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The online student newspaper of Palisades Charter High School

Tideline

The online student newspaper of Palisades Charter High School

Tideline

Kamala is Brat, Period

Kamala is Brat, Period

Vanessa Masterson and Reina Stem November 5, 2024

"Kamala is Brat" wouldn’t have trended without a tweet from pop icon Charli XCX. In any other context, the phrase would seem absurd, but a growing intersection between pop culture and politics means...

Time to Consider Weighty Issues Pertaining to Cultural Norms

Time to Consider Weighty Issues Pertaining to Cultural Norms

Sophia Masserat, Staff Writer October 8, 2024

Throughout history, beauty standards have been a prevalent social pressure for women across the globe. The media has played a critical role in the recent perpetuation of unattainable standards, further...

A Lack of Civic Engagement is Directing A New Generation of Voters Away From the Polls

A Lack of Civic Engagement is Directing A New Generation of Voters Away From the Polls

Kylie Lupescu, Features Editor February 20, 2024

Only 55 percent of eligible voters aged 18 to 29 cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential election. This is below the national average of 66 percent. With an election approaching, the political efficacy...

Leaving Overconsumption in 2023

Leaving Overconsumption in 2023

Vanessa Masterson, Staff Writer February 20, 2024

Micro-trends, fast fashion and social media have created a generation of overactive consumers with a serious obsession with aesthetics. Whether this week’s “must have” item is a Stanley Cup or a...

It’s Time to Take Guesswork out of Officiating

It’s Time to Take Guesswork out of Officiating

Cole Sugarman, Sports Editor February 7, 2024

Every year fans demand accountability from professional sports leagues such as the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB). These leagues use obsolete analog methods to officiate...

Drug Use Among Teens Demands Attention, Action

Drug Use Among Teens Demands Attention, Action

Vanessa Masterson, Staff Writer December 7, 2023

While taking a stroll through the Palisades Village, you will likely be greeted by an overwhelming smell of marijuana and the sight of buzzed teens freshly released from school. Every day, drug use...

Microaggressions Against Women Remain Present in STEM Classes

Microaggressions Against Women Remain Present in STEM Classes

Kylie Lupescu, Features Editor November 5, 2023

I am privileged. I say this in the context of the educational opportunities I’ve been grateful to receive. Yet, many women and girls are excluded from this primary human right. Working through the school...

Barbie Tried Feminism

Barbie Tried Feminism

Ava Walker, News Editors October 18, 2023

The Barbie doll’s 1959 emergence into society left the world speechless. Quickly, she became everything a little girl wanted to be — everything that dads and moms would spend their paychecks on in...

Students are 0:1 for New Policies

Students are 0:1 for New Policies

Kylie Lupescu, Features Editor September 27, 2023

Finicky keyboards, an unpredictable battery life and inefficient hall passes – all of these are among the new obstacles Pali students faced at the start of the 2023-24 school year.  Pali administrators...

Hate Speech or Free Speech?

Hate Speech or Free Speech?

Pali students flooded the quad on Tuesday, May 23, gathering en masse to witness a demonstration organized by senior Michael Francoeur. Standing silently in the middle of the quad and holding up a “Trump...

Satire: 2024? It’s More Like 1984

Satire: 2024? It’s More Like 1984

Nico Troedsson, Features Editor June 2, 2023

Pali Princical Dr. Pam Magee informed the community of the school’s proposed one-to-one Device Program on May 12, 2023. The program, scheduled for the 2023-24 academic year, will provide school-owned...

Mental Health Joins the Starting Lineup

Mental Health Joins the Starting Lineup

Kylie Lupescu, Features Editor June 2, 2023

Sports have been the most consistent activity in my life. For almost twelve years, rain or shine, winter or summer, I was in a pool. I grew up with the competition, the rigor, the win-all, lose-all spirit....

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