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Q: Do you notice a diference in your energy at school?

A: I’m defnitely more tired and subdued, and just not as energetic during fourth and third period be cause that’s usually the time I would be eating lunch. Since lunch is delayed by 30 minutes, I defnitely don’t have the same energy during periods compared to last year. because I’m so used to having the same schedule for the past three years, I hungry in the middle of class and I get distracted by that.

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A: I prefer the old schedule because waking up earlier sets my mindset for the day and it keeps me on the right track. Sleeping in is fun, but it’s not a good habit to have, especially when you’re trying to be productive and focused throughout the day.

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Q: What changes have you had to make to your routine to adjust to the new bell schedule?

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A: I’m more stressed because I really dislike doing schoolwork after I come back from dance. I’m tired when I get home and I feel like I can’t do my best work, so trying to cram in a bunch of schoolwork before going to dance is pretty stress ful. On Mondays, I usually get home from school at around 4 p.m. and then I have dance which starts at 5 p.m. By the time dance ends, it’s 8:45 p.m. and when I come home it’s already 9 p.m. and I’m exhausted. It makes it difcult to do school work

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A: I would prefer the old schedule because I would like to get out of school earlier instead of starting school later. I feel like ending school earli er does give me a lot more time in between school and dance to do homework where I can take more time to focus and turn in my best work.

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Q: Do you prefer the old schedule or the new schedule? Why?

A: Everything has been pushed back later. I'm on the cross country team and practice has been pushed even further into the afternoon and it now ends at 5 or 6 p.m. I also have a job that I have to push into the afternoon. So I just go to sleep later and wake up later. It’s not really that diferent.

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Q: Do you prefer the old schedule or the new schedule?

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A: I prefer the new schedule because now I don’t have to worry about being late to class. Especially because I have to look for parking now, I don’t need to worry about rushing in the morning because I still have cushion time.

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A: I have school lacrosse, but that hasn’t started yet so it doesn’t afect me right now. But I am doing club lacrosse and once it starts, it’s going to be harder to manage work because it’s in Santa Monica. I’m go ing to have to do my homework right away after school because I'll have to rush out [to go to lacrosse]

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A: I’m a little bit more energetic each day because I have more sleep. This school year, I've gotten the sleep I wanted and that makes me more energetic at school, more engaged in class, and more social as a per son, so it's a lot better for me.

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“Some students really enjoyed working via distance learning, while others were excited to get back to campus for see ing their friends, being in clubs, playing sports, and everything RUHS has to ofer,” Brandt said.

“Ellison brings a really positive ener gy. He is a very knowledgeable coach, no matter what position you’re playing,” Tell eson said. “He is straight to the point and doesn’t sugarcoat anything for you. If he says that you need to do better, you need to doForbetter.”thisseason and the foreseeable fu ture, Ellison intends to keep zero period football and aspires to instill the legacy of the football program into his players, hop ing it motivates them to play harder and better.

“I feel like I’ve gotten a lot more done in the past week here than I have in a month or so at Redondo,” Barry said. “As soon as school started again, I started getting all of my work done. There was a conference that was held by the teach ers and for whatever reason, my name was brought up. Two of them told me that they were proud of my drive and how quickly I was get ting things done.”

“I get to start the day of with something important, something I like. Practice also forces me to get up. If I have homework, it really keeps me in check and focused throughout the day because I have to go to bed early. It gives me a routine that I have to follow and it’s harder, but it’s important,” Telleson said.

“I understand what it’s like to be a foot ball player at Redondo. The idea of the his tory and continuity of our program is really important. Players understand that they are connected to the past and the legacy that Redondo football has, and that they are playing for things bigger than them selves,” Ellison said. “Each time they step on the feld they are representing their fam ilies, our current and past football teams, our school and our community.”

“When Mr. Brandt told me that it’d be in my best interest to enroll at [PDHS], I was kinda scared,” Barry said. “I thought of [PDHS], like most people do, as a place where you go as a last ditch efort to get you out of high school.”

Elhardouzi and Telleson highly respect and value Ellison and the changes to the football program he has brought this year.

“Most ISP students needed the program due to unique medical or family needs,” PDHS principal Jens Brandt said. “The independent learning provided a way for students to work on the rigorous courses throughout the school day. We found that most students were excited to return to campus due to what is ofered during and after the school day at RUHS.”

But the decision paid of, according to Barry. Only fve classes per semester are required at PDHS, ending classes at 2 p.m. and the ofcial deadline for all schoolwork is by the end of the school year. Barry at tributes his success to this newfound time.

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I try to fnd ways in our football schedule to give them time to be teenagers and enjoy their lives. Zero period gives me a way to do that for them

“[Zero period] is honestly so much nicer. I don’t have to worry about [having to lift] and then I’m tired for practice, or practice and then I’m tired for lifting,” El hardouzi said. “When I lift in the morning, it's out of the way and I have the entire day to just refresh and relax.”

Ellison, an RUHS alumni and former defensive linebacker for the Bufalo Bills, believes the change to zero is “benefcial” to the program. Seniors Adam Elhardouzi and Caden Telleson, both varsity players, agree with that sentiment.

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Practice is now one hour in the morn ing during class and two hours after school, instead of an average four hour extended practice after school. This split allows play ers time to rest between their workouts and get home earlier.

instructional material, students received both academic and social-emotional guid ance from an ISP teacher.

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Attending PDHS comes with draw backs, as Barry won’t be able to graduate with the people he grew up with. Neverthe less, without PD, he would have fewer op portunities to graduate early, a goal he has now set himself on.

“I feel really strongly about kids having more free time and not always being tak en up by an extracurricular activity. I try to fnd ways in our football schedule to give them time to be teenagers and enjoy their lives. Zero period gives me a way to do that for them,” Ellison said.

or below. Ellison has reinforced the system whereby if students have one, two or three unexcused absences or tardies they cannot play in the frst quarter, half or full game, respectively. Players have 45-60 minutes between the end of morning class and the start of their next class to shower and get ready for the day, so tardi ness to morning class cannot be attributed to prac tice, according to Telleson.

“I feel like Shores gets a really bad rep. The people at Redondo just see it like, ‘Yeah, look at you, you’re a screw-up,’ but it's not really like that,” Barry said. “The people here are super nice, and it’s a very accepting place.”Jake Barry.

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he 2022 varsity football season has kicked of into its frst quar ter, with two wins already in the books and eight more games to go. This year, the football program is home to for mer assistant and now head coach, Keith Ellison. In addition, Tuesday through Fri day class practice for junior varsity and varsity is now during zero period.

This year, Ellison has brought on new coaching staf, the majority of whom are also alumni that “truly care” about the spir

Redondo Shores provides students with alternative learning opportunities

Taking advantage of the new bell sched ule, Ellison decided to switch the periods to give players more free time. Since school is only starting 35 minutes later, players won’t “necessarily” be waking up that much later, according to Ellison.

To meet the athletic program’s require ments, students cannot receive more than one citizenship grade of “unsatisfactory”

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and consulted Brandt over the summer after junior year for his next steps. When Brandt suggested Shores, however, Barry and his parents weren’t “too thrilled” with the idea of his going.

their work at an individualized pace, he has taken advantage of the independence the standard PDHS curriculum has given

“I think [the system] is good be cause you’re forced to be on time for your frst period, which was an is sue for a lot of kids last year,” Telleson said.Ellison stands by the “tons” of studies showing the benefts to aca demic performance that exercise pro vides. Corroborat ing his statement, an article by Harvard Business Review stat ed that exercise provides “improved con centration, sharper memory, faster learn ing, prolonged mental stamina, enhanced creativity and lower stress.”

“I spend my extra time relaxing. I put my work in at school, and while I’m out, I want to be able to enjoy myself and not overwork and get burnt out,” Barry said.

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During the pandemic, when students were unable to attend their classes in-per son, RBUSD students received the option to either study using the hybrid model, learning through a regular curriculum on Zoom and later in-person, or through an in dependent study program (ISP) hosted by the Patricia Dreizler Continuation School (PDHS), also known as Shores. 90 RUHS students participated in this program. While the school specializes in educating credit-defcient students, they designed the independent study program for all students in the district with the intention of ofering a curriculum specifcally tailored to the on line platform.

“The majority of our RUHS students who were in ISP returned to in-person instruc tion this Althoughyear.”PDHS senior Jake Bar ry did inparticipatenotISP, he fnds that just as gaveISP stu pletecomtodomfreemoredents

Sophomore Ethan Maleman lifts the bar for bench press during a zero period lift.

“Ellison has completely turned the pro gram around in terms of his mindset and our team mentality and culture in gener al,” Elhardouzi said. “Last year, I felt like our coaches had no connection towards the players in the program. The past three years I’ve been around, I’ve never felt con nected to Redondo’s football legacy. He’s done a good job of bringing that back.”

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hat works for some may not be what works for everyone. But by looking in the right places, one might fnd exactly what they need.

Elhardouzi, a left tackle and occasional defensive line player, also prefers the new schedule compared to last year because it leaves him more re laxed and with more personal time in the evenings.

brid” as well as receiver, appreciates the splitting of practice.

Helphand received her frst role at sev en, playing Chip in the POPs production of “Beauty in the Beast.”

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“She’s very charismatic and has a way of making you feel good and comfortable. [Helphand] also plays roles fully and she commits to the character. [She] should get more leads,” Harrison said.

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The family atmosphere that develops ofstage while putting a play together is a bonus for “DuringHelphand.SKMwe had a cast party and we all rewatched the show. It was really funny [watching] ourselves performing,” Helphand said.

zons to ft the in creasing number of people interest ed in the activity. They now host Mega Events (with 500 or more people in attendance), as well as Giga Events (with up to 5000 people in attendance).Chambers recalls how such events have helped him build relationships and bonds with many people.

“I love [to dance on stage] and per form with all of my friends. I defnite ly feel like it's my [strong suit] and what I’m best at,” Hel phandAlthoughsaid. Hel phand doesn’t have aspirations for a career in theater, she does plan to continue perform ing in college.

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“I was really excited because it was the frst show I’d done in a while and it was supposed to be on Zoom, but we got to do it in person,” Helphand said. “I also liked doing the show because I got to be with a bunch of my old friends. It was really fun to be [a part of] a cast with all of them.”

Helphand got the lead role in Encore's production of “She Kills Monsters,” (SKM) playing Tilly, two years ago.

Theater takes practice, precision and a strong work ethic, like many other ex tracurriculars, but also includes fun and memories during the time onstage.

bed or Chambersunderwater.mainly searches for caches of a medium level. He recently participated in an “Earth Cache” at Zion National Park in Utah.“I hiked the Narrows as a means of participating in an Earth Cache, which is another type of geocaching [expedition] where you answer questions about the ge ography [in that location], or really any thing that has to do with the Earth,” Cham bers said. “You're not technically fnding a stash of objects at the end, but you are an swering questions to learn more about the Earth. That was really cool.”

“I was excited about the role because it was one I had really wanted to play. It was fun to be able to have the experience of be ing on stage in front of others for the frst time,” Helphand said.

One of Helphand's friends, Amanda Harrison, a senior at Port of Los Angeles High School, also acted in the production of “She Kills Monsters.” She shared the stage alongside Helphand, playing the part of Agnes, one of the main characters along side Tilly. The two have known each other for several years and became closer during the production of SKM.

“We found a challenge coin, as well as some old coins from the 1930s that people just tossed in there,” Hancock said. “They

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eocaching, a word unfamiliar to many people, is a worldwide activity that has been inconspic uously hiding right under our noses for a little over 20 years. However, over time, some students at Redondo Union High School have pursued this activity, leading to it becoming one of their most enjoyed pastimes.Geocaching is a scavenger hunt in which individuals all over the world hide a “cache,” or a stash of objects, in chosen locations, leaving hidden clues or messag es for the “seekers.” The seeker’s task is to fnd the cache using GPS and geographic coordinates, thus explaining why the activ ity attained prominence when everybody, not just the military, gained access to accu rate, satellite-driven location services. The caches that the seekers are meant to dis cover are placed in “unpredictable” areas,

Chambers also participated in a “scary but fun” geocache that led him to venture into the tunnels under the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He walked for hours within the tunnels, a part of the ad venturing aspect of this activity, and a rep resentation of the numerous outdoor loca tions that this hobby requires enthusiasts to travel to. Senior Brady Hancock, whose love for geocaching came from the inspira tion of his dad’s own involvement in the ac tivity, recalls a puzzle geocache that he did with his family that required an immense amount of endurance and hard work.

