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Teen Challenge: Aiding in Addiction and Recovery
by Ishanvi Kommula Although dependence on substance use has become increasingly acknowledged as a chronic condition, the U.S. government continues to cessate funding towards addiction treatment centers, ensuing crises in the ongoing drug and alcohol addiction epidemics. Its effects are clear. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as the percentage of treatment centers receiving government funding further declines, the number of deaths due to overdose skyrockets at a rate unseen before. Hence, remaining centers struggle to pull together resources and volunteers, leaving them scrambling in the everlasting demand for treatment. On October 19, 2019, Kristina Burwell was introduced…
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School Events: Beyond The Rally
By Jerome Student councils are many things; we like to say we’re conduits for student voices—a mechanism by which you can have an impact on your school. While this is true to some extent, the bulk of what a student council member does each day is plan school events. This…
Proposition 28: Ensuring arts funding in an era of budget cuts
By Vishak Srikanth If you notice more easels in your art studio class or more mellifluous notes emanating from your school’s orchestra, or run into more art and music teachers in the hallways in the next school year, you might have Prop 28 to thank! This November, Californians will vote…
March for Our Lives
By Katie Chin “For me, how I combat the political apathy and hopelessness that I think is all too common after mass tragedies like the shooting at Robb Elementary School is knowing that I am one of so many people fighting to prevent it from happening again.” What began as…
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