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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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The Student News Site of Sunny Hills High School

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Protesters, especially in South Korea and China, have expressed their concerns over Japan’s radioactive wastewater release, which occurred Thursday, Aug. 24, and will continue as a 30-year project. The Chinese government, for example, has banned Japan’s import of fish and other seafood.

Japan’s release of radioactive wastewater troubling despite International Atomic Energy Agency’s approval

Irene Sheen, Managing Editor August 23, 2023

Waving picket signs and banners marked with the words, “Don’t nuke the Pacific,” for the past few months, protesters have gathered by the streets of Japan to rally against the country’s daring...

A NEW CHAPTER: Photography creates a new snapshot in my life

A NEW CHAPTER: Photography creates a new snapshot in my life

Rebekah Kim, Photo Editor June 2, 2023

Two strikes. Three balls. Runners on first and third. I could see the sweat trickling down the sides of my brother’s face as he took a deep breath and began his wind up on the mound. Moms in the stands...

I took a turn for the better

I took a turn for the better

Grace Min, Sports Editor June 2, 2023

In 2019 on the first day of freshman year, I wrote an introductory letter to my English 1 Honors teacher in which I discussed my family background, core work habits and the goals I planned to adopt for...

Staying true to my words

Staying true to my words

Giselle Suastegui, Feature Editor June 2, 2023

“We want Richman Park!” “We want Richman Park!” “We want Richman Park!” Carrying a sign that towered over my little body, my five-year-old self sat on the shoulders of an unfamiliar...

High school brought forth a new me

High school brought forth a new me

Henry Lee, Web Editor-in-Chief June 2, 2023

If someone asked me four years ago what I thought my high school journey would look like, I would not have had an answer for them. Why? I thought I would be dead at one point in the four years high...

To The Accolade, I sincerely thank you

To The Accolade, I sincerely thank you

Kate Yang, Editor-in-Chief June 2, 2023

Why do we seek knowledge? The International Baccalaureate [IB] Theory of Knowledge [TOK] students and I greeted the preceding question with a conversational investigation. Some postulated we sought...

GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS: Women should fight sexism in gaming

GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS: Women should fight sexism in gaming

Lindsey Um, Illustrator 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, Sports Editor 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, Web Editor-in-Chief 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...

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