By Caelum Villarreal Staff Writer During Self-Directed Learning time at Summit Denali high school, classrooms are often filled with students typing away on Chromebooks and working on recent assignments. However, a closer look will show most students have earbuds in and are listening to music, either on their phone or their computer. With the increase of phones and streaming apps,
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By Carysa Argueta and Anthony Garcia Staff Writers Art is subjective. A work of art relies on the opinions of its viewer, and whether that piece of art is considered good or bad is based almost entirely on opinion. This is especially true for members of Prep’s Art Club who gave their thoughts on art in the modern day. Students
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By Melissa Domingo Editor-in-Chief Lil Nas X released his highly anticipated debut album “MONTERO” on Sept. 17, 2021. The album had 15 tracks and the majority of these songs were collaborations with Take a Daytrip, a singer/songwriter producing duo. The songs range from being borderline ballads, pop-rock anthems, and grungy rap songs. The rap-pop star is most popularly known for
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By McKenna Seegmiller News Editor *This article will include spoilers from Phase 4 of the MCU as of October 2021* In need of saving or a prize for a man, female roles in the MCU were initially created to support the male characters; it came as no surprise that the first female Avenger was a victim of classic
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By Sarai Au-Carpio Staff Writer Brief History The term graffiti means the unauthorized marking of public space, an illegal way of creative expression through the use of aerosol cans, squeezable ink markers, and name tags. Graffiti is everywhere we go may it be a tag on a stop sign, a bomb on the highway, or even a burner on the
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By Melissa Domingo Arts Editor Taylor Swift rereleased her second studio album and renamed it as “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” on April 9, 2021; she originally released the album in 2008. After announcing her plan to re-record six of her albums to take ownership of the masters, she posted a set of photos on her Twitter, stating that “Fearless” was the
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By Skyler Sauer Staff Writer Minecraft is the second best-selling video game in history. Released over 10 years ago and more than 200 millions sales, Minecraft is an absolute masterpiece, but not without its flaws. Minecraft is an open-world sandbox game where the player starts their world in a 3D world full of uniformly-sized blocks. These blocks make up landscapes,
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By Ella Rodrigues and McKenna Seegmiller Staff Writers In a world where our actions are placed in carefully crafted boxes of good and evil, there lies a special kind of character. Carefully balanced in between the spaces is someone who is morally grey. A morally grey character walks the thin line between hero and villain, and questions societal norms
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Sarah Rusali Staff Writer It is no secret that the 2020 elections have left a lot of people disappointed. Not only were people charged enough to riot at the White House, but many resorted to the media and their cellphones to spread hate. Contemporary mosaic artist Kevin Champeny created a picture of Donald trump that consisted of tiny middle
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By Melissa Domingo Arts Editor Sophie Xeon, who went by the mononym SOPHIE, tragically died in an accident in Greece. The artist, aged 34, had “climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell,” as shared by her publicity company, Modern Matters, in a Twitter post. Artists and fans alike flooded social media with posts sharing condolences
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