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VOL XLVIII| ISSUE 4 | JUNE 11, 2025

News

Trade-Offs of Tariffs

Simon Vuong• June 11, 2025

President Donald J. Trump’s return to presidency has prompted an expansion of tariff policies reminiscent of those imposed during his first term in 2018. Furthermore, the administration...

Pontifex Americanus

Andrew Lu • June 11, 2025

After 17 days of interregnum and a notably short two-day conclave to elect the new Bishop of Rome, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected to the pontificate as Pope Leo XIV on May 8, marking the first time in ...

AVID Tutoring

No Time to Dye

Gunnar Lee • June 11, 2025

Candies, cereals and chips. These classic US household snacks and breakfasts, commonly associated with vibrant colors, will soon undergo massive change...

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Opinion

Targeting Insider Trading

Adam Lu• June 11 2025

“He made two and a half billion today, [and] he made 900 million!” A viral video of Donald Trump boasting about market gains made by his billionaire friends has fueled concern about...

No Step for Womankind

James Pan • June 11, 2025

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Those famous words were spoken by astronaut Neil Armstrong nearly six decades ago, as he became the first human to step on the...

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Focus

Panthers on a Payroll

Elise Vu • June 11, 2025

Teenagers entering the workforce has been a part of American culture and society for decades and decades. In recent years, as the college application process has become more competitive...

Greater than Gatsby: Daisy Buchanan's Pizza Bar

Mason Kim • June 11, 2025

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan represents the American dream; a dream that is always within sight, but ever out of reach. But for those who only dream of...

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Hurrah for Nara

Shawn Lo • June 11, 2025

For years, boba lovers at the Peninsula Center had just two go-to spots: Mochinut and Boba Time, but now there is a new shop in town. Nara, which means happiness in Arabic, was created...

Student Life

Panthers Speak Their Minds

Sydney Malicse • June 11, 2025

Mental health is something incredibly important, yet it often gets overlooked when people try to prove themselves, resulting in pushing themselves to the limit. To have the ability to cope ...

Sports

On the Mat with Leila Witzerman

Jarrett Meza-Torne • June 11, 2025

As the 2024-25 wrestling season ends and the team shifts its focus to the next year, junior Leila Witzerman has already begun preparing to take her performance and her team to the next...

Broken Records

Jewel Lluz• June 11, 2025

Peninsula’s track and field team has been on a roll, breaking three consecutive relay records this season. At the Arcadia Winter Championship this past April, the boys varsity relay...

Panther Tennis Trounces on PV?

Kyra McGath• June 11, 2025

The rivalry between Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and Palos Verdes High School has always been intense—the pressure to be better than the other school is overwhelming...

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Arts & Entertainment

Minecraft Movie Draws Mobs

Soren Kim • June 11, 2025

Minecraft, a game that started as a small indie game created in 2009 by Notch over a random weekend in his home of Sweden, that turned into the highest selling game in history...

Snow White and the Seven Struggles

Elena Thomas • June 11, 2025

Years prior to its release in theaters on March 21, Disney’s “Snow White” already began receiving hate. Fans of the 1937 original, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” first expressed...

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