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Johanna Wen, Art Director

Junior Johanna Wen is the Three Penny Press art director and page editor. They are the Japanese Club’s historian and literary editor of the Maple Street Journal. They religiously play Dungeons and Dragons and enjoy making art and animations.

 

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Authors such as JK Rowling and Stephen King failed to appreciate peoples cultures that their books are based off of. Unlike them though, author Kiera Drake who wrote The Continent had shown initiative in fixing her mistakes in her work by rewriting the entirety of it.

Appropriation versus Appreciation

Johanna Wen, Art Director
March 6, 2023
Student asks for a photo with the mascot during lunch. As a senior, itll be the mascots last year.

What it’s like to be Ralphy

Marina Martinez and Johanna Wen
January 25, 2023
After the first day of school, I went to Sharetea with my friends and it was packed full of students. There are normally two cashiers/tea makers who switch between jobs when taking care of customers. They don’t wear a uniform other than a Sharetea apron.

What’s the quali-tea of Sharetea?

Claire Bradford, Haset Mekuria, and Johanna Wen
January 24, 2023
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[Photo] New Beginnings

November 30, 2022
[ART ESSAY] Life at school

[ART ESSAY] Life at school

Helen Beebe, Angel Harper, Marina Martinez, Ella Sotiriades, Emily Vaughan, Johanna Wen, and Sophia Zhao
November 14, 2022
Vice President Caleb Chiao helps pass out plates with other officers to Bread Club members so they can take cornbread and drizzle honey on top. Sophomore Charlie Yu says that the bread is what he looks forward to every meeting.

Breaking bread: Bread club shares cultures to student body

Johanna Wen, Art Director
November 1, 2022
Cars file into the concrete garage at 8 in the morning and students walk toward the entrances of the school building. The Maple St. side of the building is still slightly under construction.

Traffic swarms new parking lot

Marina Martinez, Juan Rivera, Emily Vaughan, and Johanna Wen
October 12, 2022
The bicycle rack is designated past the parking garage exit lane, where students could be potentially unsafe due to negligent drivers. It is so far from the entrance that junior Dennis Klyuzheva parks his bike at the front of the school amongst other student bikes to avoid the daily redundant walking laps. As of October, the blue fencing around the bike rack area is no longer in place and there is more space for bikes to be parked.

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After completing the tutorial, the player is free to explore the busy and big city: Splatville. A place where you can enter shops, the story mode through a sewer grate and participate in online matches such as Turf War, ranked game modes, Salmon Run and the new mini game, Table Turf.

Splatting away game competition

Johanna Wen, Art Director
September 23, 2022
Turning Red explores classic coming-of-age-themes through the lens of a girl gaining magical powers.

[Photo] ‘Turning Red’ is turning heads: why parent pushback on Disney’s newest film is unnecessary

May 16, 2022
This year, Ramadan began on April 2 and ended May 1. The month of Ramadan traditionally begins with a new moon, marking the start of the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. Its not only a time of fasting, but also prayer, charity and religious devotion.

[Photo] A look back on Ramadan: students share experiences balancing work, tradition

May 6, 2022
Senior Rafael Gomez studies for AP Human Geography, the test being on May 5th. AP increases your chance of getting into better schools, and if you care about that, then you should care about taking AP classes.

Students kick into overdrive to perform well on fast-approaching AP exams

Johanna Wen, Reporter
May 2, 2022
Junior Kalina Peneva shows her support for the Day of Silence by wearing a sticker. Pride stickers and masks were available in room 3703 last Friday.

[Photo] ‘At the end of the day, we are all people’

April 26, 2022
Jeremy Peña is second in batting average (.286) and first on the team in on-base percentage (.902) as of April 23, 2022.

[Photo] Baseball fans: keep an eye out for Correa’s replacement

April 25, 2022
Iconic moment of Selena Quintanilla performing in the purple jump suit from her last concert in the Astrodome, Houston, Texas.

[Photo] Remembering Selena: the queen of Tejano

March 31, 2022
Mr. Newland stands close to the board, watching Michelle Tangs presentation. Michelle Tang speaks about taking part in the Science Space Program in New Mexico and shows her favorite picture of a Swan Nebula.

Reaching for the stars: Bellaire alumni, MIT student Michelle Tang shares life advice, experiences

Johanna Wen, Reporter
March 29, 2022
Kagerou Daze was beautifully animated by the artist sidu. It was one of NicoNicos most popular songs in Sept 2011, and the KagePros 9th most popular song by 2019.

‘Kagerou Project’: Jin’s revolutionary vocaloid album

Johanna Wen, Reporter
March 21, 2022
Energy drinks range in varieties of flavors. Energy drinks like Bang and Monster generally cost around an average of $3 individually.

‘Honestly my saving grace’

Johanna Wen, Reporter
February 23, 2022
A person celebrates peoples identities with trans, genderfluid, nonbinary and queer.On the third Wednesday of October, transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming individuals around the world, as well as their allies, observe International Pronouns Day to promote respect, sharing and education throughout the year.

Why gender identity should be respected

Johanna Wen, Reporter
December 8, 2021
Every Thanksgiving, over 45 million turkeys are subjected to torture as they are separated from their mothers at birth only to be raised on a factory farm and killed. Some reasons to skip the turkey at your Thanksgiving feast this year are: turkeys are faced with intentional cruelty and abuse, diseases spread through turkey tissue, it is healthier to not eat turkey, and turkeys are adorable.

[Photo] Turkeys are friends, not food

November 26, 2021
What started out as a South Korean thriller juxtaposing children’s games with themes of late-stage capitalism transformed into a symbol of protest. On Oct. 20, South Korean protesters donned Squid Game costumes as they marched for better working conditions.

[Photo] ‘Squid Game’s’ hidden clues, the problem with capitalism

November 8, 2021
Drawing of Don Tolivers album, Life of A Don. Life of A Don was released on Oct. 8.

[Photo] Don Toliver reveals his true self in ‘Life Of A Don’

October 21, 2021
Junior Kahaphatanee “Aisha” Likitbannakorn attends a leadership camp called Ryla in her home country, Thailand. Here, Likitbannakorn said she expanded her personality and learned about leadership skills.

Foreign sights: exchange students’ new experiences

Salma Abuzaher, Michael Liu, Trinity Sloan, and Johanna Wen
October 17, 2021
Abbie Hart teaches Maple Street Journal club members the history of a zine and how to make one. Zine-Making Day was hosted by the Maple Street Journal in Ms. Alters room, 3716.

Club comeback

Johanna Wen, Reporter
October 12, 2021
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[Photo] Pick-up lines that won’t have you home-COMING to your mom crying

September 28, 2021
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