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Elizabeth Holmes, and the downfall of Theranos, shines a light on Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" culture.

Op-Ed: Elizabeth Holmes girlbossed too close to the sun

By Hilary Nguyen, Opinion Editor February 22, 2022

An audacious entrepreneur dressed in all-black, nine billion dollars in value, and one Thomas Edison-esque machine that promised to change the biotechnology market. This is the case of Elizabeth Holmes...

Cabral (left) and Fernandez (right) show off the Little Free Library located in the courtyard.

Little Free Library encourages Carnegie readers

By Jessica Lin, Feature Editor February 22, 2022

Colorful paintings of popular books decorate the outside of a house-like box standing atop a pole in the middle of the courtyard. 1984. The Tell-Tale Heart. Pride and Prejudice. The house's door opens...

Some of the books I have read throughout high school.

The Best (and Worst) Carnegie Required Readings

By Atahan Koksoy, Staff Writer February 22, 2022

In the past four years or so, Carnegie has forced us to read books for many different classes. I enjoyed the experience of getting to read stories that I normally would not read, while some people I know...

An image highlighting the US's diplomatic boycott of the winter Olympics at China.

To protest or not to protest: American diplomats are absent during the Winter Olympics in China

By Nour Chibani and Hannah Mansour February 22, 2022

Figure skaters gracefully dance across the ice, skiers glide smoothly across the snow, and ice hockey players swiftly shoot a puck across the rink. Every four years, athletes worldwide participate in the...

Starting next school year, CVHS athletics will compete in Division 5A.

CVHS athletics switches from UIL Division 6A to 5A

By Alex Samano, Staff Writer February 22, 2022

On February 10, it was announced that CVHS athletic teams are now switching from 6A to 5A UIL divisions for the 2022-2023 school year. Carnegie switched UIL divisions from 5A to 6A over eight years ago...

You can't buy love at Target.

Is Cupid Jeff Bezos with wings and in a diaper?

By Vivian Huynh and Ankitha Lavi February 22, 2022

Look out! Cupid's arrows are aiming right at you! Does Walmart make the bows? Do you have to buy jewelry if you're hit? Is Cupid capitalism's sponsor? Jeff Bezos with wings, in a diaper? Valentine's...

Brooke J Ferrell hanging from a boulder at Momentum Silver Street. (Photo/Brooke J Ferrell)

Bouldering: an exciting alternative to exercise

By Brooke J Ferrell, Entertainment Editor February 22, 2022

Exercise is, let’s be honest, not particularly appealing. A treadmill is the exact same every step. Machines in a gym can be intimidating to the uninitiated, and most workouts are just several sets of...

Nearly half of CVHS students identify as independents or with third-parties, reflecting similar national trends among Gen Z voters.

Nearly 50% of CVHS students identify with independents or third-parties

By Noah Mohamed, Staff Writer February 22, 2022

Since Millennials entered the electorate in the 2004 election, young voters have been expected to skew – or even align unfailingly– blue. However, Gen Z voters have begun to shift away from the older,...

Korean Netflix original series All of Us Are Dead is a traditional zombie fantasy is reimagined to fit a high school setting.

TV Show Review: All of Us Are Dead teaches all of us a lesson

By Jahrel Noble, Entertainment Editor February 22, 2022

Spoiler Alert for All of Us Are Dead Season 1 As high school students, it often feels like we are fighting for our lives: drowning in swarms of homework, juggling extracurriculars, sacrificing a healthy...

As school districts ban books across the U.S., they are also sending banned books to the bestsellers list.

Books go from being banned, burned, to the bestsellers list

By My-Tran Vo and Brooke Bushong February 22, 2022

On Jan 10, the McCinn County School Board in Tennessee voted to ban Maus, the Pulitzer-prize winning autobiographical graphic novel about surviving the Holocaust. By the beginning of February, Maus was...

Emmery Nguyen using her Denji's chainsaw mask from Chainsaw Man cosplay during spirit week

CVHS Junior Emmery Nguyen Turns Cosplay Hobby Into TPSP Project

By Judith Carrizales and Nadia Talanker February 22, 2022

The first time CVHS junior Emmery Nguyen started sharing her cosplays was in middle school. Cosplay is a hobby of creating costumes relating to or reflecting a character from fictional media. Cosplays...

Chelsie Kryst, Miss USA 2019, took her life on February 2, 2021.

Op-Ed: What’s behind a crown and a smile

By Roxell Bonilla, Sports Editor February 22, 2022

I remember the day I was sitting with my family watching Miss USA 2019 live on Telemundo. The clock was about 7 minutes before 10 pm, and my sister and I were holding hands, anticipating Miss North Carolina,...

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