The importance of voting
Tyler Huor, Staff Writer
November 2, 2018
Filed under Featured, Opinion, Showcase, Student Life
One of an American citizen’s most important civic duties is to vote. The midterm elections on Tue. Nov. 6 will heavily influence whether Democrats will gain power in Congress or if Republicans will remain.. Those who choose not to vote fail to comprehend what privileges stand before them. This lac...
Why everyone should see “The Hate U Give”
Jamie Ma, Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2018
Filed under Movie Reviews, Opinion, Showcase
Growing up as an Asian-American in Southern California, it is easy to forget how privileged I am to live in such a diverse, accepting, and safe community. Every now and then I’ll wince at microaggressions or stereotype jokes, but still. They aren’t compromising my physical well-being and oftenti...
The big problem with the ID system
Nathan Smith, Staff Writer
October 29, 2018
At the beginning of the school year, administration announced that they would be enforcing the ID policy at FUHS. They claimed that if students could remember to bring phones and backpacks, they should also should be able to remember ID cards. And, that got me thinking. For me, my ID card has become a bi...
Why more girls should consider a women’s college
Jamie Ma, Editor-in-Chief
October 25, 2018
Filed under College, Editorials, Opinion, Showcase
Meryl Streep, 21-time Academy Award nominee. Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State. Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to graduate from college. Emily Dickinson, America’s best-known female poet. Hillary Clinton, the first woman to represent a major party as a presidential n...
Long live long lunch
William Hollon, Web Editor
October 4, 2018
When the Class of 2019 graduates this year, they will not only be graduating but taking the last memories of long lunch with them. For those unaware long lunch, it was an hour long lunch every Friday in place of Tribe Time, a study hall period. Three years ago, my freshman year, was the last year t...
Homework: Are there real benefits?
Megan Kim, Copy/Opinion Editor
October 3, 2018
After a long school day, the only thing I want to do is go home and sit on the couch. But I, and many other students, don’t have that option. After sports, speech practice, or hours of rehearsals for the fall play, students must go home to face hours of homework that they were assigned that day. ...
Tribe Time: Bring it back?
Gillian Hodgden, News/Featured Editor
October 2, 2018
As a junior, I’ve only heard stories and folktales from the senior class of their beautiful long-lunch days. They reminisce of their luxurious Fridays, rather than lunch ending in the blink of an eye. What they forget to mention is the reason why long lunch was possible--Tribe Time. Tribe Time was a prog...
Crazy Rich Asians: Why representation in the media matters to me
Jamie Ma, Editor-in-Chief
August 29, 2018
I was six years old when I first realized how desperately I wanted an American Girl Doll. I wanted my doll to look like my idol Taylor Swift: big blue eyes, blond hair, dainty nose, the works. So, one can imagine the bittersweet disappointment I felt when my grandma bought me my first American Girl...
Keeping the boys’ bathrooms clean
Tyler Balsbaugh, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion, Showcase
Any guy who uses the bathrooms here at FUHS knows our campus bathrooms have a slight sanitation issue; and by slight, I mean huge. When I enter the bathrooms I have to strategically plan every step just to avoid puddles of mysterious liquid. Toilet paper is always shoved down the urinals, bits of cafe...
Why the feminist movement is still relevant today
Myah Phillips, Copy Editor
February 15, 2018
In recent years, the feminist movement has gained momentum as women and men alike have marched to end the misleading labels that are typically given to girls and women, such as “weak,” “incapable” and “inferior.” Many FUHS students attended these marches and spoke of the importance of the fem...
Getting rid of the stigma surrounding mental illnesses
Maya Chavez, Staff Writer
February 8, 2018
When people think of mental illness, they most often focus on the stigma surrounding the term, which has arisen from opinions in the media. The media often portrays mental illnesses as something to be ashamed of. The negative connotations associated with mental illnesses are also the result of l...
Check yourself before you wreck yourself—think before you speak
Cordelia Tran, Staff Writer
January 17, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion, Showcase
Walking down the hall in school the other day, I overheard a fragment of a conversation. A boy looked over to his friend and said, “that’s so gay, bro.” This simple phrase was obviously meant as an insult—as if being gay is a negative thing. These connotations, which some seem to never consider, stigmatize ...
