The Accolade

Q&A: Three from ‘Girls State’ cast thoughts on presidential election

Serenity Li, Copy Editor • October 22, 2024

Released last semester on Apple TV+, “Girls State” focuses on select moments from an annual event of the same name held in Missouri for young ladies in high school. It follows five girls and their...

Jan. 6 Capitol chaos prompts social science class, non-partisan JSA club discussions over Zoom — many blaming Trump for the insurrection

Alice Shin, Managing Editor • January 14, 2021

Accolade staff writers Rida Fatima and Krishna Thaker and Opinion editor Hope Li contributed to this story. While some teachers in their Zoom sessions have addressed last week’s historic Capitol building...

My fellowship with the California Democratic Party teaches me a lot about the problems COVID-19 has caused for elderly volunteers

Krishna Thaker, Special Sections Editor • December 6, 2020

“OK, so what is this Google Chrome, and why do I need it to start making calls? Will it disconnect me from the Zoom if I switch tabs?” she frantically asked while squinting at the screen. “Don’t...

The two-faced dictator out-‘Trumps’ the master of the ‘Deals’

Alex Park, Web Editor-in-Chief • November 13, 2019

“Rocket man is on a suicide mission” Part 2 has begun. Riding a white stallion that most likely cost over a million dollars, chairman Kim Jong Un is portrayed as a majestic demigod that will battle...