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Virus Vaccinations: Vaccinations are crucial to preventing illness and viruses, including Hepatitis B and other viruses.

The Asian Liver Center makes strides on on Hepatitis B

Athena Xing, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

When winter approaches, a peak point for many diseases and viruses, the need to get vaccinated is crucially important to improving the health status of people, especially when it comes to getting the hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination. In fact, spreading awareness about HBV has been an important mission for...

End of Paper Test: Starting Jan. 2024, SAT exams will be fully digital, as well as feature adaptive module testing. (Photo by Andrii Vergeles)

SAT exams go fully digital, introducing new changes in 2024

Lavanya Shyamsundar, Managing Editor October 30, 2023

Starting spring of 2024, all SAT Suite of Assessments, including the SAT and  NMSQT, will go fully digital and feature an adaptive testing model. The College Board began their online transition in March 2023 through proctoring virtual tests in international SAT centers and, since Fall 2023, through...

Israel-Hamas War Ongoing As Crisis Intensifies In Gaza

Theoden Melgar, Digital Content Editor October 30, 2023

On Oct. 8, Israel formally declared war on Hamas, retaliating after the Islamic militant group situated in Gaza launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel. The offensive began after Hamas fired thousands of rockets on the morning of Oct. 7, followed by Hamas forces invading 22 Israeli towns and...

Hope staff member and her daughter playing Target Tiger for prizes like slap bands.

Oxford, Hope Students roar with tiger pride at Hope Hoco

Michelle Choy, News Editor October 30, 2023

On Oct. 6, Friends4Hope hosted Hope Homecoming, a light-hearted basketball game in Oxford’s gym and a delightful dance in the quad for Hope School students and parents. With the theme “Forever a Tiger” to mirror the school’s mascot, the carnival games, sparkling gold decorations, and cheerful...

College Board announces changes to AP Exam rubrics, courses

Sydnee Cho, Digital Content Editor October 30, 2023

College Board, the governing body for standardized college tests and courses, made numerous changes to core AP subjects for the current 2023-24 school year and beyond, namely three AP  History courses, four AP Physics courses, and AP United States Government and Politics.  Multiple changes to the...

Showing Support: SAG-AFTRA members striking in Hollywood to stand with the WGA. (Courtesy of Genie Music/Pexels)

Writer’s Guild strike Ends but SAG-AFTRA Remains On The Picket Lines

Nandita Bussa, News Editor October 30, 2023

On Sept. 24th, the Writers Guild of America (WGA),  struck a tentative deal with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a trade association that represents the major producers of Hollywood after months of striking for better wages and secure employment.Despite the WGA reaching a deal,...

Monumental Moment: Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker in the U.S. to be ousted from the job through a House vote. (Photo by Tom Brenner)

Congress faces fiscal deadline amid conflicts

Rachel Yoon, Managing Editor October 30, 2023

Failure to negotiate funding bills for the U.S. federal government leaves Congress just three weeks until it must navigate through the partisan divide and replace the temporary stopgap spending measure with a comprehensive plan for the new fiscal year. With the Nov. 17 deadline approaching, the reelection...

ASB Tech Xavier Barnett raps on the Yost Theatre stage at the 2023 Fall Ball.

Patriots dazzle at Fall Ball

Michelle Choy, News Editor October 13, 2023

Walking the red carpet past the dazzling entrance into Yost Theatre, Patriots glammed up for Oxford’s Fall Ball on Oct. 7. A tour around the venue found a concession stand with milk tea and taro drinks, a photobooth for radiant photos, and an upstairs balcony with a lounge filled with red velvet sofas....

Eight of the nine FBLA NLC attendees proudly showcase their chapter badges and trophies after the awards ceremony (Photo by Michael Rylaarsdam)

Oxford’s FBLA takes home top ten at NLC

Trisha Phan, Editor in Chief September 28, 2023

Nine Oxford Academy students competed in the 2023 National Leadership Conference (NLC) of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), with three placing top ten in their events and one winning first place. From June 27 to 30, about 13,000 educators and middle and high school students competed for cash...

Junior Karina Li and former Oxford teacher Ms. Ho welcomed participants at the first meeting of  “Love Through an Asian American Lens” on Wednesday, September 13th. (Photo By Karina Li)

LTAALENS: Photography with a purpose

Jasmine Nguyen, Staff Writer September 28, 2023

Oxford Junior Karina Li and former social studies teacher Ms. Eunice Ho are instructing a program called "Love Through an Asian American Lens" (LTAALENS). Running until December 13 after school in room 905, this program merges Asian American studies with photography to capture and spread narratives of...

Fukushima Daiichi: Two International Atomic Energy Agency experts overlook decommission plans in 2013. (Photo Courtesy of Greg Webb/IAEA)

Japan’s nuclear water waste raises concerns

Nandita Bussa, News Editor September 28, 2023

Fukushima Daiichi, a Japanese nuclear power plant, is quite literally in hot water.  In the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, employees protected the plant’s reactors by flooding them with huge amounts of water, in turn contaminating it with the toxins from the plant. The Japanese government...

Dr. Jeff Kim teaches the new Korean American Ethnic Studies class at Cambridge Virtual Academy for all AUHSD students. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Jeff Kim)

CVA’s first Korean-American Ethnic Studies

Millie Kwon, Staff Writer September 28, 2023

The Anaheim Union High School District established the very first Korean-American Ethnic Studies class in United States history, granting students the opportunity to learn about a history never taught before.  Founded by civic lead instructional coach, Dr. Jeff Kim, the Cambridge Virtual Academy...

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