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When "All of the Lights" Get Too Bright

When “All of the Lights” Get Too Bright

Merritt Butler, Staff Writer May 15, 2025

      How many people alive today had dinner with the president, are proud friends with Andrew Tate, get their songs banned on all streaming platforms, and sent their wife to the Grammys naked? Just...

BookTok-inspired bookshelf of BookTok-er Phoebe Pritchard.

BookTok: The Good, the Bad, & the Overhyped

Polina Creadon, Staff Writer May 15, 2025

     Nearly everyone who has a TikTok account has seen a video about BookTok before.      BookTok—the thriving subculture on TikTok dedicated to book reviews —has become a major place...

Freshman Natalia Davila participates in the ice bucket challenge and clutches her head as the cold water gets poured all over her. Photo courtesy of Nataila Davila.

Missing the Message

Grace Manning, Entertainment Editor May 15, 2025

     It’s back and colder than ever. The Ice Bucket challenge from 2014 has made its return in 2025, but this time with a new motive. The “USC Speak Your Mind Challenge” is a rebranded version...

A baby is hard at work on his local assembly line

Just Gimme My Money

Jill Marcus, Opinion Editor May 15, 2025

     Broke. That’s you. That’s all of us.       For almost a century now, child labor laws have clouded our way of life and forced children to live in poverty. Confined to only the weekly...

Thunderbolts* title screen. It has a current Rotten Tomatoes rating of 88 percent.

The MCU’s Cracked Crown

Sierra Orlick, Copy Editor May 15, 2025

     Childhood: the formative years of every person’s life. In the 21st century, much of this time is spent in front of the TV, desperately clinging to characters they’ll claim as their heroes...

The opening to A Minecraft Movie, in theatres. The screen reads the title of the movie with the classic Minecraft logo.

Minecraft Movie Mayhem

Nolie Gilcrest and Avery Lurie May 15, 2025

     “Chicken Jockey!” You may have heard this phrase scrolling through TikTok, yelled down hallways, or even shouted in a crowded movie theater. But, where does it come from? Well, the answer...

Letter to the Editor: Executive Orders

May 6, 2025

This letter is in response to: Trump’s Executive Orders: 2025 Edition   Dear Chronicle Gods,   I read this article and was quite interested in many of the things that...

Read This Article For a Cookie

Read This Article For a Cookie

Jill Marcus, Opinion Editor April 28, 2025

 It’s not just any cookie. It’s a nice, soft, sprinkled sugar cookie from Publix that’s not even stale! Maybe you can sneak a few if you’re here early. If you’re really lucky, I won’t have...

Elon musk cradles symbols representing America (satire).

Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Billions

Ana Verano, Current Events Editor April 28, 2025

   Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and the mighty Elon Musk flanked President Donald Trump on his January 20th inauguration, inches away from Trump’s family and the former cabinet members.       This...

Shorecrest's mascot, Sparky, clasped in College Board's fist.

College Board is Downright Tyrannical

Harper Nelson-Wooley, Staff Illustrator April 28, 2025

   In December of 2024, The Chronicle published an editorial criticizing the culture of academic competition at Shorecrest. The piece acknowledges a real problem, and like all problems, there’s a...

The U.S. Agency for International Development building with its lettering removed and insignia obscured.

Saving Lives

Ellen Hommeyer, Staff Photographer April 28, 2025

  On February 3rd, 2025, the Trump administration announced its plan to dissolve the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). According to the USAID website, as of February 23rd, all...

The world is being destroyed… by social media.

Social Media Isn’t Fun Anymore

Josilynn Hart, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2025

   I tend to find myself in the center of an astounding number of conversations surrounding social media. It seems to be the one and only thing teenagers can talk about these days. Because of this,...

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