The Sage Publication is the student news site of Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, CA

The Sage

The Sage Publication is the student news site of Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, CA

The Sage

The Sage Publication is the student news site of Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad, CA

The Sage

Opinion

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In Defense of Art Class

Zach Lynch, Opinion Editor Jun 6, 2017

  You’ve all heard the stories by now; schools around the country, tasked with finding enough money in the budget to suitably inflate their standardized test scores, are defunding their arts...

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Royalty-free image courtesy of YouTube user CyberWebFX.

The Senioritis Myth

Jeremy Hargrove, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

Senioritis, according to Wikipedia, is described as “decreased motivation toward studies displayed by students who are nearing the end of their high school, college, and graduate school careers.” Senioritis,...

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Thoughts on Our Four Years Together

Thoughts on Our Four Years Together

Grace McGuire, Staff Writer May 23, 2017

While I am most certainly ready to graduate, I think it’s fair to say that I got a lot from my four years at Sage Creek High School. As a member of the founding class, I went through several of the noteworthy...

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Staff Writer Grace Hull evaluates the risks of purchasing and consuming GMO foods.

Unhealthy and Unsafe

Grace Hull, Staff Writer May 9, 2017

Genetically modified organisms, commonly known as GMOs, are foods that have been genetically engineered in a lab, essentially making them not found in nature. The main reasons behind creating GMOs are...

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Students Suffer from Antiquated System

Students Suffer from Antiquated System

Gabriel Vecchio, Staff Writer May 5, 2017

For years,  Americans have been the victims of an antiquated system, designed to prepare students for college or other pathways after high school. Regardless of the pathway students take, school is made...

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Sage Creek students observe the not-so-funny beauty vloggers on their phones during lunch.

Beauty Vloggers: So Funny I Forgot to Laugh

Rachel Murphy, Copy Editor Apr 22, 2017

“Hi Guys!” Those two words are what you are most likely to hear when you click on a video by YouTubers such as Krazyrayray, rclbeauty101, and Cloe couture. In the past, they became increasingly popular...

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7/11s Slurpee Machine; the promised land for free-range high schoolers in the Californian desert.

Going The Extra Mile

One man's journey through open campus lunch
Jeremy Hargrove, Staff Writer Apr 21, 2017

Before the word was even spoken, the seniors were already rising from the bleachers to enjoy one of the most coveted parts of the high school experience: getting lunch off of the campus. I whipped around...

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Is Social Media the new advertisement?

Shaping the Online Consumer

Angela Prvulovic, Web Editor and App Manager Apr 18, 2017

Its funny to think that Twitter and Facebook have only been around for about a decade, yet they play such an integral part in today's world. There is no doubt that social media has an influential role...

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A Treatise on the Values of Dividers In-between Urinals

A Treatise on the Values of Dividers In-between Urinals

Nicolas Reynoso, Staff Writer Apr 14, 2017

Let’s just cut to the chase here: the men’s bathrooms need dividers. They need ‘em bad. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “That’s poppycock! The school has more important things to...

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A Mock Rebuttal

Junior Aine Kern Responds to Staff Writer Jacob Mock's "Trump's First 100 Days."
Apr 13, 2017

Hello Sage, After reading Jacob Mock's article published yesterday, I thought an opposing viewpoint could be beneficial to write (at least personally).  I disagreed with Mock politically, but I tried...

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It is important to inform yourself and other about antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics: Helpful or Hurtful?

Angela Prvulovic, Web Editor and App Manager Mar 28, 2017

It’s that time of season where it seems every corner you turn, you are surrounded by colds and flus. The discovery of antibiotics revolutionized the medical field in 1928. Ever since then, modern medicine...

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Donald Trump’s official presidential portrait, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s First 100 Days

Jacob Mock, Staff Writer Mar 28, 2017

Donald Trump is officially the 45th president of the United States, but his first months in office have been highly controversial. After eight years of the Obama presidency, conservatives were desperate...

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