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Seniors Luke Chamber and Brady Hancock go on geocaching adventures to diferent locations

“You get to meet a lot of new people and run into somebody else who is geocach ing,” Chambers said. “I’ve actually met some of the [popular] Geocachers around this area. It's just really cool to exchange geocaching information with them.”

11. Senior Luke Chambers with his discovery of his 1000th cache. PHOTO COURTSEY OF LUKE CHAMBERS Senior Luke Chambers climbing a tree to reach a clue to a cache.

I was playing Audrey and almost fell, and we saw with each other, [just] trying not to laugh,” Harrison said.

“There's a really good community, you get to make a lot of friends and everyone's really welcoming,” Helphand said. “Just do it, it's really fun.”

Trained in both ballet and jazz dance in the past, Helphand's favorite part of per forming is being able to dance.

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Harrison and Hel phand have acted in sev eral plays together: “She Kills Monsters,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “Disney’s Descen dants.”“[Helphand] and I have found a way to communicate with our eyes on stage, so when we fnd some thing funny, we are able to commu nicate it. This was “Descendants.”prevalentespeciallyin

he family that’s created while put ting on a show makes theater an extracurricular that excites actors and audiences alike. Junior Zoe Helphand caught the acting bug early on, participat ing in her frst production while in kinder garten. She’s been part of the Drama class es at RUHS since her freshman year and has also done out-of-school productions at places such as Encore in Torrance and Put tin’ On Productions (POPs) in Manhattan Beach.Helphand joined theater after being in spired by her mother, who participated in both theater and advanced choir during high“Hearingschool. my mom tell me about [it], I thought it was a really fun and interesting activity. The aspect of performing is es pecially fun for me,” Helphand said. “My mom is a very hard worker and always tries her hardest at everything.”

Chambers believes that geocaching has greatly increased his awareness and ap preciation for the Earth and the environ ment.

“The series of puzzle caches was located in the desert,” Hancock said. “There were around 15 puzzles, so we just went around and solved a bunch of them. But some times, they're packed inside of the shrubs, and one time, I fell into a brush and ended up with splinters covering my entire arm.”

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Harrison expressed a “star quality” she sees in Helphand, emphasizing her kind ness and polite manner.

on a show,” Helphand said.

“Zoe and I work very well to gether. One of my favorite parts about working with her was, even ofstage, we acted togeth er. We’d pretend that we’re actually siblings and have bickering arguments to gether, only to laugh them of,” Harrison said. “She’s made me laugh when try ing to do a serious scene.”

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During Hancock’s geocaching expedi tions, he acquired items with sentimental value that he still cherishes today.

including ridges in mountains, hiking trails and river beds. They can also be placed in common areas, such as in parking lots or near a Seniorlamppost.LukeChambers is an avid geo cacher who recently discovered his 1000th cache, considered an enormous milestone in the community. Chambers, who was frst introduced to the activity by his friend, found his fascination with it during one of his “Iexpeditions.waslike, ‘Let's see what this is',” Chambers said. “We found a cache and I just remembered how cool the experience was. There was just something about the mystery of it all that was super interesting to me.”Geocaching expeditions are ranked with difculty levels from one to fve and repre sent the amount of endurance, stamina or physical exertion one will need in order to fnd the cache. For example, difculty lev el 1 would be attributed to a cache that is placed in a location of easy access, such as in a parking lot. On the contrary, difculty level 5 would be used to describe a cache that is placed in a location that is much more difcult to access, such as on a river

“For pretty much my whole life, I’ve loved the environment and being out doors,” Chambers said. “But, geocaching has made me think more about my efect on the planet, and it has allowed me to learn how we, as humans, can limit our [negative] impact on the environment as much as possible.”

Helphand and Harrison have a history of performing in theater together

“[The puppets] all have their own per sonalities and people are looking forward to those characters,” Ryan said. “The audi ence would be like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to see Charlotte again. When is she coming back?

The school Nishimu ra attends hosts many exchange students from diferent countries, so the students there are used to “Theyit.all help me if I don't understand some thing or if I ask a ques tion, they're all super friendly about it. I met them through school and a climbing group, but it's sometimes hard to talk to them because they can speak English but their vocabulary is limited, and I can't re ally speak German that well,” Nishimura said. “So even though they can’t speak En

“[The program] is to study abroad, but you also have to attend these meetings called Rotary meetings in your host coun try and host club. That's when you can make contributions to the club, so I'm go ing to my frst meeting tomorrow [Aug. 25].

Before the pandemic, Ryan put on her act for her grandmother’s workplace, an ofce for adults with physical or mental disabilities. She primarily performs with one of her seven puppets, Charlotte, a gift from her grandmother and a favorite of the patients. She’d eventually begin to draw in spiration for scripts from the people at the ofce.

“It's our frst time hosting exchange students. Our daughter is making an ex change here right now and she's abroad in Brazil, so with this program, you send your child to another country and you get one exchange student. So we appreciate and understand Mia,” Goldman said.

Although the past few years made Ryan’s motivation to practice falter, she hasn’t given up. With a renewed motiva tion, she intends on making time during the school year to refne her craft.“I just formfuturehospitalsplansperform,ofwithperform.”IstillknewitOnceting‘God,wasstoppedCOVIDsaid.more,”hopefun,quism][ventrilodoforandItodoitRyan“DuringIandthinkingI’mgetworse.’IpickedupagainIIcoulddothis.justneedtoKeepingthespiritwantingtoRyantovisitintheandperforsick

ake a marshmallow, put it on a stick then roast it. Once golden brown, pair it with two graham crackers and a chocolate. Enjoy the s’more. Something so common and normal to her is completely unknown to others. Junior Mia Nishimura, laughing and smiling at the recollection of the memory, shares more experiences with her host parents Daniela Goldman and Nicolai Fuhrmann while studying as an exchange student in Cologne (Köln), Ger many.“We had a barbe cue in our garden last week, and we used to barbecue marsh mallows just as pure marshmallows, but she told us to prepare s'mores with a piece of chocolate and crackers,” Fuhrmann said. “We found it too sweet, but it was very good as well.”

Club at Redondo Union. She serves her German community by trying to resolve issues that exist in the world through the guidance of this program.

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Currently attend ing Leonardo Da Vinci Gymnasium (In various European languages, 'Gymna sium' is a term for a secondary school preparing students for higher education at a university), Nishimura studies through a program called Rotary Youth Exchange. The program leads students through the process of learning a new language in or der to study internationally. Nishimura discovered this program through Interact

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After applying and obtaining approv al to study abroad, the program picked Nishimura’s host country for her and with little knowledge of German prior to mov ing, the language barrier is Nishimura’s biggest struggle thus far.

I don't really know what to expect, but I know that they're going to be discussing some issues to help out with, which is exciting,” Nishimura said.

Already having a new perspec tive on the world, Nishimura feels she will come back as a new person.

“When I go back, it's going to be so diferent because I'm going to have a lot more experience in life, like academics and social work. This program has been helping me grow as a person but also how I see the world,” Nishimura said.

Learning from diferent teachers and meeting new people, according to Nishimura, exposes her to new experienc es and many valuable lessons from the few weeks she has lived there. However, one lesson she’s learned especially sticks out to her.“My biggest takeaway would be that even if you don't speak the same language as someone, but you have a connection with that person, then friendship will blossom,” Nishimura said. “My host sister doesn't speak English, and I don't really speak German. But we can still do things together and it's really fun.”

After attending the meeting, Nishimura ex plains how the police president of Köln came in and told the students about the biggest issues the country is focusing on right now.

Ryan practices ventriloquism to perform for diferent audiences

Out of her home country, Nishimu ra connects with her host family, giving Nishimura a more complete concept of “home,” even so far away.

In her early days as a ventriloquist, Ryan used to frequently practice the alpha bet to herself in her mirror because speak ing wasn’t yet “easy.” Now, she writes and practices her own scripts and sings songs by her favorite popular artists. As of re cently, she only fnds time to practice every other week.

For around a year, Ryan created skits based on “anything” she could, visiting the park near her house to entertain young kids or sending a video to her grandmother,

children.“Ithink it’s important to help kids if they’re going through something,” Ryan said. “Like ‘oh, here’s something that will take your mind of of it for a little bit.’ Just a smile and a laugh.”

When I go back, it's going to be so diferent because I'm going to have a lot more experience in life, like academics and social work. this program has been helping me grow as a person but also how I see the world.

Ryan became a ventriloquist in sixth grade after seeing a then 12-year-old, Darci Lynne, become the champion of America’s Got Talent in 2017 with her puppet, Petu nia."I thought, ‘that’s kind of cool.’ Then, I tried it and I really liked it,” Ryan said. “I always wanted to be a singer, but my par ents didn’t really like that. So, [I thought], if I do [ventriloquism], then it looks a little bit more complicated than just singing.”

“I really like learning about other cul tures. Making friendships is the best way to get in touch with another culture through learning about it with someone from that culture,” Nishimura said. “It’s important because there's so many bad things hap pening in the world, but here I've met so

mon helped us become friends.”

While there have defnitely been ma jor hurdles to jump, Nishimura has “no regrets,” despite having to leave all her friends and family for a year.

“She was amazing at my work and I'm extremely proud of how far she's come,” Pam Ryan said. “In the beginning she was nervous and shy, but when she performed she defnitely came out of her shell a lot and is a better person for it.”

any people sound incoher ent when they can’t move their lips. Junior Amanda Ryan, however, is an exception. Ryan is a well-practiced ventriloquist, possessing the ability to speak with her lips closed and retell stories through her puppets.

Junior Amanda Ryan with her puppet, Charlotte.

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Class choices in Germany are more re stricted than in the U.S, with a mandatory “moral” class, according to Nishimura. The choices are Catholicism, Protestantism and philosophy, and Nishimura is enrolled in a Protestantism class, which she fnds sig nifcantly diferent from American courses. Not only are the challenges in school tough for Nishimura, but so is her adaptation to the German “Navigatingcommunity.publictransport has been difcult. I've been taking the subway every day, so I’m used to it now, but one time I got lost for an hour. Everyone uses bikes here. I was really bad at riding a bike, so I had to relearn how to ride a bike. Public transport was kind of scary for me, but I've [only] been in a car once since I've got here because it's so useful here,” Nishimura said.

Junior Mia Nishimura travels as an exchange student to Germany with a new host family

“After a while, I had so much other stuf to do that it’s just been put in the back. With high school and the harder classes I’ve been taking, I couldn’t fnd much time for it. It’s kind of just a hobby,” Ryan said.

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Pam Ryan. She also borrowed other ven triloquist material to perform. For her frst performance, Ryan felt “very nervous,” so much so that she was unable to stop her puppet from shaking. However, she values the boost in self-confdence that perform ing in front of people has given her.

When is this other one coming?’ They look forward to seeing them.”

Ryan’s grandmother also spoke highly of her granddaughter's growth that she at tributes to performing for an audience.

“[Performing] helped me get out of my comfort zone because I was always that person who was in the back and didn't want to talk,” Ryan said. “Since I’ve started, I feel I’m a lot more open. I have more of a voice.”

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cepted into the Eve and Gene Black Med ical Career Program.

“The internship not only gave me a chance to step out of my comfort zone, but it gave me an opportunity to do something over the summer while learn ing about new art forms,” Daley said.

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Tran, who also participated in the internship, described the experience as an opportunity to gain perspective into the demands and expectations of becoming a general and trau ma surgeon in the future.

