On Friday, February 15th, President Trump issued a declaration of a state of emergency in order to allocate military funds towards building a wall at the southernmost border of the United States. This declaration was hinted at many weeks before the president decided to actually take action and although...

First of all, anyone who says they have Senioritis but is not a senior can just sit down. I’ll admit that when I was feeling unmotivated or lazy junior year I would complain that “Senioritis is hitting me early.” But no. Nobody knows how serious and devastating Senioritis really is until they experience...

The Oscars has been Hollywood's most important event for almost 90 years. But the 2019’s Oscars Best Picture winner has caused a lot of riot and controversy from the audience. People started to question whether or not there are secrets hiding behind how voters select the Best Picture category. The...

With the release of successful blockbusters like Crazy Rich Asians and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, the creators talk about the importance of Asian representation in Hollywood and the pressure that comes with it. Months before Crazy Rich Asians premiered, the film was already celebrated for...

On October eighth, 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a subsection of the United Nations, released a report on the future of climate change. It said that between 2030-2052 the global climate will rise by 1.5° Celsius if CO2 emissions continue at our current rate. The report...

On the 19th of January 2019, thousands of San Diegans rallied at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego to participate in a peaceful protest against the unequal standards between men and women in society. The third Women’s March and rally not only focused on women’s rights, but the LGBTQIA+ community...

Bobi Mack: Game days for the Women’s Varsity basketball team are always huge. No matter if we’re playing the top team in the state or the lowest-ranked team in the nation, no game is taken for granted. With all of the hours we put in, people might think it becomes a chore. But really, it is the...

Unbeknownst to most of the La Jolla Country Day community, three classes have joined forces to tackle one of the most powerful and challenging of William Shakespeare’s plays, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. After months of memorizing the lines, building the set, and piecing together the scenes,...

The dress code has always been a controversial and sensitive topic in high schools across the nation and it is no different at La Jolla Country Day, where the dress code has gone through many developments and is currently the center of discussion. After a fellow student felt that our school’s dress...