Businesses Question the Government’s Definitions of Essential During this Crisis
By Esha Sharma, Staff Writer
May 19, 2020
COVID-19 has effectively changed the way society operates on a day-to-day basis. During this time there has been an outline laid out for who is and isn’t an essential business. Shuchi (Sue) Sharma runs a sign manufacturing company, Sign-ups and Banners. Some small businesses, such as hers, are now qu...
A Way to Fit During Quarantine
By Donovan Snell, Staff Writer
May 18, 2020
The See 10 Do 10 challenge has arose across social media sites, mostly Instagram, to encourage others to stay active during these tough times. The challenge works by being tagged on social media doing the challenge, once you are tagged you then do the challenge yourself and tag other people to partici...
What It Means to Pass Away During COVID-19 As a Buddhist
By Hilary Nguyen, News Editor
May 18, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the nation, the number of deaths continues to increase. Generally, one’s death is followed by a funeral. However, due to social distancing, many are not able to hold funerals, let alone be near their loved ones who have passed. As a Buddhist, Erica is concern...
The Unexpected, but Temporary, Benefit to Lockdown
By Katherine Linares, Managing Editor
May 15, 2020
As people all around the world are tucked away in their homes in lockdown, the world around us is growing greener and cleaner. The animals all around the world are starting to come out, African penguins are parading the streets of Cape Town, deer are gathering around shops in Japan, and pigeons have ta...
An all-too familiar past: unfolding two of the past centuries’ deadliest pandemics
By Gabi Rodriguez, Features/ Sports Editor
May 13, 2020
With the global population enduring the unwelcomed arrival of COVID-19, our lifestyles have unanimously veered into a bender. We find ourselves in an age with no guidelines, where the amount of honors classes and life experience seem to fall short of preparing us to live in the wake of a pandemic. This...
HISD Adopts New Grading Guidelines as Schools Close
By Vivian Huynh, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020
While COVID-19 puts enormous stress on families and students, HISD has taken steps to alleviate the weight by implementing more lenient grading guidelines. Ever since March 13, HISD announced that schools were to be closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, affecting education and gr...
Race and Coronavirus in America
By Ashton Brown, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020
COVID-19 and it’s rising death toll have become matters of concern for every person on Earth, after achieving pandemic status. Unfortunately, in America, the concern is greater for some groups of people than others. Recently, networks like CNN have been casting segments of slideshows, displaying some ...
Streaming Services and an Epidemic
By Jonathon Morales, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two months, you know about COVID-19. One thing you might have also noticed is how much more you are watching your favorite shows on Netflix, binge watching a YouTube creator, or even seeing ads for the new entertainment platform Quibi. It doesn’t tak...
For the first time, all students take AP tests from home
By Carys Oriana Reyes, Staff Writer
May 13, 2020
Covid-19 has caused students across the United States to resort to online learning and the College Board has had to alter and change the 2020 AP Tests that are going to happen this May. College Board has altered certain tests such as AP World History because of online schooling and has also crea...
One Small Step, One Giant Leap
By Shaun Wood, Arts & Entertainment/ Opinion Editor
May 12, 2020
From door-to-door sales and cookie booths, the Girl Scout cookie sales that come once a year have always been a comfort to Americans all across the nations. And now the Girl Scouts are giving back to the essential workers of the nation the best way they know how: through the delicious taste of Thin Mints, Caramel Delights, and more. This quarantine has struc...
CVHS Students Share Their Cure to Boredom During COVID-19
By Donovan Snell, Staff Writer
May 12, 2020
Boredom has peaked at an all-time high among students with the arrival of COVID-19. Out of 10 students surveyed, boredom levels have averaged at around a 6.3 out of 10. When the same people were asked their level of boredom before quarantine, According to these students, the boredom originates from the rep...
Tips on how to focus on work amid distractions at home
May 10, 2020
Many of us find it hard to focus on work within the comfort of our own home, but why is that? It can be due to many things that distract us, such as family, pets, a TV or your phone. People stuck in quarantine suffering from this problem are wondering just what they can do to be able to focus, and thi...