“I've always said I wanted to go into law–like sit on the Supreme Court–so art could be a side hustle option. Selling my art would be cool, but part of me doesn’t think I could do it. I get emotionally at tached to a piece, and it’s hard to let go,” Dixon

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“It was a really educational experience no matter if you actually want to go into the medical feld or not. [The internship] was a good way to explore diferent paths and to learn in general about work and what you might want to do in your future.” Tran said.

Alpern reached out to several college professors to fnd a summer internship. His request was soon accepted by Profes sor Lee at UCI, where he practiced study ing how light interacts with solids.

The internship helped Alpern “100% guarantee” that he wants to major in physics in college. He is currently con sidering a PhD in physics, and despite its difculty, Alpern recognizes the benefts it holds and is willing to accept the chal lenges.“Physics is really hard. Don't let any one tell you that it's easy,” Alpern said. “But, being confronted with constant challenges allowed me to gain a lot of perseverance.”Malloyfound the experience through a program called Council on Internation al Educational Exchange (CIEE).

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“[Meeting Snoop Dogg] was insane; it was so cool. He’s re ally authentic, and it defnitely scored me bonus points with my parents,” Dixon said.

“The one word that inspired me to en ter the physics feld would be ‘why,’” Alp ern said. “I've always been generally cu rious about how things work and what's causing them.”

frst I thought, ‘I think I can learn to enjoy marine biolo gy,’ but now after ex periencing it, I think I will consider it when deciding what career I want to pursue.”

are able to put away their books and take a break from school when sum mer break begins, the learning didn’t stop for aspiring medical students seniors

“Living in the South Bay, the ocean is obviously something that I love,” Malloy said. “I had a great time with my host mom and I loved having a home there for a few weeks.”

“I got to see what a surgeon does every day, and at frst I was kind of concerned like, ‘Am I going to be able to balance my real life with my job life if I was to become a sur geon?’ But after just being there for the two weeks, I saw that I could handle it, and I really loved it,” Tran said.

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Daley hopes to pursue busi ness law after high school, and possibly minoring in photography. Both students share the sentiment, though, that their internships were “great experiences,” ac cording to Daley.

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”I've always just been kind of curious by the thought of going down the healthcare pathway, but I just thought it was always too ambitious or would take too much ef fort,” Crosthwait said. “Seeing the reality of the pathway I could go down and seeing how it's attainable, it got me more excited and interested in exploring the diferent pathways in healthcare.”

ummer, a time of endless possibilities, is a blank can vas waiting to be painted. For senior Naima Daley and junior Sadie Dixon, this time was spent doing art internships.Dixonworked at the Long Beach Boys and Girls Club during July, painting murals designed and sketched by Marvel comic book artist Damion Scott, whose work includes recent editions of Spi der-Man and Black Panther. The day of the reveal, Snoop Dogg and Stephen Curry made an ap pearance to celebrate the com pletion of the project.

side three aca demic summer classes, Daley was reminded of the im portance of time management, among other“[Theskills.interning experience] was crit ical but also really fun,” Daley said. “It caused me to be really creative about how I went about things. It was also fun because I grew up around art my whole life and I got to experience it from the point of view of an artist."

Despite her passion for art, Dixon has diferent goals to pursue in college.

ather than trying to push school as far out of his mind as possible over the summer, se nior Aaron Alpern and junior Claire Mal loy utilized his time to explore his pas sions and pursue his academic interests.

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Unlike Dixon, the profes sional artist Daley interned with, Jamaican-born Yrneh Gabon, is a friend of her dad’s and mostly does Af rican pieces and abstract work.Balancing the intern

Hearing about the internship from her AP Chemistry teacher, Mr. Lee, Crosthwait described the process of getting into the program as having to fll out a “pretty hard” application. It required the completion of multiple essay responses, a description of extracurricular activities and honors or awards, and letters of recommendation, all to be judged alongside hundreds of other applicants.“I'venever had any experience in a hos pital viewing what it's like to be a health care worker, so this opportunity allowed me to shadow diferent professionals. I got a better idea of what they do in their everyday life and how they treat tients,”pa

Through the internship, Tran had the ability to assist doctors on minor surgeries and also watch major pro cedures from live video feed and

Although Tran is apprecia tive of the in-person learning experience the internship ex posed her to, she is more grate ful for the closure it gave her on where her future was heading.

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on some occasions, from inches away from the op erating“Aftertable.seeing a few sur geries you kind of got the routine of it but I learned that even though they were the same types of surgeries, every single surgery is difer ent, every case is diferent be cause the patients are all dif ferent in some way,” Tran said.

Along with appreciating his adaptive ness, Fallon also appreciates Moody’s “annoying,” yet efective problem-solving method.“Iwas very annoyed he didn’t give me the answer, but it worked. I ended up get ting the answer for myself,” Fallon said.

“He’s able to talk with us like he’s on the same level as us, even though he’s obvious ly smarter than us,” Fallon said.

Bain used to draw art for fun, now stepping out of her comfort zone to a new online world as a way to discover more of what she can do with her skills. Bain frst started displaying her art on Instagram, with recommendation from her mother, during the spring of 2022 with the desire to expose her art to more people.

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“Figuring out how diferent people look at something and analyze it, [also] how I can best communicate an idea to them, is like a super interesting puzzle for me to solve,” Moody said.

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He also notices how someone’s hobbies or interests, such as baseball, may afect how they learn. He’s analyzed the behaviors of his teammates to better understand the

hat awaits her after her hours of work: a crisp $50 bill. Freshman Madelyn Bain started art at a young age and after years of honing her craft, she now shares her art to the world through Instagram, doing proj ects for others.

“I've seen a lot of diferent people on In stagram and other platforms that sell their art, doing commissions, and I like to draw

works of art, Mrs. Bain sees how much her art skills have developed by being on Insta gram.“The big gest [visual] growth is that she will go back to some of her previous drawings from a few years ago and recre ates them,” Mrs. Bain said. “She's getting more experience, and redoing the same drawings, they look even better than they did before.”

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ways they grasp material; from that, he realized pitchers are generally very vi sual people and tend to beneft from visual representations. On the other hand, catchers are taught to analyze the entire feld and call each pitch, so they beneft from discussing and explaining things to go along with their analytical mindset, ac cording to “RealizingMoody.how people’s disciplines in fuence their diferent learning styles has allowed me to be successful in teaching,” Moody said.

group of baseball players sur round one student as he explains the game plan for the day: how to balance a chemical equation. Senior Peter Moody was once accustomed to playing with his teammates on the feld as a pitch er. Now following an injury from his soph omore year, he has quit the RUHS baseball team, but continues to help his teammates in the classroom through tutoring.

time she really had a chance to grow and try new techniques.”

“I can see after all these years and how dedicated she is and how passionate she is, that she probably isn't going to want to do anything else. We are on board and totally supportive of her taking this road,” Mrs. Bain said. “Art is her passion and her dream and we are just happy to see her be ingInsuccessful.”theend,Bain pursues art because of her interest in it and her growth shows in the improvements and achievements she’s accomplished.“Getting this money, getting com mis sions, if my younger self could see me now, she’d be very excited,” Bain said.

creates her digital poster art for a commision

so it would be a bonus if I got money just for drawing,” Bain said.

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Moody strongly believes knowing some body well helps him teach more efectively by better relating material to them.

Bain prefers to draw digitally, as it can provide more optionality for her art than traditional pen and pa per, and it also allows her to ex periment with more style choices.

Melissa Bain (Mrs. Bain), Madelyn’s mom, contributed to her growth in art by encour aging her to continue to develop her skill and witnessed Bain’s ar tistic improvements.

Aside from Thurman also fnding Moody’s strategy irritating, he ultimately credits Moody for helping him get his Al

Through diferent connections, Bain started expanding her art skills by under taking diferent jobs. Making up to $20-50 a project, this new employment allowed her to do something she loves and get paid for it.

Though others in the Bain family aren’t skilled in art, they wish to “nurture” the talent. Mrs. Bain recognizes the diferent “avenues” that can be derived from this one skill in art and is interested in seeing what Madelyn will accomplish.

Peter Moody remains on the baseball team as team tutor after injury

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“He’s helped at least 80% of our guys in the program with school,” Thurman said. “He’s still there. He’s in the classroom with us, he tutors us outside of school, he still lifts with us, and he’s always welcome to hangout with us in the dugout at the games.”Overall, Moody is happy to remain a part of the team and continue his passion for “Teachingteaching. is my favorite thing to do. If I had nothing but time, I would just teach,” Moody said. “I love being the team tutor because I’ve known most of these guys for fve, six years, and it’s been really fun to get to stay a part of the team, even though I don’t get to play.”

Mrs. Bain aided her daughter in ex panding the ways she can exhibit her art, and though they “weren’t keen” on social media, she saw the value of having Made lyn’s artistic abilities revealed.

“One thing I like about going to Peter

“The biggest thing I do when I’m tu toring is that I never give somebody the answer, and that really upsets people,” Moody said. “I make sure that I stick to that and help them funnel themselves clos er and closer to the answer so that they get it on their own.”

Moody has tutored senior pitcher Chris Thurman in Geometry, Algebra 2 and pre dicts he will yet again help him this year with statistics.

“She has a lot more confdence. We're so poud of her and we're always trying to encourage her to explore that creative side of her. She just continues to blow us away with how much she's grown,” Mrs. Bain said. “During COVID, she probably drew even more than she was before. During that

Along with his teammates, he also tu tors other students, and with that comes challenges.“[Getting impatient] is a part of the pro cess and I think what it really is telling me is that I haven’t fgured out how to explain it to them right,” Moody said. “That’s my job: to explain things in a way that will best resonate with them.”

Aside from this, Moody has another teaching technique he uses often.

“Some other friends of hers then picked up on it. A kid band called Revolution''Scream[1] also wanted me to draw a poster for them, so I did that too.”

is that I don’t feel as uncomfortable as I would if I were in a classroom,” Thurman said. “I don’t have to go out of my way to get tutored. It’s just like hanging out with a friend who’s just helping me out.”

“My sister goes to Ocean Fever, and the founder knows that I draw, so she asked if I could make a poster [2] for her,” Bain said.

According to Bain, she expresses her creativity and ideas of every thing into her art and “plans to incor porate art into a future job” so she can use her passion in everyday life.

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“I wanted her to be able to have an ave nue so that other people could see her work and see if she could make some more busi ness of of it,” Mrs. Bain said.

“I had a friend that inspired me. She always drew [digitally], so I kind of picked up on that,” Bain said. “It’s just easier for me [using digital art], because you can have a lot more materials digitally than you can in real life.”

Bain had saved money from art jobs and birthdays to advance the scope of her art tools, buying herself her own tablet in which she improved on her skills and tech niques with a bigger screen. Going from “a hobby to a passion”, according to Mrs. Bain, gave Madelyn a ferce dedication to something she loves.

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“She doesn't want to just limit herself to drawing and sketching. She wants to pur sue other things like sculpting, pottery and ceramics. She wants to expand on her cre ativity, which is really cool,” Mrs. Bain said.

Similar to Thurman, senior Jake Fallon also received tutoring from Moody in Alge bra 2 last year. Fallon describes Moody as “adaptive” and understanding.

gebra 2 grade from a D to an A- last year. Although Moody no longer plays with them on the feld, his impact on not only the baseball team but the program as well is still recognizable.

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“I don’t really follow recipe,” Victoria said, when there are ideas front of me, based on oth er people's thoughts, I like to fnd my own way of looking at the dish.”

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De Luca took a semester of culinary arts at RUHS, where he learned how diferent spices mix, how to organize a safe and hy gienic kitchen and the skills needed to im prove as a chef. He has built up valuable experience over the last year by taking a job at Sacks in the City as a line cook and as a barista.“Ilearned to work well with others and to have a lot of patience, which is something you need when working in the kitchen. I think the kitchen not only trains you how to handle your time well, but also teaches you to contain your stress and not freak out,” he said.

