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Teen Addiction: Nicotine
1–2 minutesBy Sophie Schwarz Walking around the campus, you can almost always find a teenager with nicotine, usually in the form of a vape. The two most common places nicotine is found is in e-cigarettes such as vapes, and in any form of tobacco. Currently, one in ten middle school or high school students currently use…
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Itching for Likes: Teens and Social Media
1–2 minutesBy Julia Kemp Almost every single teen who uses social media credits it for harmful social consequences, yet Newport Academy tests show that 92% of teens continue to use the addicting and obsession-inducing social tool. The most evil aspect of social media is that it was created specifically to attract and addict teens. Social media…
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I’m Watching You
1–2 minutesBy Cynthia Andary and Haris Kadich “The Watcher,” released in 2022, is a Netflix series loosely telling the chilling true story of a young family who purchased a home in Westfield, New Jersey. The joyful family, who were eagerly beginning a new chapter in their lives, had no way to foresee the torment an anonymous…
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Is TV Making Kids Dumb?
2–4 minutesBy Lily Bourne Many parents have the same mindset surrounding television; don’t watch too much, it’ll make you dumber. But how accurate can that claim really be? Whether we like it or not, television has become an integral part of childhood, and not watching it often causes a sense of unbelonging. The average American child…
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Series
2–4 minutesBy Keira De Vita In late September, Netflix released the biographical crime drama, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Jeffrey Dahmer, for those unaware, was a man who lived throughout the late twentieth century in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is known as the Milwaukee Serial Killer. Dahmer took the lives of seventeen men, all men…
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“She’s A Maneater”
1–2 minutesBy Raven Carthon Jennifer’s Body, a gothic 2000’s classic, proves to be one of the best spooky movies of our generation. While still upholding a spooky standard, the movie encapsulates everything cheesy and camp about the 2000’s, which may very well be the reason for its popularity. The movie chronicles Needy Lesnicki and her best…
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Venturing Down Avenue 5
1–2 minutesBy Carter Cormier Set 40 years in the future, this futuristic space comedy will provide laughs for lightyears. The travel business among the stars booms and attracts a stellar cast of Hugh Larie, Josh Gad, and Zach Woods. Watching this show, one unravels twists and turns embedded in jokes and hilarious situations. A new episode…
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Let Us Vote!
2–3 minutesBy Avalon Kelly As adults and a few fortunate peers line up at the poll stations this midterm election, I will be staying at home: not because I don’t want to vote, but because I can’t. At the age of 17 and 9 months, I have been labeled as “too young” to participate by the…