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A recreation of the plane crash, featuring three of the missing students. Photo taken by Mike Bobaguard via Iphone 15 front camera. | Image Credits: NPS Photo, Image Edits: Nadia Talanker

37 CVHS students missing in Bermuda

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor April 1, 2024

On March 18, the first day back from Spring Break, a total of 37 Carnegie Vanguard High School students were reported absent. Unbeknownst to their advocacy teachers, this was because all 37 students were...

Nidhi is a student at Carnegie that also works as Houstons Ekal Vidyalaya ambassador. | Image Credit: Nidhi Gupta

Nidhi Gupta: Fostering change thousands of miles away

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor February 7, 2024

One student from Carnegie is bridging the gap between opportunities made available by higher education and underprivileged villages and tribes in India. Recognizing the power of education as a cornerstone...

The Young Adult reading section at a Target - colonized by Colleen Hoover. | Image Credits: Mirella C. (Westridge Spyglass)

Op-Ed: The young adult genre and its spice tolerance

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor February 7, 2024

In an age inundated with digital distractions and fleeting trends, reading has emerged once again as a consistent refuge. This renaissance, which appears to have initiated during the pandemic, involved...

The host of the 2023 Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, traversing a side-plot with historically known video game fan, Gonzo the Muppet. Except I lied and he has no connection to video games whatsoever. | Image Credits: The Game Awards

The Game Awards — or, lack thereof

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor January 21, 2024

The Game Awards is an annual event that serves to honor the work of various luminaries in the gaming industry and unveil upcoming releases. The ceremony itself appears as extravagant as the Golden Globe...

Loyal subjects of the Dear Upstream series: hear ye, for thee patrons hath blessed thou with a new edition.

Dear Upstream 3: Hark! Replies to thy quandaries

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor December 4, 2023

Good morrow, ladies and gentlesires. Welcome back to another edition of Dear Upstream - CVHS’ one and only advice column. We declare the following questions to be answered to the best of our ability,...

Eurovision 2023s winner for Sweden, Loreen, stands triumphantly in costume whilst holding the Eurovision trophy over her head. | Image credit: The Associated Press/NBC

Eurovision 2023: A Scandinavian scandal

By Nadia Talanker and Judith Carrizales May 17, 2023

This Saturday, Loreen, a 39-year-old singer and songwriter from Sweden, took home the iconic glass microphone trophy - an award commemorating her win at the 2023 Eurovision Song Competition.  Eurovision...

Isabeau Levito received a standing ovation after her outstanding free skate during the 2023 US Championships earlier this week. Image credit: Josie Lepe/Associated Press

2023 US Figure Skating Championships: Debuting and senior skaters’ shared prosperity

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor January 26, 2023

January holds two of the most influential and crucial non-international skating competitions — the United States Figure Skating Championships and the European Figure Skating Championships.  The...

Ghost, a supporting character in the newest CoD game, recently underwent a surge in popularity among social media. | Image credits: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Op-Ed: Playing Call of Duty and reveling in sexism

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor December 13, 2022

Call of Duty (CoD) is the self-denominated “world's best-selling video game franchise” - it’s known amidst the gaming circle as a trailblazer for first-person shooter (FPS) games, with the community...

Kaori Sakamoto at her short program for the 2022 Grand Prix Final. The event concluded on the 11th of December, the results leaving many figure skating aficionados in shock. | Photo credit: Iana Saveleva

2022 Grand Prix of Figure Skating: A defiance of expectations

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor December 12, 2022

This weekend, the final for the ISU Grand Prix took place in Torino, Italy. After a few weeks of buildup in the form of qualification competitions, the finalized competitors took the ice one last time. Furthermore,...

Ilia Malinin at the Skate America 2022 competition after putting on a gold medal-winning performance.

2022 Skate America: This year’s top performers

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor November 14, 2022

As the crowd looked on towards the handful of skaters beginning their warm ups, it seemed almost impossible for a single person to utilize all that the grand expanse of ice offered them. However, each...

Photo credit: Netflix/Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ; edits by Nadia Talanker. | A new docu-series about American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer sweeps the media with a wave of mixed emotion.

Monster: Turning trauma into public entertainment

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor October 20, 2022

Content warning: Crimes themselves will not be discussed in detail, nor will there be any mentions of gore. However, criminal offenses are listed. Please read on in caution. June 25th, 1979. A surreal...

Social media continues to impact how people perceive themselves whilst setting unreasonable and harmful standards. No matter who you are, social media has something to critique. | Photo credits: letters2president.org

How Media Cinches Standards of Beauty

By Nadia Talanker, Entertainment Editor May 27, 2022

Content warning: the following article discusses both body image (in great detail) and eating disorders. Looking into fogged up mirrors with my own eyes clouded as I pointed out every single distinction...

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