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y experimenting in the kitchen and combining together diferent dishes, junior Lauren Victoria flled her quarantine with a creative and relaxing hobby. Victoria developed her skills with extra time during the pandemic. She recalls taking an interest in food from a young age, but she was able to experiment with baked goods and explore broader cui sines.

At family gatherings, foods from the Philippines and other countries have always brought Victoria's family together. Victoria continued to cook and experiment during the pandemic to connect to her family during the chaos. In the kitchen, she likes to experiment with new dishes and create her own recipes.

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On each of his trips to Italy, De Luca immerses himself in European culture and cuisine by bonding with his extended fami ly. Self-expression was not his goal when he began cooking, but it soon became a signif icant part of his identity. During his fresh man year, De Luca began to branch out past Italian cuisine and experimented with new dishes.

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“As young as I can remember, I was al ready really into cooking and the food in general. I started with family dishes and traditional foods like bread, certain pasta dishes and simple foods like a tomato sauce or pasta with marinara sauce,” De Luca said.

Khao poon is a chicken noodle soup made with coconut milk, red curry paste, garlic, bayleaves, bamboo and other spices.

through her grandma’s years of cooking experience and knowl edge and create a stronger bond.

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“Exploring other cuisines taught me

thing in and it will taste good,” De Luca said.

De Luca is considering a future career in culinary journalism, but is sure he will use his cooking ex perience in the future regardless of his career path.

“In the past few weeks I've been making kimchi carbonara. Kimchi is a Korean staple food, and car bonara is an Italian staple food,” Victoria said. “I love combining foods from diferent cultures. Ev ery culture has its own signature spices or favors, and mixing the two can end up being really good.”

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Victoria’s “love for menting” refects her knack unconventional approaches.

One of DeLuca's favorite dishes is pesto, which connects back to his Italian cul ture. According to DeLuca, three base ingredients are all you need to make an amazing dish.

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single country, but hundreds of dishes. When connecting to culture and identity, step one: get to eating. On the surface, food is a nutritious sub stance that helps with growth and repair, but deep down, it highlights a culture’s values and an individual’s identity. Diferent RUHS students share how food helps them con nect with their culture.

Visiting Italy every year helped to devel op junior Vito De Luca’s passion for Europe an cuisine and deepen his connection with his Italian culture and family. Growing up in a “heavily European infuenced” household and lending a hand at his family's restau rant, De Luca developed an interest in cook ing.

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“Food is like a language. It’s a really great way to unconsciously describe who you are and what your origins are. It’s a good way of expressing yourself, what you like, and where you come from,” junior Vito De Luca said.

“Culinary journalism inter ests me because I don’t have to be working directly in the kitchen. The kitchen can be a lot of stress and tolling on the body,” De Luca said. “I defnitely don't see a future not involving something culinary. It always seemed like something that I'll forever be able to use. Cooking has given me a way to connect with my family, my culture and my identity. Being able to cook is an important skill to have, but it's also something that I fnd to be a big part of who I am and who I want to be.”

“My family comes from a mil itary background. We've had to move a few times, so we’ve lived in places like the Philippines, Japan and around the country. I was able to develop a deeper sense of appreciation for diferent foods and diferent cultures,” Victo ria said.

matcha pastries after a long process of trial and “Making mistakes actually help improve the dish when you learn from takes and make it even

Being able to cook is an import ant skill to have, but it's also something that I fnd to be a big part of who I am and who I want to be.”

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“Growing up in America, some times I feel really disconnected from my culture. I feel like if I try to learn the information from pre vious generations, I can somehow keep that culture alive even though I don't live in the Philippines,” Vic toria said. “As my family grows in the future, I defnitely want to pass down what I learned from my ex periences because I think food is an important way to keep family alive and culture strong.”

Victoria has “random bursts of

The Hmong people are a group indig enous to central China that has been migrating through diferent parts of the country for 8000 years.

“When I frst came here, there were so many cultures, but I really missed my motherland food, so [seeing all of these cultures] made me feel like, ‘Oh my culture is still out here as well’,” Jo Movingsaid.tothe U.S. also allowed Jo to view her culture in a new light by seeing some ways that her culture was diferent in the U.S. An ex ample she gives is tteokbokki, a simmered and glazed rice cake.

“For Chinese New Year, we go to my great Aunt’s restaurant, and say ‘Happy New Year,’

“[In South Korea] it was normal for me to eat Korean food. It was a part of my routine. I didn’t see anything special about it, because everyone else ate the same,” Jo said. “If you go to the U.S. there might not be a lot of Korean people in the area, so of course there will be other types of food.”

McGuinness, on the other hand, has found difculties being vegan since the rest of her family, besides her vegetarian sister, eat meat.

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you're out in a diferent country, you miss your family, right? So whenever I eat out, I eat kalbi [Korean barbecue ribs] because if I go to a Korean restau rant and eat ribs, it reminds me of my grandma.”

my mom makes food, she will give me little tips on how she’s cooking,” Jo said. “It makes me feel we can connect with each other because my grandma taught my mom how to cook and now she’s teaching me.”

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For Jo, it is “refreshing” to see new and unique ways that her culture is showing up ev eryday. She is also able to share in the innova tions with the people around her.

“There are some other Korean people in the school. So, if a new Korean restaurant opens we just share something like, ‘Oh, this restaurant’s Kalbi was super good, you should probably try it,’” Jo said. “We form common interests to gether, and then we have a topic to talk about, and I enjoy that. I like how I'm staying connect ed to other Korean people out there.”

Just like how sharing cultural food allows for Jo to feel connected to her friends, the food that comes with traditions allows for her to feel “more connected” with her family.

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we get money in red envelopes, we eat and we just spend time with each other. Knowing that this holiday is an event that represents my cul ture allows me to feel more connected,” Hoang said.

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Hoang’s mother feels that a lot of the tradi tions in Hmong culture can be “sort of dark.” Even though she can’t participate in all aspects of her culture, Hoang still enjoys a lot of the other traditions and food that she can.

“I feel more connected daily by helping my mom to prepare meals,” Hoang said. “For instance, when we make egg rolls, my mom will prepare all of the vegetables and we’ll put them into big tubs. My siblings and I will then make the egg roll flling and help wrap the egg rolls.”Along with meal prep, Hoang uses dressing up in traditional clothing as a way to connect to her Hmong culture. Being able to spread her culture can be done through something as simple as making food from an old family rec ipe and sharing that.

“I’ve had to learn to cook for myself. My family is very willing to try new things, but I am in charge of my diet. There are times when it’s hard, but I’ve learned so much about food and cooking,” McGuinness said.

Not having the same level of cultural immersion as she once did in

Puterbaugh and McGuinness also cite eating out to be hard at times.

One of the members of the club, senior Ellen Puterbaugh, cites ani mal cruelty in the meat industry and climate change as reasons for her conversion to vegetarianism in elementary school and then veganism in middle school. Accordingly, the FAO states that the total annual carbon dioxide emissions from beef production was about 3 billion tonnes in 2010 with it increasing in the past decade.

fter moving to The United States from South Korea at the age of 8-yearsold, sophomore Minkyung Jo continues to em brace her culture through friends, family and food.

Senior Carly McGuinness switched to veganism in middle school because of the mistreatment of animals within the animal agriculture industry. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organi zation (FAO), 80 billion land animals along with 100 billion farmed fsh are killed each year for food, with the majority subjected to short lives of cramped conditions and steroids.

As Jo grows up, the traditions that she cele brates will “always be there for [her],” just like her“Wheneverfamily.

To help fght for animal rights, McGuinness started the Animal Rights Club on campus. The club, which has about a dozen vegetarian and non-vegetarian members, participates in fundraising activities to donate to animal rights organizations such as Best Friends Animal So ciety and No Kill LA.

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hile “fghting over favorite foods” and sharing stories around the dinner table, ju nior Nadia Hoang celebrates her cultures. Hoang believes that food is a “perfect” way to stay connected to her Chinese and Hmong heritage.

“The Hmong people were nomadic, so they traveled a lot throughout Asia, and we have made our own spin on diferent dishes from diferent locations,” Hoang said. “It shows me how my culture and people moved around through so many diferent coun tries.”

The food and traditions that come with Chinese New Year allow Hoang to “be more in tune with herself.” However, even though she is able to celebrate things like Chinese New Year, she still feels “in the dark” a lot of the time when it comes to her Hmong culture.

To Jo, incorporating her culture into an ev eryday activity allows for her to feel a sense of normalcy that she once had in South Korea. Being surrounded by her culture allows for Jo to feel connected to it “without even thinking.”“Foodisreally import ant because when you frst come to the U.S, there's a lot of U.S. food out here. If you're out in a dif ferent country, you miss your family, right? So whenever I eat out, I eat kalbi [Korean barbecue ribs] because if I go to a Korean restaurant and eat ribs, it reminds me of my grandma,” Jo said.

According to Upadhyaya, vegetarianism isn’t difcult for her because everyone in her family, as well as all of the meals in her culture, are vegetarian. However, she does feel that it is difcult when traveling be cause it prevents her from being able to “fully experience other cultures” through traditional dishes containing meat.

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“I previously paid very little attention to where my food came from. But ever since I started opening up my mind to the fact that I was play ing a part in causing some of these problems, I started thinking more of how I should care for animals,” McGuinness said.

“Because it comes from two diferent areas that are both important to me, I’m more assured in it. From what I’ve seen, a lot of Indian kids stop being vegetarian once they’re adults because they don’t see the point. I’m glad I found another rea son to be one and I hope that people can be more informed about vegetarianism through more widely available information about it,” Upadhyaya said.

“Even though veganism is actually cheaper for me when I eat at home, my meal is generally more expensive than an average person’s. This is a big problem since it may prevent people who want to from be coming vegan,” McGuinness said.

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South Korea, Jo realizes the greater meaning to the little things surrounding her.

Hoang feels connected to others through the food she eats, particularly her ancestors. A large part of her culture involves looking to ancestors for guidance, so eating the food that they ate helps Hoang to learn more about the Hmong culinary practices.

“I’ve always had climate anxiety, so becoming a vegan was a way for me to combat both that and animal abuse. I’ve always been very sensi tive to blood and violence, so learning about how inhumane conditions on those farms are and how bad it is for the environment made me want to distance myself from all of that,” Puterbaugh said.

“As I’m growing older, I get more curious about my culture, and so I’ll have [my grand parents] explain new things to me. Being distant from them piques my curiosity even more,” Hoang said.

“When I was in South Korea, I used to al ways get the original tteokbokki, but now that I’m here, I see on YouTube that people’s tastes are shifting and they are adding more favors and trends,” Jo said.

“I just want more people to be aware that we [the Hmong people] exist, and to know that we aren't the same as other cultures,” Hoang said. “It's very special to be part of a small community that is not well known. So, [with the meals I eat] I get the chance to be able to spread my culture and my identity.”

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“It’s diferent for every family. Everyone makes their food diferent. Everyone has their own twist to the traditional foods. That’s what makes it special,” Hoang said.

Looking into the origins of the dishes Hoang eats and how her cul ture and people have changed them helps her to understand the thought process of her ancestors. Similar to how Hoang feels connected to her Hmong culture through their individual dishes, she also feels heavily connected to the Chinese tradition of Chinese New Year.

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Unlike Puterbaugh and McGuinness, senior Laxmi Upadhyaya has been a vegetarian since birth. This is because most people in her reli gion, Hinduism, and her ancestral state, Gujarat of India, are vegetarian due to a moral belief in not eating animals. Upadhyaya states that she was “mindlessly” a vegetarian until she learned more about the meat industry and climate change in classes like AP Environmental Science. Upadhyaya is now “confdent [she] will be a vegetarian for the rest of [her] life.”

Eating Korean food helps Jo reconnect to South Korea, where she lived until she moved to the U.S. at eight-years-old

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“I really love rice cakes, and in South Korea there is something called rice cake soup, it has been my favorite food since I was really young. We eat this every lunar new year. It’s a way of saying, ‘You’re eating this, and your age is go ing up [as the year is going up],’” Jo said.

