By MARCOS WANG Staff Writer Discovering America. These two words would immediately invoke in most students two other words: Christopher Columbus. Or if you like to nitpick, Cristoforo Colombo, the name of the […]
The lies we’re taught in school
Elegia
By PETER BOTA Student Contributor My Name is Marcus. My once-gleaming blade, now caked with rust, was yours. Master, what happened to you on these Aegyptian shores? Your heroic heart pierced by […]
Public education lacks cultural awareness
By TEAGAN SO Staff Writer Since 1976, February has been celebrated as Black History Month, a time to honor the countless numbers of black people that have impacted our country. It is […]
Explorers: a short story
By KRISHAN PATEL Staff Writer The star ship quickly entered the star system, its thousands of passengers and hundreds of crew members all unconscious except for the pilot and co-pilot. “We’re almost […]
UHS teacher-student pair wins history opportunity
By VIGNESH IYER Staff Writer University High School’s very own Sonia Kelly (Jr.) and Ms. Judy Richonne (Social Science Dept.) are one of 15 student-teacher pairs from the nation selected to be […]
Hello, Ms. Huson!
By SEAN LEE Staff Writer When UHS’s new A.P. U.S. History teacher, Ms. Jane Huson (Social Science Dept.), was a student at Long Beach Poly High School, she never thought she would […]
El Amrican: a short story
BY RUAA LABANIEH Expressions Section Editor “They won’t come.” The old familiar voice broke through the silence. Her eyes dragged almost exactingly from the clay pot of murky water to her mother’s […]
Columbus Day should no longer be celebrated
By ARIANA APOSTOL-DOOLEY Staff Writer Columbus Day, a national holiday since 1937, celebrates the Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus for his “discovery” of the Americas in 1492 and the consequent beginnings of Western civilization […]
“APUSH” too far
By PETER THOMAS Copy Editor In July 2014, the College Board released a new framework for its AP United States History (APUSH) course. The revised curriculum placed new emphasis on historical and critical […]
ISIS Attacks on History: “Cultural Cleansing” or Senseless Violence?
By EMILY CHEN Staff Writer On February 26th, 2015, the terrorist group ISIS uploaded a video via Lively documenting its destruction of the Mosul Museum in Iraq, taking sledgehammers and other weapons […]
