Category: Silicon Valley, USA Chapter

Local Heroes, Local News, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

Local Bodybuilder Helps Man with Down’s Syndrome Achieve his Dream

Author: G.Li, Megaphone Editor-in-chief 📍San Jose, CA (Image taken from NBC Bay Area) About a decade ago, Samuel Hinojosa stepped into a gym with a dream— to become a bodybuilder. Hinojosa was born with Down’s syndrome, a medical condition where a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21. This condition affects how a person’s body and brain develops, and can cause mental … Continue reading Local Bodybuilder Helps Man with Down’s Syndrome Achieve his Dream

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Local News, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

Former Stanford Dean’s Inappropriate Affair with Student

Author: G.Li, Megaphone Editor-in-chief 📍Palo Alto, CA Julie Lythcott-Haims is a Palo Alto City Council member, and was the dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford from 2002 to 2012. Earlier this year, she ran in the open primary for California’s 16th congressional district for the House of Representatives. On July 10th, on a news and entertainment site for LGBTQ+ women, Autostraddle, an unnamed … Continue reading Former Stanford Dean’s Inappropriate Affair with Student

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Local News, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

The Future of HIV Prevention: Gilead’s Lenacapavir

Author: V.Iyengar, Megaphone Editor-in-chief 📍Foster City, CA Intro On December 22, 2022, the FDA approved Lenacapavir— or as it’s known by its brand name, Sunlenca®— a twice-yearly injection meant to prevent HIV infection in adults, declaring that the drug is safe and effective for its intended use. Almost exactly one-and-a-half years later, on June 20th of this year, Foster City’s Gilead Sciences Inc, the company … Continue reading The Future of HIV Prevention: Gilead’s Lenacapavir

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Silicon Valley History, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

From Prunes to Apple – How the Silicon Valley came to be a leader in technology

Author: G.Li, Megaphone Editor-in-chief 📍Silicon Valley, CA The Silicon Valley, nestled in the southern part of the Bay Area in California, is widely renowned for its leading role in tech and innovation. Named after ‘silicon’, the chemical element whose semiconducting properties have enabled it to be used in transistors and integrated circuit chips in computer hardware, the Silicon Valley is home to thousands of startup … Continue reading From Prunes to Apple – How the Silicon Valley came to be a leader in technology

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Pop Culture, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

Ranking some of the most popular teen shows

Author: E.Cherkuri, Megaphone Staff Writer S Tier (Top Shows) The Vampire Diaries (The CW): Elena, a teenage girl who lost her parents, finds herself in a small town filled with strange occurrences and a series of mysterious murders. As she struggles to cope with the loss of her parents, she unexpectedly meets a captivating boy who turns out to be a vampire. This revelation forever … Continue reading Ranking some of the most popular teen shows

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Interview/Opinion, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

Betsy Mitchell – More than Medals (Olympic Swimmer)

Author: E.Cherkuri, Megaphone Staff Writer 📍Pasadena, CA (Information collected from her book promotional event at Caltech University) The life story of Betsy Mitchell goes beyond Olympic success and competitive swimming. Her swimming accomplishments, which include a gold and silver medal from the 1984 Los Angeles Games, are undoubtedly remarkable, but, as she emphasizes in her recent autobiography, More than Medals, the entirety of her greatness … Continue reading Betsy Mitchell – More than Medals (Olympic Swimmer)

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Local News, Silicon Valley, USA Chapter, writing

Waymo Opens to All 

Author: V.Iyengar, Megaphone Editor-in-chief 📍San Francisco, CA When it was first founded in 2009, the Google Self-Driving Car Project, began with the sole purpose of making fully-autonomous vehicles more viable in order to make roads safer and more efficient for civilians. Almost 15 years and over one billion dollars later, that “project” has spun out of Google to become Waymo, under Alphabet Inc, and the … Continue reading Waymo Opens to All 

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