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The Accolade

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The Accolade

As the world modernizes with technology, social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok branch out their influence on the younger generation, raising concerns about their negative effects on adolescents.

REFORMING SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram makes a step in the right direction with its new teen accounts

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor November 13, 2024

Social media’s rise in popularity among teenagers has subsequently sparked widespread public concern about its negative effects regarding harmful content and an addictive dependence on technology.  To...

Fridays and late starts are opportunities to experience some downtime away from the hustle and bustle in students’ lives. Co-Opinion editor Aashna Dialani vouches for Fridays, while co-Opinion editor Kayden Kim argues that late starts have more benefits.

SPITFIRE: Are Late Start days better than Fridays?

Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim November 6, 2024

This is Spitfire, a new style of head-to-head debates between The Accolade’s two Opinion editors. Kayden is blue. Aashna is green. Here are the rules: No profanity. An editor attacked by the...

With the rising number of male-inclusive royalty positions on our campus, The Accolade argues for the implementation of a new position: homecoming king.

STAFF EDITORIAL: King for a day and night – starting with 2025-2026 homecoming court

The Accolade Editorial Board November 5, 2024

All but one on The Accolade 17-member Editorial Board agree that the Associated Student Body [ASB] should poll the Student Senate and seriously consider adding a homecoming king to the court starting the...

Accolade web editor-in-chief senior Seowon Han receives her Certificate of Naturalization at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Santa Ana after the taking the Oath of Allegiance on Monday, Sept. 23.

I’M A VOTER: Turning 18 and becoming U.S. citizen give me chance to be part of history

Seowon Han, Web Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2024

“If you’re 18 by the time you’re a senior, you would be eligible to vote,” my Advanced Placement Human Geography [APHUG] teacher said to the class in my freshman year. That was back in 2021....

Halloween, though popular among some, may not interest others. With costumes being all the rage near the end of October, co-Opinion editor Kayden Kim vouches for this fall tradition by dressing up and going trick or treating. However, co-Opinion editor Aashna Dialani calls these elementary school age activities.

SPITFIRE: Are high school students too old to dress up for Halloween and go trick or treating?

Aashna Dialani and Kayden Kim October 24, 2024

This is Spitfire, a new style of head-to-head debates between The Accolade’s two Opinion editors. Kayden is purple. Aashna is orange. Here are the rules: No profanity. An editor attacked by the...

The two presidential candidates — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris — race to the election coming up in November.

STAFF EDITORIAL: It’s time for our first female president; minimum wage should go up to $18 in the state

The Accolade Editorial Board October 23, 2024

In following common practice among most legacy media outlets like the Los Angeles Times or the Orange County Register, The Accolade’s 17-member editorial board has come up with its own endorsements for...

An artist’s rendering of Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting depicts a scene described in the New Testament of the Bible in which Jesus has his last supper with his 12 disciples before he is crucified on the cross. Some conservative politicians and religious leaders reacted critically to what they thought was a poor re-enactment of that scene during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, July 26; however, Olympics planning committee officials claim the presentation related instead to an appreciation of Greek mythology.

Conflicted Christians overreact to misinterpreted Olympics exhibition

Nathan Lee, Layout Editor September 28, 2024

“It’s a mockery of our beloved Jesus’ Last Supper.” “They cannot depict our Lord in that manner.” “It was a shameful attack on Christianity.”  Those were among the initial reactions...

Moses, the Hebrew prophet from the Bible’s Book of Exodus, is attributed with the introduction of God’s Ten Commandments. Louisiana’s governor over the summer signed into law that every public school classroom in his state must display those moral laws starting next January 2025.

Thou shalt not push the Ten Commandments or the Bible upon students in public school classrooms in the South

Serenity Li, Copy Editor September 23, 2024

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, every public school classroom in Louisiana must display a poster of the Ten Commandments. Just northwest in Oklahoma, the state superintendent has mandated that at the start of the...

Sophomore Ashley Kang emphasizes the importance of traditional paper learning methods in a world where online learning is gaining more popularity.

COLUMN: Keep it classic — paper learning must become more prominent in education

Ashley Kang, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter September 17, 2024

Workbook open. Pink eraser shavings scattered across the dining table. Pencil in hand.  From the summer before second grade to now, my parents always stressed the importance of working with paper. Having...

As battery-powered cars have become increasingly common, sophomore Gerald Han believes in sticking to gas vehicles and ditching electric ones.

COLUMN: Let’s keep riding gas cars

Gerald Han, Videographer September 17, 2024

During a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, I had assumed that the streets would look fairly different from what I was used to seeing back in Orange County.  While Cleveland’s environment was expectedly far...

The 2024 Paris Olympics, which ended its two-week run Sunday, Aug. 11, attracted approximately 15 million visitors to France to watch the games along with 30.6 million viewers on NBC. Nevertheless, from mistaking a country to going against religious and women’s rights, organizers for the L.A. Olympics in 2028 could aim to become more mindful so the same problems won’t occur four years from now.

COLUMN: Jump for the 2024 Paris Olympics fell short — Los Angeles should aim for better

Soojin Cho, Copy Editor September 14, 2024

Compared to our Asian-dominated high school, Sunny Hills, my old elementary school in L.A. had little to no Asians. On the first day of kindergarten, I entered the classroom to see the seats mostly filled...

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