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Alexandra Li

Alexandra Li, Opinions and Satire Editor

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Mock Trial at JCHS

Alexandra Li March 11, 2023

  Mock Trial may be an unfamiliar name to many JCHS students. However, Mock Trial offers students one of the most powerful opportunities JCHS has to offer—a true courtroom experience. This...

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Meet Nancy Friedlander: the Accomplished Teacher and Artist who Founded JCHS’s Caldron

Alexandra Li and Grace Szostak February 11, 2023

Last month, Grace Szostak and I had the immense pleasure of meeting with Nancy Friedlander, a long-time JCHS (or should I say GCHS) English teacher and founder of The Caldron. Now 92 years old, many things...

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Bring Back the “Paper” in “Newspaper”

Alexandra Li and Grace Szostak November 23, 2022

Photo courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra LiPhoto courtesy of Grace Szostak and Alexandra Li Alexandra...

Keeping Our Speech Free: Why We Need Section 230

Keeping Our Speech Free: Why We Need Section 230

Alexandra Li October 25, 2022

Photo courtesy of NPR.org Over the past few months, the Supreme Court’s unprecedented conservative rulings have generated heated discussions. Social media has been a vital breeding ground...

The Met Operas 2022-2023 Season

The Met Opera’s 2022-2023 Season

Alexandra Li April 2, 2022

"nytimes.com" Saying the coronavirus was “rough” for the Met Opera would be a gross understatement. The pandemic shut the Opera for 18 months, resulting in a loss of $150 million in anticipated...

FBLA Conference Review

FBLA Conference Review

Amanda DeMaria, Alexandra Li, and Uma Attreya April 2, 2022

The State Leadership Conference (SLC) for the FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club has finally become a reality! After a year of virtual competitions and conferences, FBLA members...

JCHS’ Very Own: Reviews of the 1995 Indie Film Welcome to the Dollhouse

JCHS’ Very Own: Reviews of the 1995 Indie Film Welcome to the Dollhouse

Grace Szostak, Lia Vaiserman, and Alexandra Li March 1, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Li Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 independent/dark comedy film that was filmed largely right here in JCHS. Many other scenes were also filmed around West Caldwell,...

What Attending My Dream School Means to Me

What Attending My Dream School Means to Me

Alexandra Li January 15, 2022

"medium.com" I have many memories of visiting some of our nation’s finest universities. When my family went to California, we made sure to visit Stanford, Berkeley, and Caltech. When we did a...

Pandora Papers

Alexandra Li October 30, 2021

On October 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, or ICIJ, released the results of an investigation on the financial secrets of many of the world’s wealthiest and most...

Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack

Sahana Vijay Krishna and Alexandra Li June 14, 2021

Colonial Pipeline Co., the largest refined-products pipeline in the U.S. and the main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel to the East Coast, was shut down after being hit with a cyberattack...

iHerb vs. Amazon

iHerb vs. Amazon

Alexandra Li and Sahana Vijay Krishna April 18, 2021

  "twitter.com" "amazon.com" iHerb and Amazon are among the largest e-commerce shops for health and beauty products today, with both sites boasting an impressive...

FBLA at JCHS

Alexandra Li February 7, 2021

"fbla-pbl.org" The new Future Business Leaders of American (FBLA) chapter of James Caldwell High School gives students the opportunity to explore a wide variety of interests and learn and interact...

Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic Review

Alexandra Li December 6, 2020

"theocean.bandcamp.com" Founded twenty years ago, German progressive metal band The Ocean has experimented with a variety of album concepts, from astronomy to existentialism. In 2018,...

Yes, Big Tech Needs Antitrust

Alexandra Li November 2, 2020

Today, big tech is embroiled in countless issues: consumer privacy, the cost of being able to access the internet, and with the controversial Earn It Act set to make its House debut, many Americans...

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