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JANUARY 29, 2021 ISSUE 2 THE O NEWS KEEPING STUDENTS UPDATED ON CURRENT EVENTS Presidential Election ELIZABETH AKPALA After Biden won the election with Continued… In 2003, Kamala was elected the district attorney of San Francisco and was also the 306-232, Kamala Harris, a 56 year Kamala Harris has spent most of first African American woman to serve as her life fighting injustice, as her California’s Attorney General. Overall, old woman, who was born in mother, Shyamala, before she according to harris.senate.gov, Harris has passed, was an activist herself introduced and cosponsored legislation Oakland, California will be the first while also being a breast cancer since taking office to increase salaries, for researcher. Growing up in working people, overhaul our African American female vice Oakland, Harris always had a dysfunctional criminal justice system, passion for Civil Rights which is make healthcare a right for all Americans, president. Not only is she the Vice why she decided to get into combat the opioid addiction crisis, help politics in the first place. Earning veterans and military families, and President of America, but she is an undergraduate degree from improve access to childcare for working Howard University in political parents. also the senator of California and a science and economics and a law degree from the University of previous district attorney. California, she began her career as “Growing up, whenever I got upset an attorney in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. about something, my mother would look me in the eye and asked, ‘so what are you going to do about it?’ ” Harris quoted. “That’s why, when I saw a broken justice system, I became a lawyer to try to fix it. It’s why during the foreclosure crisis, I took on the big banks as California’s attorney general. I have fought to represent people like my mother, people who politicians overlook or don’t take seriously,” she also quoted. Looking at her background, Kamala came from a mixed heritage, coming from both an American and a south Indian descent. As a child, Harris went to both a Baptist Church and Hindu Temple, embracing both of her identities. IN THIS ISSUE AP COURSES LIBRARY CHECKOUT KAMALA HARRIS And much more… 1

THE O NEWS Library Checkout Senioritis MICHELLE RAMIEREZ ANNONYMOUS Sometimes we all just wish to escape What are you binge Have you been experiencing the world we live in. We may think what any of the following we go through daily is stressful, tiring, watching on symptoms? and repetitive. While we cannot actually escape the world we live in, we are able Netflix? • Procrastination to escape our current realities through • Laziness literature. A good book can take you into • Mr. Yurow: Cobra Kai and • Over-excessive eating of a new world, full of different people and Dark different time periods. Reading can also junk food alleviate stress and be enjoyable. • Coach White: Avatar, Legend • Over excessive wearing However, due to the current pandemic of Korra and The Repair Shop one can find it challenging and costly to of sweatshirts and/or get a hold of books. • Ms. Zephir: Pretend It’s A pajama pants City, Queens Gambit • Repeated absences You are able to check out books • Putting off assignments through the Baltimore County Public • Ms. Gillis: Bridgerton, Fate: till the end of the quarter Library. Students can set up library The Winx Saga, The Chilling • Stress accounts using their BCPS Student Adventures of Sabrina • Hunger at 3 am account number and are granted access • Untimely sleep schedule to homework help through sites like • Ms. Cooper: Criminal Minds • Intense desire to drop Brainfuse, physical books (available • Ms. Bell: Lost in Space, All everything through pick up via curbside), or access to Overdrive; a digital library for ebooks American If you have experienced any of and audiobooks. All services available to • Ms. Kornegay: The Sister the symptoms above, I’m sorry students at no cost. In addition to the • Dr. Kelley: Grey’s Anatomy to break it to you but you have access of books through the Baltimore crippling case of… senioritis. County Public Library, students can According to our trusty source check out books through Overlea’s (Urban dictionary), Senioritis Library using the destiny website is a disease that is affecting https://baltimore.follettdestiny.com/com millions of seniors across the mon/welcome.jsp?context=saas007_19 globe every day. Our team of 93744 experts at our institution are working hard to find a cure for Through Destiny students are able this horrible disease and we to checkout ebooks and audio books in haven't found any long-term genres from Young Adult, fantasy, cures to protect our children; mystery, and many more. Again, however, upon research we available to students at no cost! Reading have discovered that senioritis provides many benefits emotionally. It CAN be cured. In order to can allow for one to daydream outside of overcome senioritis, a senior the world we live in on a daily basis. It must graduate. can also expand a student’s literature and *This is a public service knowledge of outside topics. Books can announcement! teach valuable lessons from college prep, scholarship information, recipes, and about arts and crafts. Reading adds enrichment into your daily life, and I recommend “checking out” a book from the Public Library or through Destiny! PAGE 2

THE O NEWS In 2019, Kamala Harris ran Kamala Harris Biography for president and then decided to be Biden’s running mate in By: Elizabeth Akpala the 2020 election which they won. Trump has moved out of the White House. With Harris’ past experiences dealing with not only law, but the community as well, Harris ensures that she and the new president of the United States, Biden, will do what is necessary to move the United States out of this pandemic and to help unite all Americans. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, who doesn’t see red states or blue states, but only sees the United States,” Biden quoted. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC Poetry Corner By: Massa Rogers This Year By Massa Rogers This is a new year With new opportunities And hope This is a new Year Where dreams come true This is a new year Where we move from the past Onto new things This year is a new PAGE 3

THE O NEWS AP Tips & Tricks Meet the newspaper team … ALEENA KARIM Taking an AP class is always a Emma Diffenderfer challenge. You're exposed to more Age: 17 difficult, demanding, and testing Major: Health Sciences Magnet classes, so it always helps to know a Extra-Curricular Activities: Softball couple of tips that will help you out in GPA: 3.5 the long run. Works at: Five Guys Loves: Softball and work 1.Get Quizlet Quizlet will be your best friends in these Ap classes. Make study sets and look for previous ones to help you prepare for questions that may appear on the exam. 2.College board Name: Aleena Karim Take advantage of the system, make Age: 18 sure to watch and take notes on all the Extracurricular activities: videos in your College Board Newspaper, Broadcasting, classroom. Remember they make the FBLA, DECA, NHS, exam, so it’s best if you use college NEHS, Key Club, NSHS, board material to review and study. SNHS, World Language Club, Tennis 3. ASK QUESTIONS!!! GPA:3.75 Don’t be afraid to ask questions from Loves: K-pop, anime,Yuji your teachers, that’s their job. They will Nisjida, Food and assist you and help you out so you can occasionally Na Jaemin get the best score possible. If you know anyone who has taken AP classes, ask them. They know what it feels like. 4. Do your work on time!!! Another big thing about AP classes is the rigorous curriculum. The pace is quick, so it’s best to keep up with your work because falling back will only make you procrastinate and stress you out. 5. Eat well Name: Elizabeth Akpala Filling your stomach is the best way to Age: 17 make your mind happy. A proper diet Extracurricular activities: will allow you to have better Enrolled in CCBC, expected to concentration in class and it’s a mood graduate with 30 college credits, lifter, because who likes being hungry. Newspaper, Broadcasting, Key Club 6. Think thoroughly about whether GPA:3.75 YOU are ready to take these courses. Loves: writing, math If you get easily overwhelmed with lots of school work, personally I wouldn’t recommend you taking AP. Make sure you're mentally prepared and that you can actually handle it. If not, honestly, you're going to make yourself more miserable. These are main tips to taking an AP course. A healthy mindset can lead to positive outcomes! PAGE 4

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