Every school keeps a production record, recording ev ery meal served, leftover and even dropped on the foor. This record is to constantly keep track of leftovers to con sider when ordering food for future lunch hours. Of the around 1300 meals a day provided to students this record makes sure that “every single meal is accounted for,” ac cording to RBUSD Child Nutrition Services Operations Manager, Yuuki Matsumora.

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While the mandatory state nutrition policy and nutri tion program guidelines are in the hands of policymakers and district administrators a lot can be done on a student level. As students, we can all be more conscious of our role in the chain of events. We are the last line of defense to guarantee that food isn't needlessly being discarded. The power to take that perfect apple out of the metaphori cal food waste-flled football stadium and onto a kitchen counter is in the hands of the students.

job during their free periods. For counselors, this fexibility may make schedule changes easier and less stressful.

Students should be more conscious of food waste at RUHS

“For my class the tests are long and the content is heavy, so while I’m not 100% against [AP classes during zero pe riod], it would be a lot harder to manage,” Gould said. “It’s something that both the teacher and the students would have to go into knowing the parameters.”

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The challenge? Zero period.

An apple a day should not be thrown away

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This is a reality for many students on our campus. Whether needing extra credits or wanting to switch elec tives, hundreds of students fll out the course request form hoping to get the perfect schedule for the school year.

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Furthermore, teachers could combat the shorter class periods and lower instruction times by assigning fve ex tra minutes of homework or splitting large exams into two block periods: one for multiple choice questions, and one for free response questions. If allowed by the district, RUHS could even start zero period AP classes a few min utes earlier to regain the lost instruction time. This would ensure that all students enrolled in an AP class during zero period are given proper and timely instruction for their rig orous

This tin container is a great alter native to a black trash bin; with that simple switch, instead of a landfll, that apple is sent to men and wom en from the Watts area of Los Angeles, through the Presentation Sister Learning Center.According to their website, the Learn ing Center works to empower students to acquire employment, improve fam ily health care, and promote self-es

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a volunteer sci ence and math teach center, drives the school’s unwanted fruit to the center. Lo cal volunteers then take over and are in charge of washing

The RBUSD Child Nutrition Services have done their best to prevent waste by accommo dating student preferences, serving familiar food and giving students choices. The California Department of Edu cation puts regulations in place to provide an equal standard for meals provided to every school. These regulations may seem restrictive but they act as safe guards to aid the 13 million children, out of the 42 million people in the U.S., battling hunger.

here are two types of stu dents on the frst week of school: those with their schedules fnalized, and those who are knocking on their counselor’s door after flling out the course request form for the third time that day.

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By no means force yourself to eat if you’re not hungry. I am not implying the “an impoverished child in a third world country could have eaten that” cliche. Nevertheless, we should all be more conscious about what we send to the landfll. Make an efort to bring uneaten food home or to bring untouched fruit and produce to a “donate bin,” and rethink the habitual motion of tossing good food away.

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However, there’s a challenge that many students face when changing their schedule, especially those with multi ple Advanced Placement (AP) classes.

It spends most of its life on a tree, tended to by someone who cares deeply about how it grows. It’s nurtured to be sweet and delicious. It is handpicked and taken to a facility to be carefully stacked and transported, then taken to a factory where it is sliced and packaged. Then it was delivered to the RUHS where it was provided to us for free, only to be tossed into a dirty gray bin with a Thethud.human labor, transportation and resources that went into that apple were wasted just as much of the food included in the school-provided meals are thrown away.You may not have noticed the tin contain ers labeled with heart-shaped cutouts with the text, “Please place unwanted whole fresh fruit/juice in the container. Thank you!” and decorated with a small smile mark.

The average American household wastes enough food every day to fll a 90,000-seat football stadium, according to the California Department of Education. That football stadium isn't flled with the leftover bottom edge of your in-n-out burger, it’s flled with perfectly edible and uneat

For example, many policies are set in place to regulate

of 215 people would like for AP classes to be ofered during zero period

“We’ll set out two big baskets of oranges, apples, pear, whatever is brought in. We encourage [the students] to have that as a snack during the break,” Aguirre said, “A lot of times they’ll grab bags and they'll take them home for their kids at home.”

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“We're just very grateful. Because there's a lot of low-in come families here and a lot of times fruit for snacking is not available,” Aguirre said. “Some people might think, “An apple, gross,” and let it go to the trash. Here it's not like that. People are very grateful for the food they receive, so any donations, anything helps. We use up everything.”

However,coursework.APPsychology teacher Ms. Gould ofers an alternative perspective on the subject.

AP Language and Composition Teacher Mrs. Geil corroborates Gould’s argument, emphasizing how those involved “would have to look at [whether the class] is a skills-based or content-based course,” and “what could be done at home versus covered in class.”As both Ms. Gould and Mrs. Geil mentioned, ofering AP classes for zero period is defnitely possible. While it may not be the smartest deci sion for a specifc course/subject, there are plenty of solutions that would allow teachers and students to succeed in a zero period AP. And considering the wide variety of benefts, RUHS should defnitely consider it for the future.

Additionally, AP classes typically have unit exams that can take up an entire 112 minute block period, but with zero period only lasting 65 minutes every day, teachers could have a difcult time cramming these exams into the shorterDespitetime-frame.thesefaws, ofering AP classes for zero period could actually provide multiple benefts to both students and faculty. For example, upperclassmen would have more fexibility in schedule changes, allowing them to take on more classes, join another sports team, or even work at a

Zero period is ofered Tuesday through Friday from 7:15-8:20 a.m, which is a useful option for those who have to get dropped of at school early, need room for an extra class on their schedule, or would like to have a free peri od. However, RUHS does not ofer any AP classes for zero period.There are a few possible reasons for this. First of all, zero period has 260 minutes of instruction every week, whereas periods one through six have 269 minutes of in struction every week. Because of the fast pace of AP curric ula, this gap in instruction time could be a likely reason to not ofer AP classes during zero.

and storing the fruit, then distributing them to their two kitchens, according to the center’s administrative assis tant, Glendy Aguirre.

You may think that because national food waste is caused by overproduction, unstable markets and improper industrial processing, the food waste crisis is mostly out of our control. However, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund, U.S. schools produce an estimated 530,000 tons of food waste per year, which costs 9.7 million dollars a day to manage.

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the nutrition standards, therefore, equipping students with healthy meals to avoid the efects of severe econom ic disparity, efects that leave students hungry going into their ffth period after lunch. Many of us living in an af fuent neighborhood such as Redondo Beach and those around it, may not truly know what the emptiness of hun ger feels like in your stomach, these safeguards are there to make sure it stays that way.

However, the most popular way to get around the limitations is to wait until something more exciting is happening to post. Even I’m guilty of waiting to post the BeReal at a time or event that’s more revealing of my personality than, say, lying down in bed or doing homework.

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he notifcation chimes, “Time to BeReal. 2 min left to capture a BeReal and see what your friends are up to!” A homework-laden AP stu dent’s worst nightmare and a day-tripping adventur er’s dream come true—the timely notifcation ofers one glimpse into who you are to acquaintances and friends alike for the day.

My own solution is to keep my BeReal friend number relatively small—the posts I do see every day are ones I genuinely care about and take the time to react and inter act with. There are some uniquely positive features to the app as well. My own favorite, besides the live “reactions” that allow you to take a selfe to react to a BeReal, is the feature that allows you to look at your personal calendar of posts. I can remind myself of something I’ve done almost every day since March, which is valuable even if the notif cation happened to go of when I wasn’t doing something particularly notable.

base to present a less edited and re fned look of their lives is something that’s healthy to be popular, espe cially among younger audiences. BeReal especially difers from other apps in its simple design and trans parent communication. Where on another site, like Instagram, you can freely upload picture after picture or screenshot interesting posts to send around, BeReal alerts the user of the screenshotted post—even the num ber of attempts to retake the selfe are attached for any friend to see.

A similar custom exists in Morocco where “Bis millah”, “In the name of God,” acts as a blessing and form of prayer prior to a meal. However, saying “Itadakimasu” does not have direct ties to any reli gion. Rather than giving thanks to a higher creator, it encompasses an understanding that every society is run by the indirect actions of others.

“いただきます.” Although I am not religious, I put my hands together as if to pray, and I say, “Itadakimasu." I have repeated this ritual for every meal I have eaten for almost all my life.My friends point out that my tone varies de pending on the day. If I’m starving, I’ll swiftly press my palms together and mutter it under my breath. On my birthday, excited at the sight of a grand homemade strawberry cake, I call it out to myself, my wide smile brimming over the narrow sides of myItadakimasu,hands. literally meaning ‘to receive’, is used as a form of etiquette and good table manners. On the surface level, it can be equated to “Bon Ap petit,"W a simple celebratory signal to begin eating.

In order to truly “be real,” the app fundamentally should adopt a more strict set of rules. It shouldn’t allow you to retake pictures or wait after the time slot to post. Despite the small label with what time it was posted at, or how many retakes it took, it’s not apparent enough to dissuade people from taking advantage of the features in order to alter their presence for the day.

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This act formed as a habit, one that taught me gratitude and appreciation. To “humbly receive” ev ery meal and recognize the often overlooked steps that lead to it, is a part of my everyday life. Whether it be by habit or an acquired obligation, saying it before every meal seems natural to me. Yet, rather than a catchphrase such as “Bon Appetit” or “Let’s eat,” its meaning runs much deeper into Japanese culture.

Additionally, the simplicity in app design becomes re dundant once one’s number of friends rises above ffteen.

"I took my BeReal late when I was with my cheer friends and thought it was a good time be cause I didn't look horrifying."

This one practice of gratitude is part of a larg er Japanese culture that, in the words of Professor Jonathan Tudge at the University of North Caroli na at Greensboro, “acknowledges just how much of our lives are enriched by our interdependence with others.” Through his research on the development of gratitude in diferent cultures and how it can lead to a decline in materialism, Tudge highlights the importance of being grateful to those who have aided you rather than being grateful for the things youAlthoughreceive. I don’t suggest you recite any words that may be foreign to you, I do strongly encour age you to take a moment before you scarf down a meal. Take a moment to pause and appreciate the food and all the people who made it possible; I’ve found that it makes that frst bite infnitely more delicious.

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"I waited to take my BeReal when I was done up and with my friends for my birthday."

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by Emilie Takahashi

Since the Shōwa era, students starting in preschool are taught the importance of showing appre ciation for food through etiquette. As they grow up, these acts are eventually folded into the routines of Japanese students and become embedded into theirNolife.such tradition exists in American culture. While some say grace in religious households, the act of gratitude rarely follows through to each meal at school, at a friend's house or at a restaurant. When, in America, saying “thank you” is drilled into young minds as mandatory good manners and key to being perceived as polite and upstanding by those around you, the intention behind those two commonplace words can fade.

The newest social media craze is a sad attempt at creating a non-toxic platform

A French app initially released in 2020 that exploded in popularity in early 2022, BeReal prides itself in trail blazing a form of less toxic social media. Every day, each user receives a notifcation at the same time allowing them two minutes to post a front and back camera view of their surroundings at that exact moment.

I mean, it’s understandable. Who wants to be the only one watching TV when every other post is at a party or date or outing? The app does its best to discourage this loophole by revealing how long after the notifcation went of the BeReal was posted, but it’s be come so common to wait that the tag has become basically meaningless.However, this draws another point: must we be con stantly sharing with our tenuously connected peers the mundane happenings in our lives? Is there even a vacuum of need for an app that in theory is supposed to ofer this perspective? Although editing to the point of abstraction is unrealistic and sets impossible standards, Instagram at least ofers a more curated view of what people are up to—whether that’s desirable or controversial is up to in terpretation.

I was taught that saying “Itadakimasu” recog nized each step that went into the meal in front of me. Therefore, not folding your hands together and expressing your gratitude is not only considered impolite but disrespectful to those whose labor produced your meal. The farmer’s dedication, the animal’s life and my dad’s cooking are all encom passed in this one word.

