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Amazon’s electric vehicle promise extends far-reaching implications, hopes for student, businesses, environmental policy

Archit Kalra | April 22, 2022

Senior Shrithan Sandadi said his family often uses Amazon to purchase their everyday items. “We use Amazon a lot,” Sandadi said. “It’s really convenient because it gives you all the different options and it’s pretty accessible; it has many different varieties (of products) on there, and it’s a one-stop shop, so you can get anything you really want, and it’s there.” However,...

Electrified – A Look at Electric Vehicles

Archit Kalra and Daniel Tian | April 20, 2022

Click here to view an interactive webpage that contains more information on electric vehicles.

With National Diversity Month in April, students reflect on culture identity, experiences shaped by it

Sowmya Chundi and Leah Tan | April 18, 2022

Read a story about cultural detachment and stigma here.

Fasting during month of Ramadan impacts performance of Muslim students

Dariush Khurram | March 30, 2022

Every year, sophomore Zara Niazi spends a month without eating or drinking every day from sunrise to sunset. She is one of many Muslim students at this school and around the world who participate in Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam. During Ramadan, which is in April this year, Muslims fast daily. Instead of eating, Muslims devote daylight hours to spiritual discipline. They spend time contemplating...

Students, staff discuss cultural detachment, stigma within CCS

Arya Pinnamaneni | March 25, 2022

When sophomore Adama Barry had a conversation with her friends, she was surprised to find they also occasionally felt stuck between two worlds and didn't feel understood in either. “I’m Guinean, I’m from West Africa. We have a really deep culture and it’s way different from American culture here,” she said. “I feel like when I was younger there was a disconnect (between these cultures)....

Students practice controlling their own dreams

Claire He and Kruti Subbannavar | March 21, 2022

Senior Jenna Griffin was in fifth grade, lying in bed asleep, when she wanted to go back and experience being on the cruise trip she had sailed over a holiday. “I wanted to be there again, so I just manifested being in this particular area of the ship that (I) was on, and about five to ten minutes later I was there and roaming around, free,” she said, describing her dream that night. According...

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