Fremont’s New Time Square
December 3, 2009 • By Ramya Kaushik
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Prepare yourselves-a new Asian market has emerged on Warm Springs Blvd If you have driven past Warm Spring Blvd in the past three months, you may have noticed a new shopping complex to the left of Jamba Juice. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this new complex, Barry Swenson Building Company has... Read more »
It’s Now Possible to Live … in Space
December 3, 2009 • By Kim Ngo
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
An astronomic breakthrough predicts the potential of our future Attention everyone who exists in the present, something great has been discovered and it just determined the vision of our future. Three space probes have discovered chemical signs of water spanning the surface of the moon. I’ve been hyping... Read more »
Obama Be Crazy
December 3, 2009 • By: Dion Wu
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Mr. President wants to shorten summer vacation In the midst of a nationwide healthcare reform and an economic depression, President Barack Obama says that he is moving towards extending both daily school hours and the length of the school year itself. This can only mean one thing: shorter summers, and... Read more »
We Were So Close
December 3, 2009 • By Shilpa Sharma
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Does Chicago have what it takes to host the Olympics? When the city of Chicago announced its bid last January for the 2016 Summer Olympics, some of us thought to ourselves: you’ve got to be kidding me. Chicago, the city notorious for its heavy traffic and constant influx of people, actually hosting... Read more »
Are we Really America’s Greatest School?
December 3, 2009 • By Anisha Babbar
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Do we really deserve the title of America’s Greatest School? There’s no escaping it— the pro-Irvington patriotism has been violently unleashed throughout every corner of our lives. It seems that anyone and everyone on campus has dedicated all their efforts towards winning Irvington the title that... Read more »
No Thanksgiving
December 3, 2009 • By Divya Gowthaman
Filed under Editorials, Opinions, Top Stories
Thanksgiving is becoming a neglected holiday Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—just three of the many holidays that everyone looks forward to each year. I’m one of those people, but I think that Thanksgiving is not being given its due. Think about it: most of the country prepares for Halloween... Read more »
Class Ranking: Will its removal help your admissions into the Big Ten?
November 9, 2009 • By Neetu Puranikmath
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The truth behind the District’s No-Rank Policy It’s late October and to seniors in the Class of 2010 that means only one thing: college apps. With deadlines looming for CSUs, Private school Early Decision, as well as UCs, turning in teacher recommendations, application essays, and transcripts are... Read more »
AC Transit Troubles
October 27, 2009 • By Jonathan Horng
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Bus driver can’t drive The AC Transit drivers seem to be awfully distracted lately. On numerous occasions, students in the Warm Springs district have arrived late to school because the bus driver was either late to pick them up or did not bother to show up at all. It doesn’t help us that... Read more »
Survival of the Fittest
October 27, 2009 • By Ramya Kaushik
Filed under Editorials, Opinions, Top Stories
The way kids these days get on a bus Every day, approximately one hundred kids line up by a sign with a bus number on it. For most kids, taking the bus is the fastest mode of transportation, if not the only one. Students either pay a dollar or swipe their bus pass threw in order to guarantee a ride home.... Read more »
Math Contests: Think Outside the Box
October 23, 2009 • By Divya Gowthaman
Filed under Editorials, Opinions, Top Stories
IHS Math Club’s contests prove to be a challenge for many students Irvington’s Math Club holds math contests, such as the American Scholastic Mathematics Association (ASMA) and California Mathematics League (CAML), every other Tuesday in various classrooms throughout the school. As I entered one... Read more »
