By SAGE LAMOTT Staff Writer
By now, the Trump TikTok controversy has become a commonly discussed topic in chat rooms and households around the United States. The bigger question teenagers are posing is why? Why target this specific company and yet continue to ignore Facebook’s spreading of misinformation, largely propagated by his own supporters?
By ERIN JEON, KRISHNA KHAWANI, CLAIRE CHOI Features Editors
On October 9, 2020, the Sword & Shield opened up the Trojan Outlook: Election Edition survey to UHS students in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. This survey serves to create a more comprehensive understanding of the student body. 169 students participated in the anonymous survey covering questions about their political leanings, candidates of choice, and news sources.
By YASNA RAHMANI Staff Writer
Are you wondering if you have read any misleading information on Twitter? Now you can find out.
By SYDNEY GAW Staff Writer
As the voting period for the 2020 election continues, you may have seen advertisements for a particular candidate or state proposition. We can get a glimpse of what a candidate stands for through the political ads that run in between our favorite shows or YouTube videos. However, a thirty second advertisement does not convey the hours spent drafting the campaign and working behind the scenes to make these ads effective. Many people often forget that a political campaign team—much like any sports team—relies on the contribution of multiple people and departments to be successful. From volunteers to political consultants, each individual plays an important part in moving the campaign forward.
By JULIE SAKAMOTO Staff Writer
A good narrative requires a rational yet compelling story. However, it also requires the identification of characters as either protagonists or antagonists, good guys or bad guys. When people are pitted against one another, the only possible winner is the author of the narrative.
By KIAN MAHMOUDI Staff Writer
Apple announced their next version of iOS, which should be on your iPhone by now. Sounds great! So why am I telling you to hold off on buying any of Apple’s computers?
By KIAN MAHMOUDI Staff Writer
So then the election comes around and I begin to wonder: why is voting, this extremely important, mass-scale operation involving the inputs of every citizen in the country, conducted on good old fashioned holepunched paper?
By JULIE SAKAMOTO Staff Writer
Healthcare is one of the most important issues in this years election. When it comes to Biden vs Trump on healthcare, is there a clear cut winner?
Orange County, for the first time in 80 years, has more voters registered as Democrat than Republican.
Mail-in ballots will be cast in unprecedented numbers in the upcoming election largely due to safety concerns surrounding COVID-19.