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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

The Accolade

GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS: Women should fight sexism in gaming

GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS: Women should fight sexism in gaming

Lindsey Um May 23, 2023

When I entered the first eSports meeting in September 2022, I was appalled at the underwhelming amount of girls present in that room — about three, including myself.  Following several monthly meetings...

Starface pimple patches help sophomore Christine Yoo overcome insecurities about acne.

Sing it: Twinkle twinkle little patch

Christine Yoo May 22, 2023

Peel. Stick.  Peel. Stick.  Peel. Stick.  I carefully remove the vibrant, yellow star from its thin plastic sheet, plaster it on the prominent sanguine bulge on my forehead and proceed to strip...

The Associated Student Body [ASB] announces a joint Sadie Hawkins and stag dance on the ASB Instagram account (@sunnyhills.asb) on Thursday, May 4. The dance is planned to be held on Friday, May 19, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. in the quad.

Last dance of the school year — a combined Sadie’s with stag — is not for me

Euree Kim, Staff Reporter May 19, 2023

I thought about gender normalizations earlier in the school year and gave it a try to ask a boy to the homecoming dance last fall. I had already been good friends with this guy from Sunny Hills, so I thought...

Half a year after its release last November, ChatGPT continues to produce flawed and biased responses. The company’s recent update with GPT-4 continues to raise concerns about the ethicality of fast-paced artificial intelligence developments.

GPT-4 stirs unpredictability in the ‘four’th industrial revolution

Susie Kim, News Editor May 19, 2023

It was a Friday after school when I had nothing else to do, so I thought I’d play around with Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer [GPT] on my personal laptop. Here’s a transcript of the session: Write...

Staff Editorial: More should be done on campus this month to commemorate Memorial Day

Staff Editorial: More should be done on campus this month to commemorate Memorial Day

The Accolade Editorial Board May 16, 2023

The Accolade Editorial Board unanimously agrees that administrators should do more to commemorate Sunny Hills alumni who have served and fallen in the line of duty. As students enter English teacher...

THE TRUE COST OF FAST FASHION: Freshman Natasha Niazi holds up a T-shirt and a long-sleeve top that she thrifted in Fullerton for $10 and $8, respectively. After starting her thrifting journey in 2020, Niazi has saved money while simultaneously reducing waste.

STYLE SUSTAINABILITY: Thrifting is the key to a greener wardrobe

Natasha Niazi May 9, 2023

Upon receiving an online order for a pair of cargo jeans from Urban Outfitters three years ago, I opened the cardboard box to a bundle of plastic wrap and paper price tags pinned to the pants. The trash...

Junior Dareen Hagekhalil and her family break their fast at one of many Iftar dinners throughout the month of Ramadan. Iftar is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims.

No, Muslims don’t starve to death during Ramadan

Dareen Hagekhalil, Cub Reporter May 9, 2023

Whenever Ramadan, a holy month in Islam when Muslims fast, comes around, I usually hear these questions from my peers at school. “So you don’t eat or drink anything for 30 days?” “How are...

THE FEMALE FLAME: How the color red empowers women

THE FEMALE FLAME: How the color red empowers women

Hannah Lee, Opinion Editor March 17, 2023

If ambiguity was a color, it would be red. Simultaneously representative of something as sweet as love yet also as vigorous as strength, red perfectly embodies femininity and women empowerment. Over...

CNN’s morning show co-host Don Lemon was under fire for his sexist/ageist remarks against Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley during a February broadcast.

Women, we work for us, not him

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief March 9, 2023

Women do not have a prime: Women have all but time.  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s directed ageist remarks toward 80-year-old President Joe Biden Feb. 16 and demanded cognitive...

The girls restroom in the quad displays a mental wellness sticker between the mirrors, listing several helpline services and three QR codes on Thursday, Feb. 2. The Fullerton Joint Union High School District distributed personalized posters for each school, consisting of the school colors and mascot.

WE MATTER: District’s mental health specialists make right call to help students seeking refuge in school restrooms

Staff Editorial Board February 21, 2023

The Accolade Editorial Board is unanimously in favor of the Fullerton Joint Union High School’s [FJUHSD] decision to provide students with resources that prompt healthier mental well-being. It starts...

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