CAROLINE REN
Copy Editor
After working at AHS for six years, three of which she spent as a student banker, Marilynn Chun recently transferred to San Gabriel High School (SGHS) under a new district policy which rotates student bankers.
“We definitely miss Mrs. Chun; it’s the end of the school year and there’s a lot going on right
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DEBORAH CHEN
Copy Editor
With graduation coming up soon, what comes next? For most seniors, college is the next chapter of their lives. However, there is also the alternative of taking a gap year.
A gap year is a period of time when a student takes a hiatus from school in order to engage in non-academic activities, such
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DEBORAH CHEN
Copy Editor
AHS takes numerous administrator to run successfully. Recently, Assistant Principal of Business and Activities Phuong Nguyen and Assistant Principal of Guidance Jeremy Infranca have switched positions.
The decision for the switch was made to ensure that Infranca and Nguyen would be able to learn new skills in order to be more prepared and be
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DIANA LI
News Editor
Last December, Lesley University faced a settlement that now requires the school to serve gluten-free foods. The U.S. Justice Department received a complaint in 2009 alleging that the university violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not accommodating students with celiac disease, a common genetic disorder that interferes with gluten tolerance and
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SYLVIA WINSTON
Staff Writer
AHS proudly holds around 75 clubs on its campus; one such club is the Holiday Committee.
The committee is involved in various activities, including canned food drives, holiday grams and the annual Eui Lim Memorial Scholarship. The committee’s main goal is to raise money and send it to a local charity bank.
However, over
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SUSANNA AIGA
Staff Writer
Numerous students displayed mixed feelings on Oct. 17 after discovering the postponement of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) scheduled to take place that same day. The PSAT was instead moved to Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7 a.m.
School Site Council originally planned for the PSAT to be taken after school on a minimum
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OLIVIA CHEUNG
Editor in Chief
Shortened life spans and increased quantities of electronic items have resulted in rapid growth among obsolete electronics, also known as e-waste. Everyday electronics, such as computers and mobile phones, can be reused, refurbished or recycled; however, many of these are improperly disposed of and contribute to the nation’s waste.
To help combat
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SEAN NGUYEN
Staff Writer
The space shuttle Endeavour was transported in October to the California Science Center as a permanent addition to the science center’s brand new air and space exhibit after being chosen from 20 other proposals as the location of display.
“[The Endeavour exhibit] is informative and fun,” senior Andrew Sirichuporn said. “[The shuttle] seems
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MICHELLE PAULINO
Staff Writer
Within the last month, Congress has received criticism regarding their recent decision to recognize pizza as a vegetable. However, the bill, which was passed in November, deems one-eighth of a cup or two tablespoons of tomato paste as half a serving of vegetables.
With this knowledge in mind, pizza has the potential to count
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DEBORAH CHEN
Staff Writer
November is considered a very important month, not only because of Thanksgiving, but also because it is the month-long celebration of menʼs health which has been christened ʻMovemberʼ.
What began as a joke between friends in Australia in 2003 soon became a force in educating the public against prostate cancer. In the beginning, it
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