toxicity

All eyes were on me to make sure that my club recruited the most members, tallied the most volunteer hours and raised the most money. If we didn’t meet these sky-high expectations, the clout we raised through past years would be all for naught — as if our Key Club couldn’t just do community service for the sake of helping the community.

“Hey, thanks!” I shouted as one of my teammates shot down an enemy player who had been tailing me for ages. I was feeling relieved, when I heard a different teammate angrily respond, “Shut up, fag!” I sighed and muted myself.

A recent increase in rainfall in the East Bay has flushed out toxic algae from Tilden Regional Park’s Lake Anza.