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The Dongguan Great Mosque in Xining, China, photographed in 2018. Image Credit: Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images Warning: topics of sexual assault on news 1 October 25-29 News 1. #DoublePeine Victims of sexual assault in France have denounced police mistreatment after inappropriate comments, questions, and orders given by police officers when dealing with reports onContinue reading “#DoublePeine, China, and Myanmar – Weekly News”

For the first time in nineteen months, the Giants have taken back to the courts, once again engaging in competitive athletic competitions with other schools. This Saturday, October 23rd, our athletes traveled to Graded to play four games in the following categories: girl’s soccer, boy’s soccer, girl’s volleyball, and boy’s volleyball. Out of the fourContinue reading “Return to Play”

Attention upper school students, vaccines are officially open in Campinas for teenagers ranging from 12 to 17 years of age. This is a great opportunity for us Giants to have a safer environment at school, and it is encouraged that if you can, please vaccinate. To further inform our community, here is an article includingContinue reading “Giants: It’s Time to Vaccine”

Traditionally EAC has multiple sports available, such as soccer, volleyball, futsal, and basketball. Naturally, there are many athletes who fall in love with the sport from a young age and choose to pursue a professional career in that sport. Today the athlete featured is Jalen Peeples. Jalen Peeples is an EAC alumni who has beenContinue reading “Old Students, New Stars”

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a masterful novel taking place in a dystopian world, in which books and almost all forms of self-expression have been banned; humans are voluntarily enslaved by technology, which is the case for our main character’s wife, Mildred, whose independent thoughts have been taken over by the radio she listens toContinue reading “Fahrenheit 451: Prohibition of Curiosity and Self-Expression”

Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen testifying at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security this Tuesday Image credit: Alex Brandon/AP Images October 4-8 News 1. Potential Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Earlier this week, Taiwanese defense minister Chiu Kuo-cheng spoke on the possibility of a Chinese militaryContinue reading “China x Taiwan, Pandora Papers, and Facebook – Weekly News”

Cars lined up to get fuel at Birmingham, England Image credit: Jacob King/Press Association, via Associated Press for The New York Times September 27-October 1 News 1. Russia Threatens to Ban Youtube Over the last few days, Russia has threatened to ban the video-sharing platform Youtube after its suspension of the German-language Russia Today (RT)Continue reading “China, UK, and Russia – Weekly News”

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide  A book in which the first sentence starts with the death of the main character; Nora Seed commits suicide and, instead of finding death, encounters a library of possibility, where every book contains the story of a life she could have lived, should she have made different choices, chosen differentContinue reading “The Midnight Library: A Celebration of Life and its Possibilities”

Tunisian protestors demonstrating against President Kais Saied on September 18th, 2021 Image credit: Riadh Dridi for The Washington Post September 20-24 News 1. Russia Military Action in Africa In the last two months, Russia has signed military deals with both Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous nations in Africa, supplying the countries with militaryContinue reading “Russia, Tunisia, and Qatar – Weekly News”

This is an interview made with Marta Bidoli, one of our school counselors, regarding college applications. As we enter high school and the year of our graduation gets closer and closer, a lot of doubts begin to appear in our minds. After all, how do you apply for college? What exactly is the PSAT? WhatContinue reading “Answers: College Applications”