After distance learning for so long, students are finally returning to school! While exciting, there are some concerns. Is returning a wise choice? Will students take the precautions of Covid-19 seriously? It’s hard to tell what the future holds. Luckily, students have shared their views on returning...

In 2020, there were so many fashion trends such as biker shorts, oversized shirts/hoodies, sweatsuits, vintage Nike hoodies, 90’s nostalgia, chain necklaces, and so much more! But rumor has it that 2021 will have even better trends than 2020 did.  Some sources say that  Vintage GAP Hoodies, silk...

Every few weeks, there seems to be a new person suffering from Twitter beginning its many controversies, from out-of-context screenshots to atrocious allegations. This has evolved into a type of internet culture called “cancel culture”. This when someone makes an allegation about another person,...

After almost a year since the major quarantine began, there has been a new strain of the coronavirus found in the United Kingdom. As of right now, the CDC doesn’t know how it got to be there, but its discovery has caused another lockdown in the UK. With 1,108 cases as of December of the mutant, it’s...

Do you enjoy having a nice hot cup of coffee, or maybe an iced one? Well, a new coffee shop is well on its way to Ripon and has been approved to be located in the Savemart shopping center on Colony Road.  According to the “Manteca Bulletin,”  Planning Director, Ken Zuidervaart, stated, “Dutch...

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day. But many people skip it. Why? Maybe because they think it will help them lose weight, or maybe it’s because they are in a hurry, or they just don’t feel like eating. In order to start your morning off good and healthy you need to eat breakfast and...

Pets are a part of the family. They are there when you need them to hang out, play, and cuddle with, but what happens when your pet lives in a tank? Siamese fighting fish, better known as Betta fish are freshwater fish that require specific care. The amount of work put into caring for the fish...

     Every year, countless numbers of people make new year’s resolutions in hopes of either breaking a bad habit or forming a good one. This tradition of making and following new year’s resolutions started near the 17th and 18th century, after Scottish writer Anne Halkett wrote a diary...

In the midst of the world-wide lockdown, students and teachers were forced into the much dreaded, distance learning. Not only did this corner students into picking up a new way of learning, but also leaving teachers to learn a whole new way of teaching. So, what do students prefer, rolling out of bed...

Since the initial outbreaks of COVID-19, there has been a push to create a vaccine for the virus. Scientists have recently released a vaccine as part of a clinical trial. The vaccine seemed rushed and some have questions like, “How does it work?” or “Is it safe?” To understand how the vaccine...