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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

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YouTube’s corporate copyright censorship system restricts user expression

by Adrian Chu, Aquila Columnist February 13, 2016

After the Fine Brothers, creators of the React YouTube channel, submitted trademarks protecting their show’s generic reaction format, public outrage eventually led to the cancellation of all the trademarks...

Minnesota Vikings placekicker Blair Walsh as he waits on the sideline. Walsh, whose missed game-winning field goal in the National Football Conference Wild Card game against the Seattle Seahawks sparked millions of hostile social media posts, felt the brunt of the blame, even though the rest of his team was even more responsible for the loss.

Beyond the Game: Response to Vikings’ kicker debacle highlights social media flaws

by Alex Youn, TALON Sports Editor and Aquila Columnist January 21, 2016

Imagine you’re a placekicker for an NFL team, you have played only seven times in a 60+ minute game, and the fate of your team’s entire season relies on you converting a go-ahead field goal (in the...

The infographic above details Netflixs viewership, as well as the size of the audiences involved with Making a Murderer. With each series on Netflix and similar platforms so popular now, distinguishing between dramatic content and documentary content will prove necessary to improve audience judgment.

Media Matters: Online streaming platforms need to better disclose biases and dramatizations

by Adrian Chu, Aquila Columnist January 19, 2016

As Netflix’s competitors expand and release new content, Netflix’s newest strategy to retain subscribers has been a series of Netflix-exclusive TV series and films. One of its most popular recent additions,...

Not worth its salt: discussing the viability of desalination as a solution to California’s drought

Not worth its salt: discussing the viability of desalination as a solution to California’s drought

by Derek Yen, Aquila Columnist January 15, 2016

  As the rainy season returns to California, the drought that was once at the forefront of media coverage and statewide discussion no longer concerns the public as greatly. Unfortunately,...

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