The sanitation workers that pick up your trash weekly, the minimum wage workers who serve your food, the truck drivers who spend days on freeways to transport your groceries to your local grocer and lastly those who prepare your food, are all essen tial to your livelihood, and are rarely recognized. By simply acknowledging their hard work you can internalize value on a deeper level, even by paying a small homage through a thankful phrase.

—Maliyah James, 11

Personally, I’ve gotten bored of seeing ceiling after ceil ing when scrolling through BeReal: there’s no creativity. The app is fundamentally black and white, even if the time sensitive notifcation has been ignored for a couple hours to tell a more interesting double-lensed story. It begs the question: am I really getting to know the intimate details of my distant friend-of-a-friend’s life by seeing what they ate for breakfast, or is it a waste of my time to look at it in detail, especially when it’s in combination with everyone else’s post at the exact same time?

much efort to pick out pictures as the posed ones is clearly counterintuitive.

—Emma Donohue, 9

The purpose of this trend, which entirely focuses on un staged pictures and photographs from daily life, is defeat ed when people post “efortlessly” only on the condition that they still look their very best while doing so. BeReal plays into this through a diferent angle—one that literally calls their post “real” while allowing them to be the exact opposite.Imperfect portrayals of ourselves online is something we as social media users need to become more comfortable with. Casual posting and apps like BeReal are starting of points, but until the pressure to always promote the best version of ourselves to friends is relaxed, our feeds on Be Real and typical social media platforms alike will continue to clutter with manipulated versions of reality under the guise of truth.

Since the BeReals are organized in descending order from most to least recent, you have to look at every individual name in order to fnd one specifc post. It also sends you a notifcation not only when each of your friends posts before you, but the minute they post late as well. My lock screen has virtually nev er been free of a BeReal notifca tion since I down loaded the app in mid-March. This tedious scroll also motivated me to keep my number of friends on Be Real only to close friends and fam ity,whentoInstagramperfecter,pictures.oftographsofturescommonlymovementstagram”timearounduserily.BeReal’sbaserosethesame“casualIndid,athatfeacollectionsassortedphoinsteadmoreposedHowevcuratingthepostonsoasappearcasualit,inrealtookjustas

However, after a dramatic turn in their mother-daughter relationship during Zauner’s teen years, she moved away to fulfll her dream of starting a rock band across the country.Iappreciated how the arguments be tween Zauner and her mom authentically show their imperfect, true relationship. When she opened up about their family feuds and the need to “breathe” away from each other, I personally could relate; par ents cause lots of stress.

“I survived, but it got hard to breathe” is similar to how I felt after listening to this al bum, but it is also the lyrics to track 2 “Skin of My Teeth. '' This track, like a lot of the songs on the album, is largely based on Lo vato's struggles with drug addiction. While they got through the addiction, Lovato still talks about how it made it even harder to go on and they barely survived it all.

“Happy Ending's” somber lyrical tone carries over to track 13, “Dead Friends,” a song paying homage to a friend they miss.

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Lovato told Vogue in an interview that “Dead Friends” was the frst song written for HOLY FVCK. It was original ly a slow ballad but turned quickly into a pop-punk track. The beat makes you feel like you are in a mosh pit, even though the lyrics are quite depress ing. The lyric “I miss the texts they can't send” pulls on the listener's heart strings, making you think about those text messages you take for granted.

In times of desper ation and hopelessness, Zauner and her mother found solace in their shared love for food and culture. The stories and mem ories that were woven into their hearts kept them steady during what otherwise felt like a living nightmare for them.

"Crying in H Mart" is an emotional and self-deprecating memoir about the struggles of grief and self-identity

Zauner vividly remembers how “over whelmed” she was with her mother’s con stant attention. With no other friends to interact with, she became emotionally at tached to her mother, constantly trying to please her. Zauner soon realized that her mother’s strictness was her way of trying to protect her only daughter.

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Demi Lovato confesses their addiction and depression in new album 'HOLY FVCK'

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“Crying in H Mart” is an exquisite mem oir of indie rock musician Michelle Zauner as she navigates the death of her mother and refects upon their loving—yet com plicated—relationship. Her mother, guid ed her through her Korean identity, opens up new worlds of meals and journeys. But when her mother died of cancer when Zauner was 25-years-old, Zauner battled a devastating loss of not only a signifcant fgure in her life but also her own cultural identity.Zauner was born to Chongmi, a Kore an immigrant, and Joel, a White American. Throughout the memoir, she revisits many chapters of her childhood growing up tucked away in the woods of Oregon with her vigilant and protective mother.

Years later, Zauner fnds herself rush ing back home after Chongmi is diagnosed with stage IV squamous-cell carcinoma in her stomach. Zauner moved back home, away from her life as a musician in Phil adelphia, determined to only to make up

Sharing the same genre of music as wellknown punk artists like Avril Lavigne, Wil low, and Poppy, Lovato’s punk rock album refects strongly on their frst studio album, Don't Forget. This album is largely about sex, addiction, trauma and religion, with a run time of around 48 minutes. Their previous album, Dancing with the Devil… the Art to Starting Over (2021), debuted on Billboard’s 100 at #1 for album sales, laying a foundation for Lovato's comeback arch.

She opened up to the brutal reality of taking care of a sick family member, de picting how watching her mother sufer from cancer had deeply traumatized her. It was emotional—even made me tear up— watching her struggle to take care of her

By guiding us through her healing pro cess, Zauner’s story brilliantly highlights how illness, grief, family, and food can all combine together to create an emotional and favorful story.

mother and how her mental health slowly deteriorated with

This track delves into their struggles with addiction after sobriety. It’s emotionally raw and lyrically packed with a punch.

Even when her mother passed away, their love for cooking and Zauner’s Kore an identity held strong. Zauner realistically portrayed grief as raw and openly as possi ble: a pit of heartbreak, confusion, anger, jealousy, hatred, love, and loneliness. Yet, she always came back to her childhood memories and her culture’s wonderful food to cheer her up through her journey to ac cept her mother’s death.

It was a fascinating expe rience to read about the growth of their relation ship. From the mother and daughter’s constant dis agreements and screaming matches to later clinging on to each other for dear life, “Crying to

describes the visits she took to Seoul as the ones she cherished the most. Cramped in her grandmother’s tiny apartment, she treasured quality family time with her aunts and cousin. There, she developed an appreciation for her Korean side, as well as a daring appetite for her er’s exotic foods.

While it was painful to turn each page as Chongmi slowly slip away due to her cancer, seeing that they were able to reconnect in the short amount of time that they had was heartwarming.

The album starts with the song “Freak” featuring English pop-punker YUNG BLUD. The bass-boosting rhythms and chilling dark theme carries strong tones of the modern punk that has become pop ularized. “Freak” lyrics compare Lovato’s experience in the spotlight growing up to her being on display like a piece of “meat.”

last track, an upbeat pop-punk song, “4 Ever 4 Me,” a slow emotional ballad, is jar ring. Still, it does a good job of conveying Lovato's journey through adulthood from growing up as a child star and the trauma that came with it. “4 Ever 4 Me” is an emo tional song in a sea full of anger. I really enjoyed the percussion within the track. It conveyed the acceptance of their journey, which creates peace at the end of a very raw album.This is not a relaxing album. The en tirety is emotionally draining due to the subject matter, lyrics, and the album's pro duction, which makes you walk away from listening saying, ‘Holy f*** that was kind of a lot.” If you enjoyed more pop songs from Lovato’s previous albums like “Sorry, Not Sorry” then this album is likely not for you.

The juxtapo sition between the frst track, “Freak” and the

At the beginning of “29,” Lo vato sings “What the F**k is Consent'' and this commen tary, along with other lyrics through the song, show the listen er Lovato's refection on the way their old er signifcant-other preyed on her naivety and innocence when she was young. Lo vato uses the lyrics in this song to demon strate how ingrained their partners' wants were in her own mind, struggling to diferentiate their wants versus his, and how there was a lack of guidance through their experiences with grooming. Lovato fell prey to someone who was 12 years older than her at the age of 17.

Fortunately, there was one passion that Zauner and her mother shared from her early childhood, and that was their love for cooking and food. As a child, Zauner

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I loved how Zauner took the reader on a journey to Korea along with her, bring ing her culture’s unique foods and family memories to life. Furthermore, readers caught a glimpse of how her family bonded over food.

In their next track, “Happy Endings,” Lovato sings, “Sure, I am sober now, and everybody's proud, but I miss my vices.”

never thought I’d be so captivated by a story of grief and illness, yet what made “Crying in H-Mart” so special was the brilliant mixture of culture and love that brightened and humanized the story.

eleasing their 8th studio record titled HOLY FVCK released on Aug 19, “Demi leaves rehab again”, as stated in album single “Skin of My Teeth,” and is ready to “go back to their roots.” In an interview with Vogue Maga zine, singer/songwriter and actress Demi Lovato (she/her, they/them) said that they “wanted to take my power back,” and this new album does just that.

HOLY FVCK has also gained populari ty due to the emotional ballad “29,” which tackles age-gap relationships with teenag ers. The track has blown up on the wellknown app Tik-Tok with over 12 thousand videos. “29” refects on teenage and adult relationships, power dynamics and grooming (when an adult builds a re lationship, trust and emotional con nection with a child or young person so they can manipulate, exploit and abuse them) which often happens in these relationships.

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While Devi has been known to make rash decisions in past seasons, she carries a new aura of maturity in season three. She underwent a much-needed character arc, working to right her wrongs, and she does a surprisingly good job given her track record of being unsympathetic towards others and excessively making excuses to cover up her actions. For instance, she has been able to accept Paxton’s new relation ship and is more aware of her friend’s worth. She seems to fnally accept her dad’s death and al low it to motivate her rather than drag her down. She becomes an attentive and caring friend, a loyal daughter and a better per son over

ever have I ever binged three sea sons of a Netfix show in under four days? I have. Netfix’s series “Never Have I Ever” has garnered much attention after the recent release of a third season, ranking #4 on Netfix after its Aug. 12 release.

The series did an excellent job stay ing true to the integrity of the LOTR universe, but watching it wasn’t neces sarily a breeze either. The frst episode was extremely confusing due to Mckay and Paynes’ backfring attempts to be mysterious. The pacing was confusing as one moment I’m bored out of my skull with a drawn out elven-human love scene and the next moment it goes to two action packed back to back scenes that were given little to no explanation.

awkwardness and unsureness regarding having romantic feelings towards a friend, however, rather than doing that, the pro ducers just nixed the relationship entirely.

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“The Rings of Power,” created by Patrick Mckay and J.D Payne, focuses on the creation of the rings of power and how the evil Lord Sauron's ring was created. The rings are the integral plot point of the entire series, especial ly the infamous “one ring to rule them all,” created by Lord Sauron on Mount Doom, a ring that brings the worst out in those who wield it. The series also casts light upon Galadriel, an elf who swears vengeance upon Sauron for killing her brother Nori, a Harfoot, or early Hobbit. Nori, star crossed lovers and countless other charac ters prove to be important plots in the series and all lead back to Sauron.

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At the beginning of season three, view ers are led to believe that a relationship between Ben and Devi is implausible, while Paxton and Devi’s relationship appears to be endgame. But, alas, this wouldn’t be a cheesy and stereotypical Netfix series if another new boy was not randomly thrown into the mix. Devi and Paxton’s relation ship goes south due to Devi’s worries that she is not good enough for Paxton, and after a couple of months, Devi meets Dez, the son of Devi’s mom’s new friend. Dez is accepted by Devi’s mom due to the fact that he is a “nice indian boy,” rather than the other boys she’s dated who don’t share a similar culture; he is the perfect rebound after Paxton because Devi doesn’t feel as if she needs to put as much thought into the relationship, which could partially be due to him not going to her school. However, by the end of season 3, Devi somehow fnds her way back to Ben.

