What’s the Deal with Lanyards?
November 29, 2022
Credits to: Angie Yang (helped with interviews) Are lanyards necessary for Ridge High School to function? That is an important question that students may ask themselves. Although lanyards may not be the most crucial thing our school should be focusing on, especially with...
November 27, 2022
Picture this. You’re trying to go to the bathroom during Study Hall. It’s 3rd block and you’re tired. Suddenly, you’re stopped. Bombarded with form requirements! You fill in your name and a random time, but it’s not enough. You have to wait for them to confirm. Then, after...
Ridge Devil’s Quill to Launch New Website
June 5, 2022
In June 2022, the Devil’s Quill, Ridge’s arts and literary magazine, will be transitioning to a newly programmed and curated website showcasing various types of student work, such as paintings, short stories, book reviews, college essays, music performances, and dance. I discussed...
Elon Musk’s Struggle to Buy Twitter
January 20, 2023
In April, 2021, Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion dollars, shocking the internet and media alike[1]. However, he soon withdrew his bid to buy the company. Yet recently, Elon Musk has again offered to buy the company. What caused this dramatic...
January 20, 2023
The tech industry has become one of the most expansive and largest hiring fields in the past two decades, employing millions in a variety of positions.With the field of software engineering growing at an 100 percent increase from 2000-2010, Silicon Valley’s...
November 29, 2022
Lake Powell. A lake in the serenity of Utah. A beautiful one indeed. One might wonder what the controversy surrounding the lake really is. Striving to answer these questions, this article will help emphasize the record low water levels of the...
(Trigger warning: this article uses sarcasm to highlight the dangers of authoritarianism. We in no way condone Russia’s invasion of Ukraine). The tale of Vladimir...
While wars in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Yemen have shown the brutal and chaotic nature of war in the modern era, the Ukrainian conflict is an entirely different scale of warfare....
War takes a toll. That’s common knowledge. But what people don’t often realize is that war affects more than just humans. Conflict affects animals too. Russia’s...
Monsoon season has come for Pakistan and with it the most severe flooding seen in recent years. This monsoon has caused rivers to overflow, destroying infrastructure and...
1. The whole (dreaded) family gathering thing We all love our families, right? Well, at least some of the time. We can’t pretend we don’t...

Our education, our country, and our livelihoods are slowly falling to waste because of none other than STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering,...
It was a peaceful day; in fact, it was a perfect day. My mother had packed the most delicious sandwiches for us, and, the little child I was,...
Growing up, tomatoes have constituted a huge part of the cuisine I ate. Family favorites like tomato fried egg; tomato sauce in a delicious bite...
January 20, 2023
The long-awaited album “Midnights” has finally been released! Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's newest release came out on October 21st. This is Swift’s tenth studio...
January 20, 2023
In the Japanese animation industry, stories of animators, particularly free-lancers and in-betweeners, enduring overwork and meager pay are commonplace. In 2019, Studio Madhouse...
January 20, 2023
By Michael Pasnik '24 In the last article, we went over all the Eastern Conference teams in the NBA and previewing them for the upcoming season. As I was uploading...
November 27, 2022
For the first time, the World Cup won’t be played in its traditional summer window. It will be played in November and December, with the opening game now taking place on...
January 20, 2023
As much as 50 million metric tons of electronic waste are generated each year across the globe, and this number is only projected to grow, reaching 120 million metric tons...
November 29, 2022
*The mentioned scientist’s surname is He. In order to ensure that there won’t be any confusion between the pronoun 'he' and his surname, we capitalized 'He' every time...
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