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La Nina Effects
Mark Zapanta, Features Reporter • February 14, 2025

2025 arrived with winter weather. Weather reports show that 2025’s weather mimics patterns of La Nina.    La Nina weather refers to colder temperatures and drier conditions, while its counterpart, El Nino, is the opposite, with it bringing...

Weather


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Ban Of The Book Ban
Ban Of The Book Ban
Samariah Paul, Community Reporter • February 14, 2025

In January, the United States Department of Education announced that it would end “Biden’s book ban hoax.”   As a result of...

Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year
Jadon Zao, Copy Editor • January 16, 2025

Chinese New Year marks the beginning of the lunar calendar, and is a celebration among two billion people across the world, according to the...

Library Makeover
Library Makeover
Vanessa Kalemi, Community Reporter • January 14, 2025

The newly renovated Queens Public Library in Bay Terrace is now open. Renovation began in April 2022, closing the facility, and it reopened in...

La Nina Effects
La Nina Effects
Mark Zapanta, Features Reporter • February 14, 2025

2025 arrived with winter weather. Weather reports show that 2025’s weather mimics patterns of La Nina.    La Nina weather refers...

New Album
New Album
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Soaring With Balloonerism
Soaring With Balloonerism
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Collaboration
Collaboration
January 15, 2025
“Two-Way” Players
“Two-Way” Players
Marcello Fricano, Sports Reporter • January 2, 2025

Two-way players have been gaining popularity in baseball and college football, with the athletes, Shohei Ohtani and Travis Hunter.   Having...

Player Profile: Preston Ng
Player Profile: Preston Ng
Georgios Tsiakas, Sports Reporter • December 19, 2024

Preston Ng is a 12th grader at WJPS and a wrestler for Francis Lewis High School. This is his second year wrestling for the team, but this year...

Mount Yotei’s Ghost
Mount Yotei’s Ghost
Jonathan Reyes, Technology Reporter • February 14, 2025

Ghost of Yotei is an action adventure game created by Sucker Punch Productions. It is planned to be released in 2025.   It is a sequel...

Newest Monster Hunter
Newest Monster Hunter
Emily Martinez, Technology Reporter • January 30, 2025

Players can travel to the “Forbidden Lands” as a hunter in the upcoming RPG Monster Hunter Wilds. It is a second game to Monster Hunter:...

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Metric Madness
Metric Madness
Sebastian Silva, Opinion Reporter • November 27, 2024

The United States, Myanmar, and Liberia have something in common. Of all the countries in the world, these are the only three that use the imperial...

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