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Bring the Rizz Party to Your Home: Seven steps for throwing a TikTok rizz party

By Erwin Morales and Karla Berrueto May 7, 2024

Lately, clips of a teenage party have gone viral on TikTok to the point of becoming an internet meme. The “TikTok rizz party” has been the inspiration for multiple videos and has gotten so much attention...

Phone notification indicating a ntaional emergency amidst TikTok ban.

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BREAKING NEWS: Lip-syncers left jobless amidst national TikTok ban

By Naadiya Walji, Staff Writer April 1, 2024

It was a normal day for Darli Chamelio. She woke up, got ready, propped her phone up, and started to dance in front of the camera. Moments later, her phone started buzzing uncontrollably. Chamelio grabbed...

Photo of Lil Huddy as an OBGYN edited by me, patient appointment photo taken by The Mother Baby Center and photo of Lil Huddy taken from his Instagram

Enough is Enough: TikTok industry faces major decline following “real” OB-GYN advice

By Ella Pham, Copy Editor March 31, 2024

“There’s something wrong with the new age,” they harp. Familiar are the voices of the tired generations, who disguise nostalgia with the veil of experience and superior knowledge. To disprove...

A Sephora product display reportedly destroyed by a child.

Op-Ed: Let girls be girls

By Natalia Nguyen, Copy Editor February 6, 2024

Gone are the days of children frolicking over mulched playgrounds, navigating endless monkey bars, and tumbling down slides. Although I might have been more the type to hole up inside with a book (which...

The popular app, Tiktok as seen commonly on smart devices.

Potential ban poses a threat for TikTok users

By Anjali Martinez and Ivan Salazar April 24, 2023

On March 7, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Ind.) introduced the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act,” colloquially known as the “RESTRICT”...

Created by Ahmed Aslam in Google Drawings

TikTok takeover spreads to PowerSchool and Canvas

By Ahmed Aslam, Staff Writer March 31, 2023

Breaking News! While TikTok continues their pursuit to spread their influence all over the world, other apps have adopted the classic TikTok style. TikTok rose to popularity because of its simplicity and...

The Gas App, which prompts networks to share superlatives with each other, is now the most popular app, superseding even TikTok.

Gas or Trash: An honest review on the app that’s taking high schools by storm

By Ella Pham, Copy Editor November 14, 2022

Colors seem brighter when they’re around you.  Though you want to tell them, your words don’t align with your heart and as your tongue winds in frantic knots. Instead you say “You’re my favorite...

Op-Ed: Cancel "Cancel Culture"

Op-Ed: Cancel “Cancel Culture”

By Nour Chibani and Hannah Mansour December 8, 2021

“CANCELED.” This word flooded the comment section. As I scroll through TikTok, I land on a video of famous TikTok user, Amanda Lee Fago. Fago, better known as “Aunty Amanda,” uses her platform...

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