St. Robert CHS Student News
Serena Ahmad (9) | STAFF REPORTER
With the progression of gender equality within past years, women have begun receiving their long due recognition and rights. However, despite these historic achievements, issues regarding gender inequality persist, particularly in the sports industry. Women continue to be overlooked in this male-dominated field by being actively sexualized and doubted of the skills they possess.
Eva Guo (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Vapes, devices originally used to help smokers quit their addictions, have become a major concern, especially regarding youth. Contrary to the name, vapes don’t just have water vapor mist but contain many addictive substances as well as toxic metals that have been shown to stunt brain development. Evidently, this makes vaping incredibly harmful, especially to younger people. But what makes it such an extensive problem, and how can it be solved?
Angela Xiao (9) | STAFF REPORTER
November 11 marks the end of the First World War, honoring those who have bravely fought for our country. For the majority, we know this day as “Remembrance Day.” Unlike Easter or Christmas, Remembrance Day is not a statutory holiday (meaning that adults must go to work while students must attend school), and it should most certainly continue to remain this way.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Imagine you’ve been captured in an insane asylum. You attempt to break out of your confines when suddenly, a large looming figure grabs you, strips you naked and starts stabbing needles into your eyes. Pretty scary, right?
Sarah Morra (12) | STAFF REPORTER
The people of France have been long known for their strong-willed spirits and political involvement. Dating back to the French Revolution in the late 1700s, the French have always fought for their rights and their liberty. This fiery passion to fight for their freedoms lives on to this day. This can be observed in modern French politics where they riot, protest, and are actively involved in the political scene. For example, in January 2024 French farmers were protesting due to subpar wages and lack of environmental protection — this is merely a show of how the French spirit has yet to burn out.
Angela Xiao (9) | STAFF REPORTER
As the date for the upcoming election is approaching with anticipation, the importance of voting is voiced now more than ever, but a question remains: should the voting age be lowered so that a younger age group can voice their opinions? If we can’t trust teens with substance use or driving, what makes us think that we can trust them with the future of our country?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
In Canada, significant disparity exists between urban and rural settings in both educational opportunities and access to information. As such, rural communities face the dilemma of an uninformed demographic surrounding social issues, such as crimes and violence, resulting in an increased violence rate and a lack of safety in comparison to urban areas. So, what are the impacts of this dilemma and to what extent does it alter communities across Canada?
Parnian Esmaeilishayeh (12) | STAFF REPORTER
The primary point of incarceration is to rehabilitate individuals and help them reflect and recover from past mistakes. The justice system is to offer fair judgement to ensure that upon return from imprisonment, prisoners are “transformed”. However, we contradict this concept by limiting those who underwent such rehabilitation treatment and rejecting them, even though by law they are no longer considered criminals. If the core value of incarceration is to guide those who have made mistakes to become beneficial citizens, then why are they facing lifelong barriers that prevent them from truly getting a second chance? Formerly imprisoned individuals face limitations with employment, housing, and education, making their lives harder instead of providing new beginnings.
Serena Ahmad (9) | STAFF REPORTER
Society has distorted the portrayal of mental illnesses through the increased usage of media. This has resulted in the term becoming desensitized amongst younger generations, evident through how individuals commonly misuse it. This crisis is often derived from the trends of self-diagnosis and the romanticization mental illnesses.
Sarah Morra (12) | STAFF REPORTER
Imagine a young girl, a poverty entrenched woman, a victim of assault, who is now having all previous identity stripped from her just to be replaced with the title of “mother.” She is not allowed to carry out her desired, ideal future for the sole fact that someone else believes her reproductive cells will turn into a human being, when they are not yet one. That is now all that society sees for her, a future that is being foretold. It is one that has not occurred yet, but throughout history has been forced onto millions of women and girls.