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Normalization of online racism is a dangerous trend

Anoushka Jena • April 16, 2025

Scrolling through social media feels routine—just another mindless activity to pass the time. But every so often, something catches my eye. A comment section flooded with “jokes” about brown people,...

New Staff at Carmel Q&A

Siri Surapaneni • September 19, 2021

Q&A -Josh Peterman, U.S History, AVID teacher Why did you decide to become a teacher? Honestly, it took me a long time to come to teaching. I was originally in a different major in college....

Advice & Printables for Bullet Journaling

Grace Xu • May 21, 2020

Grace Xu serves as the writing coach of the HiLite, but in her spare time, she bullet journals extensively and even ran her own journaling Instagram account at one point. In conjunction with the cover...

CHTV to focus on basketball in March

Christian Ledbetter • March 11, 2020

CHTV plans to visit the schools that will participate in March Madness tis month to kick off a basketball competition, according to CHTV teacher Brandy Ostojic. “We’re still working out all the details...

CHTV to focus on basketball in March

Christian Ledbetter • March 11, 2020

CHTV plans to visit the schools that will participate in March Madness this month to kick off a basketball competition, according to CHTV teacher Brandy Ostojic. “We’re still working out all the details...

Comedy Sportz to meet on Feb. 7 to prepare for Intramural Match on Feb. 10 in Studio Theater at 9:30 a.m.

Valliei Chandrakumar • February 5, 2020

Comedy Sportz members will hold a meeting on Feb. 7 in P123 after school to prepare for the intramural match on Feb. 10 in the Studio Theater at 9:30 a.m. After the first event of the semester, club members...

Art department prepares for National Art Honors Society induction ceremony on Jan. 30

Pranav Jothirajah • January 28, 2020

The art department will continue its work as it prepares for multiple upcoming events, including the National Art Honors Society induction ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on Jan. 30. According...

Chemistry Club prepares to host outreach event on Feb. 21

Madeline Misterka • January 28, 2020

The Chemistry Club has begun preparations for an after-school outreach event, which will take place Orchard Park on Feb. 21, where club members will perform demonstrations for elementary-aged students...

Students, counselors reflect the Harvard Affirmative Action Case

Viyang Hao • November 6, 2019

Earlier this year, a group of Asian-Americans filed a lawsuit against Harvard University and its admissions office, claiming its admissions process was discriminated against Asian-Americans. The federal...

Academic Super Bowl Announces Captains, Divides into Subject Teams

Cady Armstrong • November 1, 2019

The 2019-20 subject team captains for Academic Superbowl are Natalie Khamis for English, Noah Sim for fine arts, Martin Emerson for math, Tara Kandallu for science, John Mikucki for social studies, and...

Counselors to begin scheduling Nov. 1

Viyang Hao • October 31, 2019

According to Melinda Stephan, college and careers programming and resources coordinator, a video will be shown during SRT to aid freshmen and sophomores in scheduling for classes next school year on Nov....

Analyzing the Epidemic: Despite Juul Lab’s declared efforts to stop the youth vaping epidemic, it should face severe consequences for its role in initiating the problem in the first place

Alanna Wu • January 11, 2019

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t had much experience with Juuls, aside from the occasional empty pod in the stadium parking lot or the sickly-sweet smell of mango clouding the bathroom air....

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