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Too Small to Play Ball?

King-Romeo Sharp, Editorial Writer • November 20, 2024

Preuss offers many sports for their students to play, ranging from track and field, lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. However there’s an issue: only the outdoor sports have regulated practice areas....

Students Argue for Restroom Cleanliness

Allison Solis, Editorial Writer • November 18, 2024

Students cause restrooms on our campus to have dirty mirrors, writings on the walls, unflushed toilets, malfunctioning sinks, misuse of menstruation products, and lack of menstruation products. The girls...

Bring Hoodies Back On The Dress Code

Christopher Santiago, Editorial Writer • October 30, 2024

Hoodies have been a part of the Preuss dress code for a long time, but after the summer of 2024, they were removed from the dress code. Now, crewnecks have replaced hoods. Administration removed hoods...

Preuss needs tastier lunches

Allison Solis, Editorial Writer • October 30, 2024

Do you like the school lunches here? School lunches in public schools are typically unappetizing and don’t taste very good. Some lunches at Preuss are also not very flavorful. In my humble opinion, Preuss...

Pruess Needs a Boys Volleyball Team

Kailani Mojica, Editorial Writer • October 30, 2024

The Preuss School UCSD is known for having a JV and Varsity volleyball team for high school girls, but it does not have a volleyball team for high school male students. Many argue over whether or not boys...

Lift Airpod Ban at Preuss

King-Romeo Sharp, Editorial Writer • October 28, 2024

At the start of the 2024 school year, Preuss restricted the use of Airpods and headphones by not allowing them to be in our ears as we step onto campus. This recent ban has students upset and questioning...

Finals, The Benefits Developed

June 17, 2024

Now that the school year is coming to an end, it comes with the eventual end of teaching information. However, that does not mean that the learning has stopped. The classes have turned into retaining...

Microplastics Create Harmful Environment for Life

Prajyna Timalsina, Editorial Writer • May 13, 2024

Plastics have become a major part of our lives. Plastics are included in toys, stores, clothes, technology, transportation, construction, medical fields, sports, clothes through fake cotton, gum, jewelry,...

Preuss High School Requirements Exceed Regular Schools–and That’s a Good Thing

Julius Molina, Editorial Writer • May 10, 2024

Preuss’s main goal is to make sure that their students have the classes they need to be prepared for college and to be accepted to a four-year college or university. To make sure those two things happen,...

JMUN Assists In Developing Stronger Skills

Julius Molina, Editorial Writer • May 6, 2024

Most freshmen at Preuss will be participating in the Junior Model United Nations (JMUN) Conference that will be held from May 29-30 at UCSD extension. To participate, students are assigned countries,...

Danger Increases for Preuss Students Riding the Trolley

Alexia De La Mora, Editorial Writer • April 26, 2024

At Preuss, more than half of the students use the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) as their main mode of transportation to get to school and back home. Many students even use public transportation...

Warm Temperatures Threaten Galapagos Penguin Population

Angelina Abdelrahman , Columnist • April 26, 2024

Are penguins birds or not birds? The answer is quite simple: Yes. They are considered birds but are flightless birds. There is so much confusion surrounding their species because they can swim underwater...