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Permafrost is permanently frozen ground that covers nearly one-quarter of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a combination of soil, rocks and sand held together by ice. However, recent rising temperatures – a result of global warming – have begun to melt the ice. In fact, climate change disproportionately affects the Arctic, making it an increasingly threatening...

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SPORTS AND RECREATION

Football team blanked by Crespi on Homecoming

The Wolverines football team was defeated by Crespi on Oct. 10 by a score of 49-0 in the team’s annual 2026 Homecoming game. Saturday’s blowout marked their second consecutive Homecoming loss. In the last five seasons, the Wolverines are 2-3 on Homecoming, with wins against Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary on Sep. 28, 2023, and...
CIF STATE REGIONAL DIVISION 1CIF SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 1CHASE CURRENAARYAN MEHDI WILLIAMS
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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION

The Sound of a Changing Climate

As temperatures rise, storms intensify and fires spread, the people who source wood for their instruments are increasingly worried about where it will come from. Climate has always shaped the sound of instruments. Most stringed instruments rely on a soundboard, a thin wooden panel that vibrates with the strings and amplifies their sound. In violins...
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SOFTWARE AND DATA ENGINEERING

Robotics team hosts tech workshop

As part of their Community Outreach program, the robotics team, which competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), partnered with Hope the Mission to host science and technology workshops for elementary school students at The Alvarado on Sept. 26. Hope the Mission is a nonprofit organization offering shelter, meals and care to those in...
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EDUCATION AND HUMANITIES

Speech and debate competes at Jack Howe tournament

Eight students on the school’s Speech and Debate teams competed at the Jack Howe Memorial Tournament at California State University, Long Beach from Oct. 3-5. Michael Reola ’28 won the varsity LD division, earning him a bid to the J.W. Patterson Tournament of Champions, which will take place at the University of Kentucky next spring....
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ARTS CULTURE MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT

Daisy Chain Fields empowers women

Olivia Rodrigo headlined her own Daisy Chain Fields music festival alongside a cast of other female artists on Aug. 29. Rodrigo organized the event in response to the 2022 Supreme Court decision to eliminate federal abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade, as well as attacks on universal health care. 45,000 people gathered in Irvine,...
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