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![If you’re interested in supporting local restaurants, check out Marugame Udon! Open seven days a week from 11 A.M. to 9 P.M., the restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating, as well as counter and kiosk ordering to keep the lines moving.](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5197-1200x900.jpg)
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![Alex Garlands Civil War was a blockbuster hit. Sitting at the top of the box office for the second straight weekend, this is the largest debut that production studio A24 has had for a film yet.](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23751-1200x800.jpg)
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![Like many standardized tests with strict rules and guidelines, there are some areas that people would like to see changed amid the gradual shift from physical to digital testing. Megan Charan (12) commented, “I would want to put most of them online because. . . it’s easier, and your hand does not get tired.” On the flip side, Naomi Yoshikawa (12), felt the opposite, saying, “I think that everything, all the English exams, should be handwritten instead of digital.”
Photo by Unseen Studio on Unsplash](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unseen-studio-s9CC2SKySJM-unsplash-1200x800.jpg)
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