It is time to stop the countdown

Katie Samol | The Chronicle What is the next thing you are looking forward to?  As soon as I pose the question, I would guess an answer pops right up. Maybe it is a holiday, a school dance, a weekend, or a vacation. This past October, I redownloaded my Countdown app and began entering upcoming events into the system so […]

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The music industry should not profit from death

Kaiya Lakes | The Chronicle After an artist dies, their fans mourn the loss of not only the artist, but the loss of talent and imprisonment of their unreleased music – most of the time. Watching Movies With The Sound Off by Mac Miller, The Party Never Ends. 2.0 by Juice Wrld, MTV Unplugged by Nirvana and Life After Death […]

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Block Blast! is like high school

Ruhi Kaneria | The Chronicle Block Blast! has recently risen to popularity, hooking high schoolers into the simple yet addictive game experience.  Block Blast! is a spin-off of Tetris: the premise of the game is to fill in an eight-by-eight grid with different colored blocks to clear or “blast” out a section of the board when it gets perfectly filled […]

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Gratitude should not be a chore

Staff Ed As we head closer to the holidays, the exciting promise of delicious food, presents and warm lights beckons us. However, there is another aspect to the season. One that we should keep at the forefront of our hearts.   Prince Wise, at just seven years old, received a heart transplant in 2021. He stayed at the hospital for rehabilitation […]

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Movie Review: Wicked

Rating: 5/5 By: Taylor Murray Follow the yellow-brick road to the closest theater to go catch Wicked!  Wicked is the 2024 movie-musical adaptation of the first act of the Wizard of Oz-inspired Broadway musical first performed in 2003. The film follows the journey of Elphaba, a young woman with green skin and magical talent, becoming the Wicked Witch of the […]

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Show Review: Arcane

Rating: 4.5/5 By: Grace Ai and Sahaj Datta Arcane returns with the same mix of stunning animation and complex characters in its second season, released three years after its first in 2021. Based on the popular game League of Legends, the show brought each character into their game form seamlessly and expanded much of its world in doing so. It […]

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Album Review: GNX

Rating: 4/5 By: Hudson Pitcock GNX, released on November 22, was American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s sixth studio album. Following his last album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, this is Lamar’s first official album release since his departure from working with record label Top Dawg Entertainment.  With J. Cole re-releasing his project The Warm Up, on the same day, many […]

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Album Review: The Warm Up

Rating: 3.5/5 By: Kaiya Lakes J Cole’s album, The Warm Up, originally a mixtape put out in 2009 prior to his debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story, was re-released on most major streaming services this November. Throughout all 22 songs, Cole creates an entertaining and rhythmic listening experience — he’s able to tell a full story that keeps listeners […]

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Sports are not my priority anymore

Sololiya Ebba | The Chronicle For as long as I can remember, I have been an athlete.  16 years of my life have been filled with the chaos of games, practices, lessons, meets and tournaments. I was the kid whose parents put them in every sport imaginable ‒ tennis, soccer, dance, gymnastics and swimming ‒ in hopes that one would […]

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There is still time for the holidays

Emily Kemper | The Chronicle For some, the holiday season starts as soon as the last trick-or-treaters disappear down the end of the street, but for me, they always began with a slice of leftover pumpkin pie for breakfast before heading out for Black Friday shopping. However, in the last few years, I have stayed bundled up in bed – […]

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Not everyone wants to drive at sixteen

Sahaj Datta | The Chronicle In today’s society, learning to drive has become more than just a rite of passage and a symbol of independence for teens — it is also a source of intense pressure. While most teenagers are excited to get behind the wheel, many also feel a sense of urgency to learn to drive, whether they are […]

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Modern activism has changed

Katie Samol | The Chronicle Have your views of politics or social policy ever been impacted by something you have read online? I know mine have. The face of modern activism is changing.  Social media activism is a newer form of digital advocacy that has been harnessed by Generation Z (Gen Z). According to the United Way of the National […]

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TikTok should not influence our courts

Megan Lee | The Chronicle On October 24, 2024 the Los Angeles district attorney George Gascón called for a resentencing of the Menendez brothers.  The brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 with no chance of parole after the 1994 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. After almost thirty-five years in prison […]

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Great Gatsby Review

Kendall Davis | The Chronicle With the ever-present eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, the atmospheric jazz music and shining green light, Mason High School’s performance of The Great Gatsby transported audience members back to the roaring twenties. A classic of American literature, The Great Gatsby was originally a novel written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby follows […]

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It might be time to rethink HOCO spirit week

Kaiya Lakes | The Chronicle A popular expression in the halls of Mason High School (MHS) says that “we bleed the green and white,” and generally speaking, I would agree. I think MHS has an abundance of school spirit – however, this fall I observed that fewer students participated in the Homecoming Week themes, leading me to consider school spirit. […]

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