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A Look Into the Teenage Mind

A Look Into the Teenage Mind

Isabella Bronner, Reporter May 26, 2019

She’s been having a really off day lately, and she feels like she’s going to scream. She decides to go to her counselor. She walks into Mrs. Ryan’s room, sighing loudly. She sits down and starts...

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 3

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 3

Farah Noor and Rasleen Saran May 1, 2019

In the third installment of "Mental Illness at UPA", Reporter Farah Noor, and Publicity Manager Rasleen Saran discuss with a UPA student about their battle with keeping their mental health...

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 2

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 2

Farah Noor and Rasleen Saran April 27, 2019

In the second installment of "Mental Illness at UPA", Reporter Farah Noor and Publicity Manager Rasleen Saran discuss with UPA students about keeping their mental health stable and even battles students...

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 1

Mental Illness at UPA | Episode 1

Farah Noor and Rasleen Saran April 27, 2019

In our newest podcast series hosted by Reporter Farah Noor and Publicity Manager Rasleen Saran, the two interview different UPA students about keeping their mental health stable and even battles students...

Not What They Seem

Not What They Seem

Luca Scarra, Social Media Manager April 19, 2019

Instagram has grown in popularity since its inception in 2010, garnering more than 1 billion active users in 2018. These accounts take many forms. While the majority are personal accounts, others include...

Lights in the Night

Lights in the Night

Chelsea Nguyen, Managing Editor April 17, 2019

Academic Competition Leads To Stress

Desiree Pekar, Editor April 16, 2019

UCLA. Stanford. UC Berkeley. Northwestern. Harvard. Yale. Attending distinguished colleges such as these is most students’ main goal that may motivate them to be academically competitive. From...

A New Taste in AP's

A New Taste in AP’s

Akhil Vemuri, Reporter April 12, 2019

The AP Capstone program, released in the fall of 2014, was officially approved as a class for UPA’s course load in the 2017-18 school year, making UPA one of the 1,500 out of 27,000 high schools in the...

Cindy, a four month old Labrador Retriever, sunbathes while her raiser, Karen Brown, watches. Cindy is training to be a guide dog.

Leading the Blind

Isabella Bronner, Reporter April 12, 2019

I look toward my raiser, eyes shining. I wag my tail with excitement. She gives me treats from her pocket for good behavior. I’m training to be a guide dog. “The job of puppy raisers is to teach...

Course Ahead | Episode 1: Jovita Mi

Course Ahead | Episode 1: Jovita Mi

Greg Haessner and Akhil Vemuri April 9, 2019

In our newest podcast series, Greg Haessner and Akhil Vemuri tackle the UPA courseload and the effect it has on its students. In this episode, Haessner and Vemuri interview UPA junior Jovita Mi about her...

It’s Not About the Name

It’s Not About the Name

Alexandra Rozmarin, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2019

Science teacher Christopher Lucas drank his first alcoholic beverage at a Stanford party in 1997. The then-16-year-old college freshman downed the Jägermeister given to him by a fraternity boy...

Getting That Good Grade

Getting That Good Grade

Desiree Pekar, Editor February 15, 2019

Study Tips: Breathe in a specific scent through your nose, as it is actually scientifically proven by Mark Moss from Northumbria University to help you remember content better. They used the scent...

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