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How American culture compares with others

Nikol Slatinska October 7, 2015

In America, Hollywood celebrities are practically worshipped. From hysterical fangirls to reality enthusiasts, someone’s always keeping up with the showbiz royalty. Whether the boy band of the generation...

A foreign exchange

A foreign exchange

Joy Park May 14, 2015

Studying abroad offers new experiences This school year, two foreign exchange students traveled abroad to study and explore in the land of the United States. Senior Carlotta Emde from Bremen, Germany and...

Cultural representation comes in all forms

Cultural representation comes in all forms

Rebecca Gray May 10, 2015

Stereotypes in Social Media Looking through the hallways of RBHS, it seems as if students’ thumbs are glued to screens, fixated on social media. Nearly everyone has some sort of social media account,...

B is for Blindfolded, C is for Culture

B is for Blindfolded, C is for Culture

Humera Lodhi May 7, 2015

Students explore racial microaggressions in and out of school After meeting in their mosque’s youth group years ago, Japanese-Palestinian junior Hanna Abdulkhaleq and African-American senior Maha Hamed...

Debbie McDonough walks down the catwalk. Photo by Sophie Whyte.

Disruption at Global Village fashion show baffles, disappoints

Afsah Khan March 11, 2014

Ever since I was a sophomore, I’ve looked forward to the Global Village fashion show. Every year, I start planning my outfit a month in advance and lay it out the night before so I’m ready to go in...

Global Village celebrates diversity among students

Global Village celebrates diversity among students

Luke Chval March 8, 2014

The normal walls of RBHS peeked out in small spots, behind the vast amount of flags, decorations, people and booths set up in anticipation for the annual Global Village event on the morning of  Friday,...

Global Village 2014

Global Village 2014

Anna Wright March 7, 2014

Today hundreds of students milled about the commons, hallways and cafeteria all morning as they sampled cuisine from lands near and far and learned about the cultural heritage of their fellow students....

Art by Alex Carranza

Modern culture aids subconscious racial stereotypes

Renata Poet Williams February 25, 2014

When I was younger, I saw myself neither as black nor white, African-American nor Caucasian. I just saw myself as a little girl who happened to have a dark dad and a light mom. I don’t really understand...

Nothing lost in translation

Nothing lost in translation

Brayden Parker January 31, 2014

[heading size="16"]Learning English 1 word at a time[/heading] Sitting silently in the front row of her last-hour advisory, freshman Chi Chung has pen in hand and school on the mind, completing the day's...

12 DIYs: Chocolate bowls for holiday season

12 DIYs: Chocolate bowls for holiday season

Renata Poet Williams December 15, 2013

This holiday season, present your desserts in a delicious fashion. Use these chocolate bowls to eat anything from cake to ice cream to more chocolate. This project will only take about an hour and will...

Art by Maddie Mueller

Modern trends disgrace, disrespect people, achievements

Renata Poet Williams November 7, 2013

The other day while I was on Twitter, I scrolled through my feed when I came across one of the people I follow who had tweeted a picture that basically depicted a photo that jokingly said our generation’s...

World market offers varieties of food to fill up your tummy.
photo by Patrick Smith

Cultures extend through businesses

Kaitlyn Marsh April 23, 2013

While Columbia is known for its wide assortment of cultural differences and diversity, something else adds spark and variance to the everyday life of the working white man. Foreigners not only bring their...

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