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n Sept. 2, 2022, the frst two episodes of the new “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR) series, “The Rings of Power,” were re leased. Elves, magic, early hobbits, fowery language and evil rings ga lore, this prequel pays homage to its beloved predecessor and is climac tic—that is, if you can get through the initial mind-numbing boredom.

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of certain characters. The story is told as diferent characters take part in dif ferent storylines that slowly merge: Galadriel embarks on a quest to fnd Sauron, Harfoots try to survive in their own little world and there are attempts to make the rings of power a reality.

The series thus far has done the original material justice and is a mem orable viewing experience. Despite the fact it requires absurd amounts of patience (due to the ridiculously slow romance on the side) and aspirin (for the chaos of the frst episode alone), the show is promising nonetheless.

amazing friend, in season three she fnally makes amends with Aneesa (a girl who she bullied out of envy in season 2), and she ofcially reconciles with her old friends, Eleanor and Fabiola. Eleanor develops into a mature and determined character this season, and watches her relationship with Trent (her boyfriend of 1 year, also the longest relationship in the show) grow; witnessing their relationship develop was incredibly enjoyable. Devi’s other friend, Fabiola, had a breakup with Aneesa this season due to instabil ity. This pairing had such lovely chemis try, and the fact that it was written of as “frst kiss jitters” annoys me. This lationshiprecouldhavebeenagreatwaytotouchon

The problem with most prequels is that the audience fosters preconceived notions—they know how the story will end. Occasionally, this can make the story more intriguing; this was one such occasion. The creators actually used the audience’s knowledge of how it would play out in the end to their ad vantage by creating tension and making it more climactic using a bit of the good old “bomb under the table” writing technique. The added usage of multi ple plotlines that slowly reveal every thing just becomes the cherry on top.

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Sometimes certain scenes are just unnecessarily drawn out and over-dra matized, which can be immensely boring; this was especially promi nent in the introductions of the frst few episodes. While introductions are absolutely necessary for any story, there’s a certain point where they just become annoying—do we really need two hours of hearing about just how much elves and humans hate one an other and how it would be impossible for a human and elf to fall in love? No.

It’s no secret that this show has a knack for devising convoluted relationships, as Devi’s love life gets a whole lot more com plicated. Even though Devi and Paxton started the season with a very public rela tionship, Devi‘s increasing self conscious ness led to a break up. Honestly, this break up wasn’t entirely unexpected to me, and as much as I’m on team Ben it still sort of annoyed me. Devi and Paxton might have been a little toxic, but I truly believe that both of them wanted this relationship, and I wish they had kept it (even if only for a bit longer). Then came Dez, a new character who started dating Devi a couple of months after her Paxton breakup. Devi seemed in fnitely happy and self-assured in this rela tionship, which I believe was necessary for Devi to gain back her confdence. However they did break up, and I was expecting Devi to use her newfound self love to get back with Paxton, as that was the reason they broke up. Instead, she gets with Ben and, even as a hard core Ben and Devi shipper, I still wish that Paxton and Devi got togeth er. Paxton was willing to get back with her once she gained more love for herself; how ever, she seemed to have closed of the no tion of a relationship with Paxton entirely. Their relationship felt unresolved regard less of the conversation they had towards the end of season 3. I just wish we were given more clarity on how Devi feels in re gards to Overall,Paxton.thisseason was a game-chang er for the show. It was enjoyable and en tertaining in comparison to prior seasons which were nerve-racking and riddled with second hand embarrassment. However, the anxiety-flled frst two seasons are worth the watch, purely for the third season.

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connected the plot of the show to the LOTR’s franchise as a whole. As the story progresses, everything ties back to the other movies. The dramatic iro ny of the elves’ plans to make the rings of power, while believing that Sauron is powerless, invested me in the plot, es pecially after having seen the toll that Sauron’s ring took on elvenkind, hob bitkind, dwarf kind and beyond. The elf king’s evil nature and manipulation of Galadriel is foreboding, increasing the stakes severely. All of the char acters’ obliviousness towards what's to come becomes the perfect bomb under the table, waiting to explode.

As the story unfolded, I became in creasingly compelled to watch more, if only to see how the diferent plots would intertwine, as well as the circum stances surrounding the confrontation

The "Lord of the Rings" prequel, "The Rings of Power," is drawn out and and boring

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“Never Have I Ever” is one of those shows that is constantly being made into Tik Tok edits, to the point that you’ve prac tically already watched the show. The show starts out with main character Devi dealing with the loss of her dad, which forces her to search for diferent ways to cope. She begins seeking attention from practically anyone to fll the void that her dad has left within her, and in season two, she begins dating two boys (Ben and Paxton) simul taneously. Despite the boys’ devastation as they each realize that they’ve been cheated on, Devi and Paxton decide to give their re lationship another go.

The new season of Netfix's "Never Have I Ever" is an entertaining watch

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ith a strong reputation to up hold and the bleachers flled with hopeful fans, the Varsity Girls volleyball team did not disappoint in their game against Mater Dei.

“Overall, we needed cleaner defense, but sometimes we had unnecessary ejections or major fouls that stopped the fow of the game and hindered the defense,” Schafer said. “We would have clean defense in some areas but in others it got spotty at times.”

To prepare for El Segundo, the team did not have many unusual formations or plays to expect, but they knew that some specifc players might be tougher than others, so coaches flled in as the stronger players in practice.

Victoria Henkel moves in to save the ball.

“I want to fnd the good equilibrium of where people are enjoying playing but also we're doing well,” Guenther said.

I knew I couldn't play 100% so my goal was to put up a consistent set for the other hitters

“We knew they had about three strong players but we were not sure about the rest of the lineup, so we had the coaches jump in and play against us to simulate a team that was not neces sarily strong altogether but had a few tough players,” Schafer said.

ed in ourselves and our team’s ability to do well,” Corral-Blagojevich said. “It also really helped that we had a huge crowd because that was really good energy. Just made things a lot more fun and motivated theWithteam.”support from the crowd, the girls pulled through with a 24-18 win, taking the lead once again. Though the fnal set came close, the team came out on top, winning with a score of 25-21.

Many of the team’s counter goals, or goals scored of of turnovers, were scored in the late game rally, but the basic ofense can still be cleaned up, according to Junior Derek Schafer, an attacker. Schafer also regarded that the communication improved steadily throughout the game despite it being inconsistent at the beginning.

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“I knew I couldn't play 100%, so my goal was to put up a consis tent set for the other hitters,” Tagoai said.

“The fact that we were able to stay calm under pressure and fnish those games out was really good,” Corral-Blagojevich said.

The crowd did not disagree, as the gym flled with cheer after Redondo secured the fnal set. While the game ended in their fa vor, the team is always looking for ways to improve.According to Corral-Blagojevich, the girls hope to strengthen their defense and get more balls up, as they head into the sea son, keeping in mind their goal of “always getting better” and improving with each game.“I think the biggest thing we talked about as a team is just to have fun and com pete,” Corral-Blagojevich said. “So I think just no matter what, if we're giving 100% efort, and we're competing and having fun, we will perform well this season.”

Though the loss set them back, the team stayed positive heading into the third set.

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Although defending the goal in close quarters is important to limiting points, another aspect of defense that spelled inconsistency for the team proved to be the high amount of ejections.

As a Co-Captain, Guenther knows performing well is a major concern, but he puts the well-being and morale of the team as the highest priority in order to have a great season.

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While Mater Dei did come out on top for this set, Tagoai doesn’t think the team playe d “badly,” Mater Dei just played “better.”

She believes they “had strong pieces last year but were still trying to just put them together.” Howev er, this year, the team has come back much more confdent as they head into the new season.

Starting the third set, “we trust

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It wasn’t only the vol leyball team looking for ward to the start of their season, as the student sec tion was jam packed with students dressed head-totoe in white to match the theme. With music playing, students danc ing, and parents cheering, the energy was high.With so much commotion going on

“We need to get more coordinated on ofense from the get go,” Schafer said. “ Even though it kind of looked like we were strong out there, we were getting a lot of counter goals. We want more frontcourt goals that are set up and also a stronger two-meter defense.”

Boys waterpolo loses 10-13 in frst match of season

However, Redondo fell short in the sec ond set, losing 14-25.

he varsity boys water polo team fell to El Segundo at home on Sept. 1, starting the season of on the wrong foot. Nearing the end of the frst half, the game was tied 4-4, but in the last second, El Se gundo lobbed the ball over the goalie’s head from a far distance to take the lead 4-5 at halftime. If RUHS stopped that goal, they would have a one-point lead at the end of regulation, but the score was 9-9. El Segundo, however, pulled away in overtime to make a fnal score of 10-13.Senior Jack Guenther, a center and Co-Captain, attributed the ofensive struggles on a lack of communication.

Throughout the frst set, the team “stayed consistent” and “did exactly what they did in practice, which showed in their execution,” as they took the lead and won the frst set 25-23.

“We were not communicating per fectly,” Guenther said. “Which led to a lot of guys getting beat on our count er-attack and our awareness wasn't where it needed to be.”

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Varsity girls volleyball team beats Mater Dei three sets to one

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Although the frst game left a bad taste in the team’s mouth, they still have high expectations for themselves this season and are staying positive for the future. The weekend after the El Se gundo game, the boys went 2-2 losing to Long Beach Poly and Long Beach Wilson.“Iwould really like to be able to get top three in the Bay League,” Guenther said. “The frst game obviously was a rough start, but we also had a rough start last year and we came back and were able to win a lot.”

around them, the athletes remained fo cused.Coming back from an eleven and a half month injury, senior Gianna Tagoai was “excited and nervous” to get on the court once again.

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According to team Captain Mele Cor ral-Blagojevich, who plays outside hitter, the team carried out a strong season last year and is hoping to bring the same energy this season.

Football beats Torrance 17-3 after losing to them the previous year, boosting their record to 2-0

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nding up with their frst win of the 2022 season, the girls varsity ten nis team swept West Torrance (180) last Tuesday. While it was a non-league match, the team’s consistent “power hits” and strong baseline players helped them achieve this win, according to junior Nicole Sasaki, the team’s starting doubles player.

While they need to improve on their reaction time, the team’s support sys tem and atmosphere remain strong and consistent, according to Almer.

After allowing 48 points over the frst two games of the previous season, Redondo has conceded only three points in the same time

On the other side of the ball, the of fense wasn’t as sharp as it had been against Woodrow Wilson. Senior quar terback Christian Hunt fnished the game

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n Friday, Sept. 2, the Redondo Union varsity football team took the feld under the Seahawk Bowl lights for the frst time this season. Fresh of of a 33-0 rout of Woodrow Wil son High School, Redondo now had their focus on Torrance High School. As the frst home game of the year, it natural ly drew a large au dience, with nearly every seat of the home stands taken.

After a successful feld goal try by se nior defensive end Justin Baker, Stiveson, who led the team in receiving for the sec ond straight game with 4 receptions for 90 yards and 1 TD, reeled in a well-placed throw from Hunt to put Redondo up 17-3. Although Stiveson’s exceptional talent at receiver is self-evident, he made sure to give his teammates the credit for his success.

span this year. Despite only one ofseason separating the two years, the improvement is undeniable, evident by the statistics.

Girls Tennis sweeps West Torrance 18-0 in frst match of the season

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“All week we were looking forward to our frst home game,” junior wide receiver Nate Stiveson said. “I love coming out here on Friday nights in front of the fock. We knew they would show up tonight, and it was just great to see them out there again. They make playing so much more fun.”

“It’s hard to compare two diferent sea sons, but I know that we focused a lot on the basics this summer. Things like tack ling and communication,” frst-year head coach Keith Ellison said. “Honestly, the guys have just been doing a great job pick ing up what we’ve been trying to teach.”

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“We are always showing an incredible amount of support for each other no mat ter what; we’re always cheering each and every player on,” Almer said. “If someone is ever struggling, we support them with

While West isn’t the girls’ biggest competitor, their consistency put the team’s skills to the test, as they can “hit the ball back,” according to Sasaki.

