Ashley Chen – The Saratoga Falcon

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Senior finds adventure in California after moving from Sweden

Ashley Chen

A minority opinion: Recent rolling block decision sets a bad precedent

Ashley Chen and Eric Sze

Staff editorial: AP classes should be geared toward learning, not just passing AP tests

Ashley Chen and Ariel Liu

Engineering program gives prospective students alternative to AP classes

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang

Mathletes prepare for AMC competitions

Ashley Chen and Karissa Dong

Self-described ‘piano genie’ brings classical pieces to life

Ashley Chen

Rising application fees are unnecessary expenses

Michelle Cen and Ashley Chen

College Bound: After college acceptance, senior explores fashion through job

Ashley Chen

Music sampling offers fresh tastes of originals

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun

Classical music: the soundtrack to all situations

Ashley Chen and Deepti Kannan

New English policy a step in the right direction

Ashley Chen

Strickland takes the next jump in college admissions

Ashley Chen, Claire Chou, and Shreya Tumu

Taylor Swift should not break up with Spotify

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun

Art and literary magazine seeks submissions

Ashley Chen

Audrie’s Law signed by governor

Ashley Chen

Runners aim to finish with their best foot forward

Ashley Chen and Katherine Sun

College Bound: Senior plans future in fashion

Ashley Chen, Andrew Jiang, and Ariel Liu

Math department poll shows interest in fourth-year, non-AP class

Ashley Chen

Math department poll shows interest in fourth-year, non-AP class

Ashley Chen

Are the humanities hopeless? No

Ashley Chen and Carolyn Sun

Freshman excels in badminton

Michelle Cen and Ashley Chen

College Bound: the myth, the legend, the Linosaur

Ashley Chen and Andrew Jiang

Documentary to cover aftermath of Pott case, issues facing teen girls

Ashley Chen and Claire Chou

The dangers of open access

Ashley Chen

Saratoga needs more diversity in its humanities classes

Ashley Chen

“If I Stay” I will be bored…

Ashley Chen

Can you go 24 hours Internet-free?

Ashley Chen

Taylor Swift ‘shakes off’ haters in cringeworthy music video

Ashley Chen and Eileen Toh

Terra organization inspires environmental change

Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng

Track finishes season strong

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang

Not-so-Amazing Spider-Man 2

Ashley Chen

My newest addiction: Hogwarts is Here

Ashley Chen

AP Psychology: a solution to the humanities deficit

Ashley Chen and Shreya Tumu

He raped me. His punishment? Next to nothing —what Audrie’s Law aims to fix

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao

WASC team visits school

Ashley Chen

Girls’ track: Leaders see progress in early season

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang

The Exodus: Top athletes who live in Saratoga often don’t play for the Falcons

Ashley Chen and Minu Palaniappan

Disappointment in downtown After less than a year in operation, Wildwood Market closes

Ashley Chen

“Divergent” disappoints

Ashley Chen

What all honors classes should have

Ashley Chen

America SATisfaction begins with the new SAT

Ashley Chen, Nelson Wang, and Anant Rajeev

Why we need more respect for creative minds

Ashley Chen

‘Girls with Courage’ succeeds in its second year

Ashley Chen and Tiffany Zheng

JBK speaker misses the point; school’s efforts should go elsewhere

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao

Gender disparities prevalent in various STEM courses

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang

Current tenure laws offer job security, but may also protect bad teachers

Ashley Chen and Ariel Liu

Nonfiction, English’s fictional genre

Ashley Chen

Would limiting AP’s hurt students’ college chances?

Ashley Chen and Devin Zhao

Girls’ track aims to improve

Ashley Chen and Dorrie Tang

How to binge-watch

Ashley Chen

Tiger Mom’s new book is misunderstood

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao

‘Catching Fire’ burns away sophomores’ expectations

Shreya Tumu and Ashley Chen

The negative effects of a school culture obsessed with academics

Ashley Chen and Kelly Xiao

‘Transgender law’ allows students to choose sports, bathrooms based on gender identity

Ashley Chen and Sherrilyn Ling

The path back from concussions

Miles Albert and Ashley Chen

Spiral of Failure: Why teaching the same concepts every year doesn’t work

Ashley Chen

The ultimate challenge: Silence

Ashley Chen

Outage Followup: School’s power only down for an hour

Ashley Chen, Bruce Lou, Deepthi Sampathkumar, and Shreya Tumu

WASC committee discusses ideas for school improvement

Ashley Chen

Davis gravitates to physics

Ashley Chen and Robert Eng

Living with allergies: a cautionary tale

Ashley Chen

Has the Nobel Peace Prize lost its credibility?

Ashley Chen and Arman Vaziri

Fixed fee for sports participation is fair for everyone

Ashley Chen

Saratoga develops vision for new local attraction: Quarry Park

Ashley Chen and Devin Zhao

CON REVIEW “City of Bones”: a gigantic disappointment

Ashley Chen

To pledge or not to pledge?

Kelly Xiao and Ashley Chen

Dual studentship: a closer look at concurrent enrollment

Tiffany Zheng and Ashley Chen

Girls’ cross country: co-captain motivates team

Ashley Chen and Carolyn Sun

Facebook should not sell personal data

Ashley Chen and Michelle Leung

Falcon Focus: I am a drum major

Ashley Chen

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