The Return of the Gilroy Garlic Festival

The Return of the Gilroy Garlic Festival V. Iyengar, Editor-in-Chief📍 Silicon Valley, USA Get giddy garlic groupies, for the Gilroy Garlic Festival has Returned! This past weekend, July 25th-27th, marked the first in-person Gilroy Garlic festival in 6 years and the first festival in 3 years. The Gilroy Garlic Festival is an annual food festival held in Gilroy, CA, and includes every possible garlic-themed item … Continue reading The Return of the Gilroy Garlic Festival

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia G. Li, Editor-in-Chief📍 Silicon Valley, USA Did your heart just skip a beat, or do you have arrhythmia?  You may find your heart skipping a few beats doing an important task or talking to your crush – is it because you’re nervous, or do you have arrhythmia? What you may have disregarded as a silly thing your heart did because you were nervous and/or … Continue reading Arrhythmia

What is Radiology?

What is Radiology? V. Iyengar, Editor-in-Chief📍 Silicon Valley, USA Radiology is a medical specialty that uses images produced by radiant energy to diagnose and treat diseases. Radiant energy is used in technologies like X-rays, Computed tomography (CT), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Nuclear medicine, Positron emission tomography (PET) and Ultrasound. There a several types of radiologists. Diagnostic Radiologists Diagnostic Radiologists use various imaging technologies to take … Continue reading What is Radiology?

Items you NEED for School

Items you NEED for School G. Li, Editor-in-Chief📍 Silicon Valley, USA With the dreaded (or anticipated) school season around the corner, students must pick up their swords and shields and prepareready for battle. With this in mind,Therefore we’ve created an ultimate list of items you WILL be needing this school year. And reasons to go along with them!  Pilot G-2 (0.7mm): Also known as the … Continue reading Items you NEED for School

Careers in Health: Anesthesiology

Careers in Health: Anesthesiology G. Li, Editor-in-Chief📍Silicon Valley, USA Anesthesiology is a specialization in the medical field focused on administering anesthesia, a numbing medicine, before procedures or surgery. Practitioners of anesthesiology are anesthesiologists.  Surgery is an invasive procedure, with cutting and suturing that causes pain. Anesthesia prevents patients from feeling pain during surgery in different ways, including numbing certain parts of the body or numbing … Continue reading Careers in Health: Anesthesiology

Canada’s Increasingly Complex Political Landscape

Canada’s Increasingly Complex Political Landscape Author: N. Sava, Megaphone Staff Writer In the wake of rampant inflation and high unemployment rates, Canada has grown largely disillusioned with Justin Trudeau’s incohesive governance. The former prime minister has been embroiled in multiple scandals over his decade-long tenure. The SNC-Lavalin affair is considered to be the most serious of these transgressions, where Trudeau’s Prime Minister’s Office interfered in … Continue reading Canada’s Increasingly Complex Political Landscape

What Makes a Psychopath? Inside the Mind of Criminals

What Makes a Psychopath? Inside the Mind of Criminals Author: R. Panchavaktra, Megaphone Staff Writer “Beneath a friendly smile,Lies a heart grown cold.No guilt, no tears, no true careA dark secret to be told?” Some people seem normal and even charming. Yet, behind their pleasant face, they may hide a lack of real feeling. This hidden emptiness is called psychopathy. Psychopaths can be found among … Continue reading What Makes a Psychopath? Inside the Mind of Criminals

Judge orders VTA Transit Workers’ Strike to End

Judge orders VTA Transit Workers’ Strike to End Author: E. Cherkuri, Megaphone Staff Writer This Friday, the strike by the Amalgamated Transit Union, the largest union that represents transit workers in the U.S. and in Canada was ordered to end. This comes after a VTA began negotiating a new contract with the ATU in August of 2024, which was roughly seven months before the end … Continue reading Judge orders VTA Transit Workers’ Strike to End

The Battery of Southeast Asia, or China: Laos and China’s Modern Neo-Colonial Ties

The Battery of Southeast Asia, or China: Laos and China’s Modern Neo-Colonial Ties Author: G. Li, Megaphone Editor-in-Chief In the 21st century, the rise of China globally has been accompanied by a growing pattern of influence economically – “debt trap diplomacy”. This strategy offers large-scale infrastructure loans to developing countries vulnerable to financial pressure, often leaving smaller nations deeply indebted and politically burdened to China. … Continue reading The Battery of Southeast Asia, or China: Laos and China’s Modern Neo-Colonial Ties

White House Signal Messages Leaked

White House Signal Messages Leaked Author: V.Iyengar, Megaphone Editor-in-Chief Earlier this week, the Atlantic published an article titled “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” This article sent shockwaves throughout the country due to the fact that Jeffrey Goldberg,Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic and the journalist who leaked this story, was a person without clearance to have access to classified government information. Goldberg was … Continue reading White House Signal Messages Leaked