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Viking Velocity
Viking Velocity
Celebrating Diversity: SEC Unveils Mural
Celebrating Diversity: SEC Unveils Mural
Mills Music Dominates the CMEA Festival
Mills Music Dominates the CMEA Festival
Spring Film Festival Highlights Student Filmmakers
Spring Film Festival Highlights Student Filmmakers
Mills FAA Dances their Way to First Place
Mills FAA Dances their Way to First Place
Mills Boba Bots Season Recap
Mills Boba Bots Season Recap
Latino Mentor Program Hosts La Fiesta
Latino Mentor Program Hosts La Fiesta
Coachella Culture: Hot or Not?
Coachella Culture: Hot or Not?
Mr. Pretto Prepares to Retire as a lumberjack
Mr. Pretto Prepares to Retire as a lumberjack
Boba Bots' Sharon Zhang Awarded FRC Dean's List Finalist
Boba Bots’ Sharon Zhang Awarded FRC Dean’s List Finalist
Ask the Editor!
Ask the Editor!
Meet Cute's: Stories of How Couples Have Met for the First Time
Meet Cute’s: Stories of How Couples Have Met for the First Time
Love in the Bay: A High Schooler’s Guide to Valentine’s Day
Love in the Bay: A High Schooler’s Guide to Valentine’s Day
Galentine’s Day: 5 Ways to Pamper Yourself With Your Friends
Galentine’s Day: 5 Ways to Pamper Yourself With Your Friends
Origins of Groundhog Day
Origins of Groundhog Day
Hapara extension: Invasion of privacy or a useful tool?
Hapara extension: Invasion of privacy or a useful tool?
Out of This World or Just Out of Touch?: Katy Perry’s Trip To Space is Short of Inspirational 
Out of This World or Just Out of Touch?: Katy Perry’s Trip To Space is Short of Inspirational 
We Already Took the Test: When Do AP Finals Make Sense?
We Already Took the Test: When Do AP Finals Make Sense?
All Reflective Surfaces on Campus to Be Removed
Big Dreams: Mills New Nap Program for Students
Big Dreams: Mills New Nap Program for Students
Mills Varsity Tennis Dominates the competition
Mills Varsity Tennis Dominates the competition
Mills Track and Field: Keeping up The Pace
Mills Track and Field: Keeping up The Pace
Let’s Celebrate Mills Spring Senior Sport Athletes!
Meet @shotbykimyu
Meet @shotbykimyu
Mills Now Requiring Football Players to Train in Ballet
Mills Now Requiring Football Players to Train in Ballet
The Debate of the Summer: Team Conrad or Jeremiah?
The Year of Chalamet: Catching Him in Every Movie Ever
The Year of Chalamet: Catching Him in Every Movie Ever
Final Rally, Final Season
Final Rally, Final Season
A Brave New World in the MCU
A Brave New World in the MCU
Analyzing the Symbolism of Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show
Analyzing the Symbolism of Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show
Letter from the Editors May 2025
Letter from the Editors April 2025
Letter from the Editors April 2025
Letter From the Editors February 2025
Letter From the Editors February 2025
Letter From The Editors January 2025
Letter From The Editors January 2025
Meet the Staff 2024-2025
A Letter from the 2024-2025 Editors-in-Chief
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Gen Z Using Social Media to Make Systematic Change

Gen Z Using Social Media to Make Systematic Change

Thunderbolt Staff • September 30, 2020

By: Madison Wong, Opinions Editor TW: mentions of rape & torture Picture this: you’re sitting at home and decide to open up Instagram on your phone. As soon as you open the app, you see hundreds...

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