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encouraging advice and we never fail to recognize someone’s great skills. Each player brings their own unique energy to the team, and it’s clear to see we all have unconditional support for each other.”

Baker also had a strong showing, collecting two mo mentum-shifting sacks in addition to multiple quarterback pressures.

with 202 yards passing and 2 touchdowns (TD), but only had a 42 completion per centage on 31 pass attempts, in some respect due to multiple drops by receiv ers. The running game struggled as well, combining for -6 yards on 11 attempts.

At the end of the day, no winning team is complete without a good head coach; a fact that Stiveson hasn’t forgotten.

“After the match, I felt so relieved be cause it was the frst time back on the court,” Sasaki said. “I was so nervous at the beginning, which afected how I played. My heart rate started beating when it was my turn to serve, but I had to remem ber that West isn’t a big power school.”

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“I think our primary goal is to go out on the court and have fun and be proud of our performance,” Sasaki said. “We have been working to build a stronger sense of com munity and bond within the team: we try to plan team bonding and fun game day activities. I think if we can build a strong bond for the team then everyone will ben eft from feeling supported on the court.”

1 2 1. Aaliyah Roberson, sophomore, bounces the ball on the ground as she prepares to serve. PHOTO BY LILY GONZALES 2. Julia Eastman, freshman, winds up to for the serve. PHOTO BY LILY GONZALES Upcoming Games: Sept. 22: @ Santa Monica Sept. 27: vs Culver City Sept. 29: vs. Palos Verdes Oct. 4: @ Peninsula All matches are at 3 PM Receiver Statistics Stiveson: 4 rec, 90 yds, 1 TD Shaw: 5 rec, 59 yds, 1 TD Rodriguez: 2 rec, 56 yds 1. Senior

opened up the scoring for Redondo.

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Now riding a two-game winning streak, Redondo is tasked with preparing for a home game tonight against El Segundo.

Sasaki, alongside seniors Maegan Deng and Katarina Beches, are the team's captains this and year and have planned several team bondings, which they hope will improve community and team spirit as they progress through their season, according to Sasaki.

Since their win against West, Redon do beat Long Beach Poly (14-4) and he team’s next match is an away match on Sept. 22 against Santa Monica. Even though they’re more competitive com pared to West Torrance, the girls have high hopes, according to Sasaki.

“The focus stays the same as it’s al ways been. We try to get better each and every day, then each game we just go out and compete,” Ellison said. “We’ve got a lot of things that we need to work on, but I’m just happy that we’re 2-0 right now.”

“Our biggest weakness is our return ing shots. We tend to watch our shots and lose our focus on where the ball is com ing next,” senior doubles player Emilia Almer said. “In tennis, it’s important to be ready to return the ball constantly.”

“It’s all a team efort,” Stiveson said. “We have so many players at skill posi tions that can get the job done, which makes it hard to guard us. When we have guys that can get into open space and make plays, it gives me and the rest of the team op portunities to make plays.”

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“I give all of the credit to Ellison; he’s re ally changed the energy around the feld.” Stiveson said. “The diference in energy between this year and last year, even at practice, is huge. It’s just a whole new team

“We’re really going to have to prepare to match Santa Monica’s power hits and stay consistent with our shots, as well as being aggressive when we need to be,” Sasaki said. “Our team is so supportive throughout the entire match that even if we lose, there is always the next one.” Justin Wunderli, Torrance BY REBECCA SCHIMA Flock follows "Red dress Redondo BY REBECCA SCHIMA

Holding Torrance to just three points, Redondo looked sharp all around on the defensive side of the ball. Senior defensive back Caden Telleson was all over the feld the entire night, accumulat ing a team high 11 tackles, includ ing 9 solo tackles.

and a whole new environment this year.”

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n the corner of Rivera village, just across the street from Lo cale 90 and the Rivera gardens, is Turquoise: a Persian and Mediterra nean restaurant with, funnily enough, an extremely prevalent presence of the color turquoise. The heat lamps, little metal bi cycle-shaped plant pots, cups and more all diferent shades of blue, making the restaurant seem like an ocean. One wall inside has a mural depicting a birds eye view of houses and buildings in Iran.

What's on the menu IN THE SOUTH BAY PERSIAN

The food arriving is the moment where a wave of relief foods the room, where fake smiles become relaxed and we are fnally together. It sounds absurdly dra matic to say a meal can have such efect on everyone's mood, but it can.

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vinegar) to give them a distinctive taste.

FEIJOADA, $20.95

To wash all this down, I tried four fruit juices that can only be found in the Amazon. Graviola, acerola, cashew and cupuaçu all have incredible health ben efts, like acerola’s 1,500 mg of Vitamin C, and each have a unique favor. Gravi ola has a tangy but slightly sweet taste; acerola is delicate with notes of apple and citrus; cashew is actually the meat around the familiar nut and it is slight ly creamy with a mild tartness; cupuaçu tastes similar to a Korean pear.

CHICKEN AND KOUBIDEH KABOB $26.50

able to bridge that gap between my un knowingness and my Chinese culture.

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I close out my trip to Bollywood Zai ka with the tang of cumin lingering in my mouth. Indian food never shies from color and strength; it is fush and proud of itself. Whether you're experienced in mas alas or not, you’ll feel at home in this explosion of India!

quoise, I knew what I was getting; I knew the Persian food they ofered would be nothing new to me. Despite its familiarity, it wasn’t bland or redundant in the slight est. The koobideh kabobs and safron-in fused rice became more than just a meal, but a nostalgic one. Memories of cooking with my grandmother, Ruby Joon, food ed my mind as I ate. I originally planned to return to Turquoise by myself, but my family had other plans, insisting every one in the household come along. At frst I was annoyed because it was awkward and tense, but once again, the food saved us and broke the tension. We talked gen uinely of memories of family and how much they would love it here. We joked about the meal and claimed that “it tasted just like so-and-so’s baba gounoush!”

Panela’s in Redondo Beach stays true to Brazil's traditional cooking values. Walking in, I am immediately greeted by pictures of Brazilian icons and decor reminiscent of the laid-back Brazilian aesthetic.

Bollywood Zaika is a shrine to Indian American culture. Located in a strip mall of of PCH, the walls are adorned in Bol lywood movie posters with sitars humming unobtrusively. The owner, Urvi Addi, and her staf delightfully introduced the spe cials and showed me her kitchen with a pot of dal. I ordered Samosa Chaat, a vegetari an dish consisting of mashed potatoes over spiced chickpeas topped with layers of yo gurt, mint chutney and cilantro. The Chaat is too spicy for my amateur tongue; howev er, I fnd the samosas and take refuge in its crunchy exterior. The chaat is marinated in vivid, bold favors. Next up is Chana Bha tura—a chickpea curry with onions and a fufy, buttered sourdough that is infated like a bubble. Many were in awe as it was carried to our table. I recommend popping

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Being a frst-generation Chi nese-American, I can defnitively say that it’s hard to fnd outlets of cultur al expression; only recently has soci ety started to progress out of outdated norms, becoming increasingly unafraid to celebrate and stand up for cultures and races which stray from the white majority. Even considering contempo rary social movements, however, I still fnd it hard to connect with my culture; in fact, it’s always been a challenge to identify with my Chinese heritage be cause it was never widely discussed or acknowledged anywhere other than at home. But no matter the point in my lifetime, I found that food was always

The atmosphere was welcoming. In my peripheral vision, I saw the kind own er of the store casually conversing with customers as if they were friends. The awkward dinner became a meal, the meal became an experience, and the experience became a memory; a memory of family that pops up whenever those incredibly familiar childhood meals are placed in front of Persianme.food has become a tradition and a link connecting me to my family and culture, and when I went to Turquoise, this connection was further cemented. I never thought I’d fnd such a genuine and memorable place nearby, but now Tur quoise will always be there.

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Authentic Chinese food, like that pro duced at Seashore Seafood restaurant, has provided me with a truthful account of my Chinese culture; the owners of the restaurant immigrated from Guang zhou, and they prioritize the accurate replication of Chinese meals. The food is always so well prepared and tasty, and many dishes utilize the diverse favors of vegetables and meats paired togeth er. My favorite foods include the corn egg drop soup and the grilled beef with steamed broccoli–many of the meats are marinated with Chinese spices and dressings (such as special kinds of black

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I’ve been to many Chinese restau rants in the area, and none compare to Seashore Seafood restaurant. Their seafood is always fresh, as they har vest live sea creatures from tanks right in the restaurant; the taste of their fsh is pleasantly tangy and rich. As for the corn egg drop soup, I have only ever seen it served in this restaurant; it is a Chinese specialty, and it has a thick and savory favor (the corn and stringy eggs also add to the texture).

On the Persian side of my family, din ners are an experience, to say the least. Everyone rushes in an hour or so later than we planned, dressed way too nice and starving. When we arrive, we wait im patiently as ever, sometimes in awkward anticipation, other times with small talk or gossip carried out. It all is just your normal, slightly uncomfortable, over crowded family dinner.

razil is known for many things, from the beautiful beaches in Rio, to Bossa Nova and tiny bi kinis. However, the country isn’t usually recognized for its food. Brazilian food is quite simple as a whole, yet complex in its individual ingredients that are as di verse as its people.

I get giddy like a child on Christmas morning when I pass the case of appe tizers that I ate growing up. The cox inha, being the most popular and my personal favorite, is similar to a chicken croquette. From the outside, its shape resembles a drumstick with a crunchy shell, but as soon as you take a bite, there is a surprise of soft and chewy dough with a delicious shredded chicken flling. The meat is mixed with various herbs that give it just a tiny pop of color. The combination of textures and favors could easily make this dish a full meal.

feet. Now, it uses the more traditional parts with sausage, ribs, shredded pork and beef. The beans are cooked with the meats for hours so the stew holds all the decadence and smokiness. This is of course seasoned with tons of garlic and a few bay leaves to tie the richness all to gether. Feijoada is a heavy dish, so it’s always served with orange slices at the end to help digestion.

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am lured out of bed with the smell of chai, spicy pickles and fufy bread as my mom leans over the countertop, grinding cardamom and black pepper. Her hands are stained in turmeric and curry. The mangoes are overfowing in juicy pulp. Though India is 8500 miles away, the buoyant smells of my South Indian mother’s cooking is captivating. I was born and raised in the USA; I only speak English and I listen to The Beatles. For Indian Americans, it is easy to lose sight of our culture, but when I bite into a steaming samosa, I feel close to the land and the people I come from. Lucky for us, authentic Indian street food is a speciality of a local restaurant!

RUHS students review authentic foods from restaurants of their cultures and share their experiences.

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I would defnitely recommend check ing out Seashore Seafood Restaurant as it gives a glimpse into a piece of notable Chinese culture.

it and folding it to eat with chole to appre ciate the warmth. To assist the variety in textures, one must also sip a cup of Masala Chai. It is an herbal tea of milk, cardamom, black pepper and ginger. The chai is warm and fragrant, and is soaked in tradition. One sip of chai, and I feel the fre-burning incense and red lenghas.

But of course, I had to leave room for the classic feijoada:a dish that was orig inally invented by slaves in Brazil and has now been reinterpreted over genera tions into a hearty meat and black bean stew with rice, collard greens and faro fa (toasted cassava four). Its original version was made with the thrown-out parts of the pig like the snout, ears and

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ver since I was less than one year old, my parents have tak en me to the same Chinese restaurant every couple of months. During my seventeen years, I’ve con sistently gone out to eat at Seashore Seafood Restaurant for celebrations to commemorate big milestones in my life, to meet family members who were visit ing from China and to gather with Chi nese family friends to talk and catch up. This restaurant has been a fxed point and a staple destination throughout my existence, and it has truly served as a testament to my culture.

The overall dining experience was so nostalgic that it brought my mother to tears. She told stories from her childhood back in Brazil and memories aroused by the diferent foods. Many other Brazil ians like her feel like Panela’s is a little piece of home, leaving them with a huge