A LETTER FROM THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Dear Readers,

Kevin Jia

Jolie Han

Sania Mehta

Tanvee Sai online editors business manager

Evan Lu writers

Aashin, Alexander Liu, Alisha Sankhe, Andrew Qin, Angie Li, Anika Rao, Anoushka Gokhale, Benjamin Liu, Eliana Aschheim, Evelyn Liao, Hailey Ryu, Joyce Lee, Katie Kim, Meghana

Vinjamury, Riya Malik, Shaona Das, Stefaniya Nava advisor

In our first issue of the year but our last as editors-in-chief, we take in old traditions while ushering in the new year.

ChatGT has been making headlines recently, with teachers scrambling to find ways to condemn the use of its program in their classrooms. Stefaniya Nava examines the implications of advanced artificial intelligence within institutional education on page 8, reviewing its pros and cons alongside real-world examples.

The Prospector also joins in on the ChatGPT frenzy, with Alisha Sankhe sharing this issue’s article prompts with the AI program to see its generated responses on page 28.

In light of new advancements, Lunar New Year will be the latest addition to California’s list of official holidays. Although celebrated internationally, the Year of the Rabbit — or cat! — marks California’s official recognition of the holiday. Evelyn Liao details such customs on page 16.

Ann Peck, Brian Hazle

Editorial Policy

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Here at Tino, one tradition that may need reevaluating is the freshman eco-column project. While many hold fond memories of their plastic bottle ecosystems, Natalie Chen examines the ethics of placing sentient organisms into eco-columns on page 10.

We hope you enjoyed this issue as much as we did as you flip to the end of this magazine. We look forward to seeing you next issue while we keep up our own tradition and pass it over to our new editors :)

Signing out,

Katelyn Chu, Saniya Laungani, Theresa Nguyen

*edit contributions by Lisa Zivanic

BY CAROLINE CHENG