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Starbucks Avalanche
Starbucks, as we all know, is unhealthy. The overload of fat, sugar, calories, and sodium comes out like an avalanche. Therefore, everyone please spice up your life, but not with a PSL (pumpkin spice...
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Why You Should Bee Concerned About The Bees
(image source: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/79/11/57/7911578ab5a50ad13e4fd4975cfb86c0.jpg) Albert Einstein once said that “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would...
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Malala Yousafzai: Latest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
(Image taken from We Day Facebook) How many girls can say that they have received the Nobel Peace Prize, at the age of 17? Or in general, how many people can say that they have been awarded one? Not...
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The Interest in Pins
As I sat down to have my yearbook photo taken I smoothed my hair over my shoulders. The person behind the camera asked if I wanted to move my hair to display the few pins I have on my blazer....
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E-Textbooks?
E-Textbooks? A major decision that affects college students is choosing between online textbooks and hard-copy textbooks; many students today are choosing the online textbook over its print...
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SAD at School?
Have you ever noticed how different you feel when there is no sunlight shining into the classroom? Or when the weather is sunny, the school seems completely different? Students at York House...
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The Intangible Presence of Boys in York House School
“The existence of other people is essentially awkward.” ― Lionel Shriver, Checker and the Derailleurs York House School is a safe environment where girls excel by expressing their thoughts...
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Tumblr’s Effect on Self Worth
The image above is a common post that shows up unwanted on your tumblr dashboard whether you desire to see it or not. “She’s so tumblr.” How many times have we Yorkies heard each other say something...
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I.T. Intern Exclusive Interview
Please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the YHS Community, Cole, our new I.T. intern! Q: Where were you born? Cole: Burnaby Q: How old are you? Cole: I’m turning 20 this year, but I’m 19. Q:...
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The Quinoa Controversy
The quinoa craze is going strong, but countries that produce it are being disadvantaged. Quinoa is a recently popular health phenomenon and falls under the “Superfood” category. The small brown grain...
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Nike Is Still Doing It, & So Is Every Other Mass Producing Store
As you slip on your newly bought Topshop jeans and Aritzia wool knit jacket, do you ever wonder where this clothing was made? You’ve probably read “Made in China” or “Made in India” written on every...
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Welcome the Syrian Refugees: They Are Not Terrorists
When Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who had been rejected entry into Canada, washed up on a Turkish beach, Canadians launched en masse protests to bring in more refugees. But the wave of...
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A Perspective On Decision Making
Question of the day: “Why does it feel soooo gooood, so gooood to be bad?” Probably a million other better ways to write an introduction, but in the cliche of it all, you’ve probably wondered the same...
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Competition Breeds Success
“Competition helps breed success and success is contagious… laziness is a cancer” -Fraser Roberts By: Sophia Introduction In one way or another each of us has, most likely, been involved in, or...
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Cracking the Cocoa Bean Industry
(Source: CNN) – A breakdown of how money is distributed in the cocoa industry Meet Alphonse, a cocoa bean farmer from The Ivory Coast who has been harvesting cocoa beans his whole life. Yet on The...
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To Buy, Or Not To Buy
Online shopping is one of today’s biggest fads; yet will it replace in-store retail shopping? With popularity growing over the past few years, it seems like more and more people have resorted to...
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Passion Panel: YHS Talks
Speakers: Ysabella, Megan & Clara “Passions are one of the greatest things to have and should not be taken lightly” – Saskia, Class of 2018 After a successful first debut in February 2017, head...
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Exposed; Our Wasteful Shopping Culture
Dressing to impress was never sustainable We are buying more clothes than ever before. A recent study released by Mckinsey & Company reveals the average person buys 60 percent more items of...
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The Gender Wage Gap
Equality Cannot be Reached without a Catalyst In many countries, women do not get the same amount of pay as men. Canada is a country whose values are built on democracy: valuing human rights, equality,...
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Hot Off the Press: March issue of the Blackwatch Newsletter
The Blackwatch Newsletter Vol 3 March 2019 (1) Edited by Devon S. ’21 Featuring articles on… How to wear the school uniform by Ada S. ’20 Understanding Hallucinogens by May F. ’21 Detecting Fake News...
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