told you one of the 12 zodiac signs that you might be? Maybe you were a Virgo, Leo, or Scorpio. What does this all even mean? According to the website Cafe Astrology, which appeals to people with a casual interest in astrology, astrology is the study of the correlation between the positions of th...
Cheating Partners
January 9, 2019
I wonder why people do the things they do, specifically, cheating. Do Miami High students engage in it? “I regret it. Seeing him hurt hurt me,” said Jennifer Alonzo, a senior, who cheated on her boyfriend while they were going through a tough patch. The relationship finished in 2017. I approached...
Classroom behavior
By Christopher Bellina, Staff Writer
January 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Going to school is a staple in everyone’s life at one point or another. Unfortunately, one part of the learning environment that is not a staple is good behavior among all students. Have you been in a class where the teacher has no control? Many students have had that one out of contr...
Is Music Helpful or a Nuisance
October 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Music is made to relax, to inspire, and to have fun. Most students at Miami High use music to relieve stress from work and tests. Music to most students is a way to loosen up to from all the work teachers put on them. MUSIC IN SCHOOL Many students believe that listening to music at school relieves stress. Junior Jesse Gonzalez said, “Music gets my mind off things.” Junio...
Who is Nicki Minaj?
By Christhian Mendoza, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion
According to the article titled “ "Nicki Minaj: American rap singer and songwriter” published by Encyclopedia Britannica Onika Tanya Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad...
Marijuana- friend or enemy?
October 18, 2018
After a long, tiring, and stressful day of school, you get home, carelessly throw your bookbag on the bed, and then lie down scrolling down Instagram’s boring timeline looking for the play of the night. Soon you get a notification from the group chat with your only friends. They sent a s...
Are teens ready to vote?
By Christopher Perez, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Vote! Vote! Vote! This a word that we hear constantly in school and in society, but when voting is mentioned, youth is excluded even though they’re the future and looked upon to carry the legacy of our country. The current voting age in America is 18, but many people think that lowering the voting age t...
The Dream Defenders
By Lisbeth Chavarria, Staff Writer
October 5, 2018
Filed under Opinion
If you would have asked me two years ago what grassroots activism was, I wouldn’t have been able to answer the question. Today, I am a little more familiar with the term---a method of campaigning for a cause that the activist feels strongly about. Grassroots refer to the most basic level of an acti...
Mental Illnesses Are Not Adjectives
By Carolina Soto, Staff Writer
September 25, 2018
Filed under Opinion
“You’re so OCD!” “I’m going to kill myself” “You’re so bipolar!” “You look so anorexic!” “Cute, but psycho” Mental illness disorders are being used daily by people who are not aware of the effect these mental illnesses have on people diagnosed with them. Some...
