January 2021 By Leila Magallanez, Staff Reporter This past October, KIPP Austin Collegiate’s Robotics team kicked off their second season. This year looks a little different, like all clubs and classes have experienced. What is Robotics? It’s what it sounds like. Robotics is a school club that participates in FIRST, a program that allows forContinue reading “KAC Robotics Maneuvers Into a Brave New World”
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Minecraft’s Steve Joins the Super Smash Bros.
January 2021 By Ezequiel Jaime-Sanchez, Staff Reporter Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a game with 74 fighters and 100 different stages where players fight in an intense free-for-all. Minecraft character Steve was the part of a $30 DLC including 7 other fighters. Steve has three different alternate skins: Alex, Enderman, and a zombie. Added toContinue reading “Minecraft’s Steve Joins the Super Smash Bros.”
Restaurant Review: Tasty Cuisine at Sweet Paris
April 2021 By Maria Montes, Staff Reporter and Food Critic Many restaurants have opened recently in Austin. One new place in Austin is at the Domain, and it’s called Sweet Paris Creperie and Cafe. At Sweet Paris they serve breakfast. It’s a place full of tranquility and, overall, a nice restaurant. It opened on AugustContinue reading “Restaurant Review: Tasty Cuisine at Sweet Paris”
The New KAC Cheer Team!
March 2021 By Joanna Toledo, Staff Reporter This school year KAC decided to make a new elective for our students: a cheer team, for the first time at KAC. This year the pandemic has taken a big toll on all of us, forcing us to make drastic changes. We’ve from learning in class, being taughtContinue reading “The New KAC Cheer Team!”
Don’t Fear the Needle: My Experience with the Pfizer Vaccine
March 2021 By Yuritsi Jaimes, Staff Reporter In little more than a year, Covid-19 has killed more than 570,000 people in the United States, and more than three million worldwide. Because of this, we need to protect ourselves and others by getting vaccinated. I recognize that many people are scared of the vaccine because itContinue reading “Don’t Fear the Needle: My Experience with the Pfizer Vaccine”
Giving When it Counts: Teachers, Staff Aid KAC Families
March 2021 By Ezequiel Jaime-Sanchez When Winter Storm Uri hit, Texas wasn’t ready. Most stores were forced to close and when they did open the lines stretched far outside the store. Additionally, water was hard to get and Texans had to boil water for precautionary measures. This led to food disparity for many Texas residents.Continue reading “Giving When it Counts: Teachers, Staff Aid KAC Families”
Winter Storm Uri Wreaks Havoc on KAC, Austin
March 2021 By Carlos Rivas, Staff Reporter From February 15 to February 23, Winter Storm Uri brought unbearably cold temperatures and freezing precipitation to Texas, closing many schools, including KAC, and canceling virtual and in-person classes due to the bad weather. More than four million households in Texas lost electricity and similar numbers ran outContinue reading “Winter Storm Uri Wreaks Havoc on KAC, Austin”
KAC Essential Workers: Sacrificing Behind the Scenes During Uri
April, 2021 By Joanna Toledo, Staff Reporter Winter Storm Uri impacted the KAC community in many different ways. KAC senior and Cardinal Post staff reporter Yuritsi Jaimes had an especially frightening experience when she found herself trapped at her job overnight while the temperatures outside dropped. Jaimes works at the Heritage at Hunter’s Chase, anContinue reading “KAC Essential Workers: Sacrificing Behind the Scenes During Uri”
Keeping Austin Safe, or Criminalizing Homelessness? A conversation on Prop B with Julie Oliver
April 2021 By Ezequiel Jaime-Sanchez, Staff Reporter Austin residents will be able to vote to reinstate a homeless camping ban on the May 1st ballot. Austin previously had a homeless camping ban, but it was lifted in 2019. In October 2019, after unsettling reports related to homelessness, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter toContinue reading “Keeping Austin Safe, or Criminalizing Homelessness? A conversation on Prop B with Julie Oliver”
Update on Graduation 2021: Will it Happen?
April, 2021 By Carlos Rivas, Staff Reporter On Friday, June 11th at 7 p.m. the class of 2021 will be graduating at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater at Circuit of the Americas. While traditionally KAC graduation has happened at the Gregory Gym on the University of Texas campus, this year that was not possible due to crowdContinue reading “Update on Graduation 2021: Will it Happen?”
