‘Not adequate enough’: Los Angeles residents reflect on city’s beauty standards
By Chloe Fidler, Staff Writer
May 21, 2020
From flashy cars to green juices, West Los Angeles can seem like the perfect place to live. The Santa Monica beach always bustles with people because it is basically sunny year-round, and Rodeo drive is full of tourists and luxury shops. According to a U.S. News and World Report survey, Los Angeles is the ...
Do uniforms really create socioeconomic equity?: Designer items while in uniform
By Cydney Johnson, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2020
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, almost half of all high school students wear a school uniform. Uniforms have grown in popularity annually since 1996, when then-president Bill Clinton said that school uniforms would give students the opportunity to "evaluate themselves by what they...
Photo Essay: Through the eyes of Addison Lee
By Celeste Ramirez, Multimedia Editor
May 21, 2020
This photo essay is a part of the Oracle photo essay series called “Through the eyes of.” This series features students, faculty and staff at Archer and uses photo, audio and video to depict their individual experience at Archer. This particular photo essay uses text, images and video. Last year, ju...
ACTing in a pandemic: COVID-19 causes ACT, SAT cancellations, impacting juniors’ college process
By Vaughan Anoa'i and Nyah Fernandez
May 19, 2020
On the evening of Friday, March 13, junior Gaby Ayala received a surprising and frustrating notification — one that would change her entire college process as she knew it. "I was notified the night before that I couldn't take my SAT exam," Ayala said. "It’s frustrating how I was practicing for a ...
Junior Ava Thompson founds FaceTime Storytime volunteer service
By Anna Brodsky, Editor-in-Chief
May 18, 2020
Inspiration comes in many forms — and for junior Ava Thompson, it came from a meeting with a teacher and a bag of childhood books from her garage. At the end of March, Thompson had the idea to found FaceTime Storytime, a volunteer service in which teenagers read to younger children over video chat....
Heightism affects athletics, media portrayal, romantic relationships in contemporary society
By Vaughan Anoa'i, Staff Reporter
May 11, 2020
In our society, the effects of racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia have become prevalent topics of discussion, whether that be in Twitter threads or break room conversations. However, according to 5 foot 11 sophomore Shaun Milton, one form of discrimination is often "overlooked" and "pushed aside": height...
Cash, Community, COVID-19: Is Archer economically impacted by the novel coronavirus?
By Rio Hundley and Vaughan Anoa'i
May 7, 2020
Although students switched to remote learning on Tuesday, March 17, quarantine could not protect all members of the Archer community from the spreading influence of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Along with a downturn in the stock market and nationwide grocery shortages, individuals, families and organizati...
Students of color, mentors reflect on Archer’s admissions process, diversity
By Lizette Gonzalez, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2020
In the interest of full disclosure, Lizette Gonzalez is a part of Young Eisner Scholars, one of the non-profit organizations mentioned in the piece. When freshman Helen Solis began going to informational meetings about a non-profit organization called "A Better Chance," she hoped she would be accepted into th...
Cancellations, separations: COVID-19 interrupts travel, divides families
By Nicki Rosenberg and Molly Goldberg
May 7, 2020
Separating families, canceling college tours and keeping students from participating in once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are some ways COVID-19 has impacted the Archer community beyond quarantine. Due to COVID-19 , the pandemic that is forcing millions to stay inside their homes this spring, travel restrictions are in action for national and intern...
Pete Buttigieg’s campaign emphasized core values, closeness to issues
By Grace Doyle, Staff Writer
April 26, 2020
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Afghanistan veteran and a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, differentiated himself from the expansive presidential field using his millennial relatability and closeness to issues. Though Joe Biden, the candidate Buttigieg eventually endors...
Community members reflect on implementation of remote learning practices
By Chloe Fidler and Anna Brodsky
April 23, 2020
Before mid-March, the school day took place in the hallways, classrooms and courtyards of Archer. Now, however, school has shifted to bedrooms, backyards and kitchen tables. Sweatpants and t-shirts have replaced polos and skirts as the "uniform" of most students, who enter class through digital waiting...
Photo gallery: COVID-19 closures
By Sabrina Kim
April 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily shuttered many businesses around the country, including those near Archer. The signs that businesses have posted to announce their closures had various ways of sharing the changes to their businesses. They all had similar messages wishing their customers safety ...
By Chloe Fidler, Staff Writer
May 21, 2020 • 2 Comments
From flashy cars to green juices, West Los Angeles can seem like the perfect place to live. The Santa Monica beach always bustles with people because it is basically sunny...
Op-Ed: Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month matters
May 21, 2020
Commentary: Consequences of postponing Tokyo’s Olympics to 2021 need solutions
May 21, 2020
Do uniforms really create socioeconomic equity?: Designer items while in uniform
May 21, 2020
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