Nine apps that will make your life easier

Camila Myers, Insight Editor

January 17, 2017

Flixter: Flixter is for all movie addicts. This application will tell you everything you need to know about movies, from where the closest movie theaters are, to what movies are playing and when. The app is also linked to Fandango, so it offers critiques and reviews of the movie as well. My Fitne...

How to approach doing homework over the break

Mia Zaldivar, Design Editor

January 5, 2017

Despite winter break being a two-week break from school, teachers still assign homework. Many teachers believe giving homework over the break is necessary for students to remember what they learned over the year. In addition, some classes have a strict pacing guide in order to cover what will be on the...

Litmas tree

Olympia Rodriguez, Design Editor

December 25, 2016

Step 1: Gather your materials which include a bright array of lights, nails with an accompanying hammer and chalk for those of us that enjoy taking it to the next level. Step 2: Mark the key points in the formation of your tree (the chalk comes in handy with this step). Then, using caution, hammer a ...

How to throw the perfect Christmukkah party

Camila Myers and Mia Zaldivar

December 24, 2016

Ever wonder if there was a way to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah at once? Well now you can! Here are a few steps for throwing the best Chrismukkah party ever. Step one: Invite all your friends, Jews, Catholics and all others, over on a certain day. Make sure it is not during Hanukkah or on Christmas...

‘Tis the Season holiday playlist

Brianne Guanaga and Sydney Sancho

December 21, 2016

Although Jack Frost will not be nipping at your nose, this perfect holiday playlist will allow you to savor the festivities by an open fire. With classic artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, featuring jazzy twists and modern bops with Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé, this compilation of ico...

Perfect winter vacation destinations on a budget

Kalia Richardson, News Editor

December 18, 2016

              Make way. Winter break approaches, a break well-deserved in students’ eyes. Only how do they plan to end such an eventful year with a bang? Despite rising and falling prices, affordable vacationing is a viable option. Here’s why...

Open letter to our innocent self

Carmella Jimenez, Senior Copy Editor

December 14, 2016

              Dear innocent self, You roll around in a sea of wrapping paper, surrounded by siblings at home on Christmas morning. You watch the stockings slowly fill everyday and wonder what waits inside the Star Wars container of Princess Leia in your hand-sewn Winnie the Pooh stockings. Even the air se...

Are grades really that important?

Attila Dos Santos, Staff Writer

December 8, 2016

The importance of grades weighs heavily on students anxiously asking themselves whether they are a failed test away from not getting into the college they want. Strong grades do offer greater chances of getting into certain colleges and also receiving award-based merit scholarships. This applies in p...

The Panther takes Black Friday 2016

November 27, 2016

A twin talk with the Ridley brothers

November 25, 2016

An autumnal playlist

Brianne Guanaga, Photographer

November 23, 2016

With Thanksgiving day approaching fast, the most essential part of the holiday is a perfect playlist. Although Miami does not get to enjoy cooler weather and the leaves do not fall in beautiful golden hues, we still get to play the part with autumnal music. Here is your essential fall playlist, filled with coffee shop music transporting you to New York City’s autumn with soft melo...

If you snooze you win

Maxwell Landy, Video Editor

November 16, 2016

With a 7:20 a.m. start time, most high school students start the day wishing they had just a few more hours of sleep. Each school day millions of teenage students agonize as they try to stay awake in class, failing to comprehend vital information. Teachers will call on sleeping scholars daily and ask...