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How to Watch a Movie: Pinewood’s Film as Literature Class

How to Watch a Movie: Pinewood’s Film as Literature Class

Michael Shtrom, Copy Editor November 9, 2022

Most Pinewood students imagine literature class as a time when they pour over pages of books, analyzing the deeper significance of commas, phrases, or stanzas. However, for students of the Film as Literature...

Hot Off the Press: Overheard at Pinewood

Hot Off the Press: Overheard at Pinewood

Arjun Kelkar, News Writer November 9, 2022

Many things are said on campus everyday; whether it is during a lesson in a classroom or at the lunch table, there are many jokes and witty comments made. The Perennial’s new “Overheard at Pinewood”...

Counselor Stephanie Fugita teaches both the junior high and high school health classes.

Examining Pinewood’s Sex Ed Curriculum

Karina Aronson, Editor-in-Chief November 9, 2022

   Everyone’s been there: a school gym or classroom resounding with awkward giggles and filled with students attempting to look everywhere but the lecturer discussing sexual education.     The...

New COVID Boosters: Pinewood Hopes to Return to a State of Normalcy

New COVID Boosters: Pinewood Hopes to Return to a State of Normalcy

Lara Parikh, Science & Tech Writer November 9, 2022

2020. The golden year, or so people thought. The whole world was struck by a menacing force: COVID-19. People constantly lived in a state of fear and paranoia as they weren’t sure what they had to do...

pictured: Andrew Wang

Honors Biology 2 Introduces New Research Project 

Andrew Wang, Science & Tech Writer November 9, 2022

Science Department Chair Kim Hudson has incorporated an unprecedented research project into the Honors Biology 2 curriculum. This project will double as the students’ second semester final exam, which...

Climate Change In The Future

Climate Change In The Future

Simon Braun, Opinion Writer November 9, 2022

Climate change can sometimes seem hopeless. It occasionally appears as though the world is almost about to end, as though we’re about to sink into a hole filled with our nightmares and our horrible dreams....

Panda Express’s Meditative Experience

Panda Express’s Meditative Experience

Jamie Burton, Opinion Writer November 9, 2022

What is the best fast food restaurant? It depends on whether you want an easy answer or a truthful one. It depends on whether you value political-correctness or vulnerable honesty. It depends on whether...

After Delay, NASA’s SLS Is Scheduled For Launch

After Delay, NASA’s SLS Is Scheduled For Launch

Rohan Parasnis, Science & Tech Writer November 9, 2022

After over six years of delays, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is scheduled to lift off in early November. When it comes to space travel, every measure of caution is a necessity. Whether it is checking...

Rachel Votes for the First Time

Rachel Votes for the First Time

Rachel Farhoudi, Features Writer November 9, 2022

After my 18th birthday last month, the promise of a round, red and blue sticker on my jacket felt closer than ever. These little “I Voted” stickers may seem trivial, but I am prepared to wear my first...

Makena Matula & Haley Hemm

Marine Exploration: Pinewood’s Ocean Ambassadors Club

Vishesh Ranganathan, News Writer November 9, 2022

Out of the many clubs currently active at Pinewood, only a handful truly strive to make a change in the world. One such club is the Ocean Ambassadors Club which was started during the 2021-22 school year...

Haley Hemm

Expanding Equity:  Pinewood’s DEI Committee

Christina Tanase, News Writer November 9, 2022

Although Pinewood’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee has experienced changes in the past year, it is anything but new.  Established in 2019, the committee aspires to create an inclusive...

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China’s Decline

Harry Yang, Opinion Writer November 9, 2022

“Long united must divide, Long divided must unite.”  This quote echoes throughout Chinese history and describes the many civil wars and reunifications that the country has undergone. The latest...

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