Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, many companies have been working non-stop to get a vaccine produced and distributed. Initial estimates by health experts were that we would have an effective vaccine widely available between January and July of 2021. This estimate was surprisingly accurate, as at the moment we are on track to release a vaccine by mid-2021 at the latest. However, there are still many factors to consider that could drastically change the speed at which the...
In 2018, an educational earthquake shook Boulder High to its core in the form of a switch from a seven-period class schedule to an eight-period one. It took a few weeks for students to get their heads around the change, but once the school adapted to the new schedule, the prevailing opinion was that...
Many people aren’t celebrating Halloween this year because of Covid-19, but if you do decide to dress up there are a few types of costumes you should avoid. In recent years many people have been called out for wearing insensitive or offensive costumes, and many celebrities have been “canceled.”...
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC, became an internet sensation by playing the popular online video game Among Us for an audience of over 430,000 people on Twitch. People have been sharing videos of the game all over social media and have been delighted by the content....
2020’s latest hobby is debating on the internet with strangers. Each day a new post is going viral, being posted on every teenager’s Instagram story, trending under hashtags and causing large heated debates in the comments. Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and even the neighborhood communication app Nextdoor...
It’s college application season and seniors are hard at work trying to perfect their resume and get into the best possible school. Prestigious institutions may be out of reach to most students, but are these schools really all they’re hyped up to be? Ivy League schools such as Yale and Brown boast...
On Friday, October 2nd, 2020, Hope Hicks, who had reportedly recently been in contact with President Trump, tested positive for Covid-19. Donald Trump immediately quarantined, and then also tested positive, along with the 1st lady Melania Trump. On the subsequent day, they both traveled via helicopter...
Fall is here, and with that, the beginning of college application deadlines. Seniors across the nation work around the clock to finalize essays, maintain a high GPA and perfect their resumes with extracurriculars in order to present college admissions with enough information to make a holistic decision....
On March 12th, BVSD decided that it was best for the health of the students and staff to switch to online schooling after a CU staff member tested positive and the spread of the virus within Boulder County rapidly increased. Nobody knew how long it would be before we went back to in-person learning....
