Girls and boys soccer both wrapped up their regular season in February, with the boys finishing on an impressive 14-6-4 overall record and the girls ending 9-14-3 in the standings. Although the girls’ post-season was in jeopardy, they were able to slip in last-minute through a wildcard game, securing...

On Jan. 1, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) showcased their first-ever game in which New York took the victory 4-0 over Toronto. In a subsequent matchup on Jan. 6, between Minnesota and Montreal, the league hosted 13,316 people at Xcel Energy Center and set the record for the most viewers...

Scholastic Books Fairs discontinued its newest collection on Oct. 25, titled “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice.” Founded in 1920, Scholastic holds book fairs in schools nationwide and had recently added “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” to cover diverse topics, including racism...

On Sept. 23, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a flurry of pro-LGBTQ bills into law. These new laws focus on placing protections on LGBTQ students, such as requiring school teachers and staff to eventually undergo LGBTQ competency training and mandating at least one gender neutral restroom in public...

Oxford Academy celebrated Alma Manzano and Benjamin Wong just before the the 2023 school year and athletic season concluded. On May 17, teammates and fellow students honored them at their athletic signing ceremony in the gymnasium. Oxford hasn't had the opportunity to send future college athletes...

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) released at the end of last November, quickly drawing attention as a cheat code for high school and college students. Users can type a prompt into the ChatGPT website and receive a detailed AI-generated response. The current model has the ability to generate...

Rioters stormed the Brazilian capital on Jan. 8, in support of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Demonstrators overwhelmed security and swarmed Brasilia’s top government offices, including the presidential palace, Brazil’s Supreme Court, and the nation’s Congress. Bolsonaro lost to leftist rival...

The California State Legislature passed AB-288 in August 2022, affirming students’ rights to financial aid and private grants. Previously, California colleges often reduced financial aid for students who acquired private grants, a practice termed “scholarship displacement.”    AB-288...

Last October, Netflix rolled out “The Redeem Team,” a two-hour documentary recounting the U.S. basketball’s return to international dominance. Previously undefeated in the Olympics since the formation of the legendary 1992 Dream Team, the U.S. shockingly lost to Argentina in 2004. Entering the...

At this year’s 2022-2022 WOW games taking place on Oct. 4, Oxford faced Whitney at home once again. The varsity team came into the match on an incredible 19-2 record and dominated the set score 3-0. FroshSoph also won their respective match, but Oxford couldn’t complete the sweep, with JV losing...

The NBA season kicked off on Oct. 18, pitting big-market superteams against one another. The Philadelphia 76ers took on the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers took on the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors.  Although veteran teams like the Warriors and Bucks remain expected contenders,...

On Sep. 18th, the FIBA Eurobasket ended with Spain’s national team taking the title. The tournament started on Sep. 1, with twenty-four European teams sorted into four groupings to fill venues in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, and Germany.  After a five year hiatus, with the last Eurobasket...