Everyday things that look crazy zoomed in
A few weeks ago, photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas captured a highly-magnified image of an ant for Nikon's Small World Photomicrography...
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A student-written, student-edited, and student-produced publication
Lilah Hayes
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Anyone can Etsy
Introduction For the past two years, since I started crocheting, a pile of bags, stuffed animals, and blankets have started to build up...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
The different ways we see colors
The perception, interpretation, and opinions between individuals on the world around us change depending on past experiences, heritage,...
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Si Taylor
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Comparing the best (and the weirdest) copycats from TJ’s
In the recent 21st century, Trader Joe’s has turned into one of the most popular grocery stores for fake hipsters. If you look at any...
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Eden Greene
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
LAUSD lunch still sucks. Where do they do it better?
Prior to the start of this school year, Los Angeles Unified embarked on a mission to provide students with what Superintendent Alberto...
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Metzli Esparza
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
Day of the Dead is NOT Mexican Halloween
Day of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos, is a holiday celebrated on October 31st, November 1st, and 2nd in many Hispanic cultures. This...
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Jubilee Nuno
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
A guide to the best concert experience
My fatigue consumes me, my vision becomes blurred and suddenly my sight gives out. I dropped to the floor. It was my first concert, and I...
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Rex Hoskinson
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
An intro to hiking in L.A.
Of all the activities available in L.A. County, there is a surprising number of people that don’t view hiking as one of them. Many see...
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Sophie Seifert
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
The evolution of young adult literature
“I do believe something magical happens when you read a good book.” - JK Rowling For as long as I can remember, reading has been a staple...
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Ivy Klein
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
You think pirates are sexy, but they have scurvy
Eye patches; peg legs; hooks for hands…what characteristics better illicit the mental image of a tall, muscular, salty-bearded sailor,...
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Owen Taylor
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
I spent $120 to learn from George Bush. Should you?
If you watch Youtube, you’ve probably seen hundreds of ads for a website called Masterclass. This place somehow finds a way to get the...
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Shepherd Lee Williams
- Sep 28, 2022
- 5 min
What Andrew Tate means (actually)
Internet micro-celebrities come and go in a flash. Jake Paul, Leafyishere, the Walmart yodeling kid, and many more people have reached...
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Kat Barlet
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
Trauma dumping: Empathy gone wrong
Amongst the depths of my severe mental instability, I’ve been carried to the physical abyss, or my teenage bedroom. There lies a mattress...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Renaissance Pleasure Faire: What you need to know
COME NOW! COME ALL! TO THE RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE! Excitement and the smell of turkey legs fill the air of the crowd waiting outside...
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ERHS Journalism
- Jun 11, 2022
- 6 min
A goodbye to the teachers retiring this year
When you are a part of a community for so long, it eventually becomes a home. Ingrained in your blood and pumping through your veins, you...
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Romy Griego
- Jun 7, 2022
- 3 min
Father and daughter root for the boys in blue as they take on the NY Mets
After a losing streak of three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Dodgers snapped the New York Mets’ winning streak of six games...
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ERHS Journalism
- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
TOP TEN RED FLAGS OF ELEANOR DALTON
10. The first day of school she had brown hair, and the second day it was bright orange. 9. She has like twenty piercings and also...
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Jessica Lau
- May 19, 2022
- 4 min
Existential Crises
Some people in the world have their whole lives figured out, and others are trying to figure out what they want to do. The thought of...
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Jessica Lau
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
Identity Crises
Almost everyone has gone through an identity crisis. Most identity crises’ come during our stage of adolescence. As teenagers, we are...
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Anika Norton
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Where'd all the time go?
A short storyboard illustrating the passing of time and daydreaming. Where does the time go during tests? And why won't the words stick...
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Miranda Morales
- Apr 21, 2022
- 3 min
What to know about mental health
Mental Health is important but not many people know the science behind it or where to go for help so here is your guide. If you are...
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Sophia Dueñas
- Apr 8, 2022
- 3 min
College emails
Last year, I made the egregious mistake of clicking the box for “Allow colleges to contact me” on the CollegeBoard website. Ever since,...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
The reality of the rom-com
For decades, citizens all over the world have fallen in love alongside characters played by Jeniffer Garner, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts,...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
What does it take to become an Olympic medalist?
We have all seen the movies, commercials, or inspirational advertisements in which a young kid stands in front of their television in...
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Lauren Acevedo
- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
The importance of journaling: get your pens out!
We’ve all had a journal at some point in our lives; a place where you could write your deepest thoughts and secrets, venting to its pages...
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Sullivan Valdez
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
3D printed guns and the issue they pose for gun control
Guns and gun control have been highly contested topics since the United States was formed. This, by extension, leads to the concept of...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
How not to kill your plant
Your room shouldn’t be a dark, water-less cave where plants go to die, and it doesn’t have to be. Not as long as you know how to care for...
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Izak Menta
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Abstract art: The meaning behind the madness
Abstract art has been the subject of speculation, analysis, and ridicule since the introduction of its most basic concepts. Although we...
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Ella Esther
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Is film dead? The pros and cons of film photography
As the influence of Instagram, Pinterest, and other photo-sharing social media platforms grow, there is an increasing amount of people...
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Lily Hoagland
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
The cautionary tale of my Personal Project
The Personal Project: known for marking the end of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, fulfilling an A-G service...
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Sofia Casias
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Are electric scooters taking over?
Coincidentally, (and maybe a little suspiciously) green and gray (just like Eagle Rock Jr. Sr. High’s school colors) public electric...
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Izak Menta
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
The unchecked potential of creativity
The level of ingenuity that humans have evolved to possess is beyond that of any other known life form. It has been harnessed towards the...
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Metzli Esparza
- Dec 16, 2021
- 4 min
Have a very merry, Covid friendly, Christmas
The holiday season has finally arrived and over the past year, Covid-19 guidelines have become less strict. But of course, this doesn’t...
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Shiogo Allen
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
The stress of homework management
Months into school, most people have hopefully learned to manage their homework schedule. Even with sports, music practice, and other out...
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Alfonso Marone
- Nov 25, 2021
- 7 min
A profile on Dr Jorge N Leal: local historian, ERHS Alumni, university. professor
Dr. Jorge N Leal is a local Los Angeles historian and university professor. He had immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager in the late 80s,...
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Shiogo Allen
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Are you lucky? Do you have allergies?
Allergies are extremely annoying, that is certain. But how many people have them, and how bad do they get? Allergies can be very serious...
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Genevieve Deetsch
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Some enlightening facts about ERHS weekly COVID tests
All those minutes you've spent standing outside the south gym, waiting for a nurse to give you a side glance and briefly motion you to...
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Anika Norton
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
Catching the fall spirit
Ah yes, Autumn. With the leaves turning orange, our palm trees looking a little less green, and plenty of mid-semester angst to go...
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Ivy Klein
- Oct 25, 2021
- 7 min
“Beware of Sharks?” More like “Beware of People!”
Take a moment to visualize something. A shark. A great white shark, swimming through an otherwise empty ocean. Now insert yourself into...
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