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By Staff Writers Helen Tian & Jackie Wong When Vogue Magazine released its cover of Harry Styles in a dress for the December 2020 issue, Styles received immense praise for breaking gender norms. However, claiming…
By Opinion Editor Aria Lakhmani Structuring Spontaneity for Productivity “How can I be more productive?” There are thousands of articles, videos, and TED talks addressing this question, yet one thing I’ve noticed is that they all…
The Opinion of the Smoke Signal Editorial Board It’s no secret that 2020 has been arguably the most turbulent year in modern history. From COVID-19 placing us in quarantine for months on end to acts of …
The Opinion of the Smoke Signal Editorial Board Look at a typical Zoom classroom. You might catch glimpses of students’ foreheads on camera and see others looking down at their phones, all while teachers try to…
In late October, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to take the place of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court. Do you agree with the decision to confirm Barrett? “Well, it mostly…
By Opinion Editor Aria Lakhmani Not a “Waste of Time” As I set down my brush pen, I looked at my notes from the The Iliad and suddenly thought: Why was I even calligraphing my…
By Staff Writers Pradyumn Acharya, Isabella He, & Jerry Yuan Informational On November 3, citizens across California voted on Proposition 16, which would have reinstated affirmative action if passed. After the votes were counted, Proposition…
By Staff Writers Kruthi Gollapudi & Jessica Yu “Stan The Squad <3” a user states on Twitter, expressing their love for Democratic Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley. Following Ocasio-Cortez and…
By Staff Writers Isabella He & Joanne Park As of November 9, the Alameda County Public Health Department has permitted all schools to open, provided they establish a detailed COVID-19 health and safety reopening plan….
The Opinion of the Smoke Signal Editorial Board For decades, the ratio of young adults who vote in elections to the number of those eligible has trailed behind that of the general population. In fact,…
