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Club officers provide homemade baked goods for members to enjoy.

Brownies, cakes, cupcakes, cookies — what’s not to love about the new baking club?

Angela Tan March 22, 2025

Scrolling through Instagram, interested students can see numerous club posts promoting a wide range of activities, but one page is particularly hard to pass by. It belongs to the Bake It Till You Make...

The Falcon’s podium of top 10’s.

Top 10: Top 10’s

William Norwood March 22, 2025

Top 10: Ways to Procrastinate The best way to procrastinate is exactly what Saratoga students need. How to waste the precious time they don’t have filled with their extensive list of extracurricular...

These Asian snacks are my guilty pleasures.

Weee! Asian snacks are my lifeline when trying to stay productive

Emily Wu March 22, 2025

It’s 9:30 p.m., AP U.S. History notes are sprawled out in a chaotic heap in front of me and I’m going to explode if I read one more sentence about Andrew Carnegie and his steel factories.  My bed...

Jump into your spring cleaning era now!

It’s finally spring — so it’s time to clean

Kara Nikfar March 22, 2025

Spring cleaning: It might just be everyone’s biggest nightmare. Decluttering desks and rooms, going through closets and dressers, wiping down tables and more. The list just goes on — dreadfully long...

The endless possibilities you can do with a scribble of colors…

How to craft a letter for someone special

Florence Hu March 21, 2025

Dear Reader, There is nothing like the sense of pride and anticipation that comes from tucking in a card and sealing the flap of an envelope, knowing that another pair of hands will tenderly open the...

Badminton takes a lot more effort to learn than people think.

Fast-paced and action-packed, badminton remains an underrated sport

Amelia Chang March 21, 2025

Among a multitude of different sports in three sports seasons throughout the school year, there are always some that take the spotlight and others that are more underrated and operate almost anonymously. One...

Especially with daylight savings pushing my wake-up time earlier, mornings can be more difficult than ever.

The top five worst morning annoyances, from a non-morning person

Dhatri Iyer March 19, 2025

Imagine the blaring sound of your alarm in the morning. Now, imagine hearing it eight times in a row in 10-minute intervals because you keep hitting snooze. When you finally shoot up in bed and grab your...

Swift singing during the Reputation Era at the record-breaking Eras Tour that saw a gross income of over $2 billion.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour: I never scored a ticket, but I can’t stop thinking about it

Renisha Mandal March 19, 2025

Over the past couple of years, there’s one item that’s stayed at the absolute top of my bucket list: to see Taylor Alison Swift performing her world-renowned Eras Tour, which began in 2023 and offered...

Marukai Market in Cupertino has a wide assortment of Popin’ Cookin’ DIY candy kits.

Playing pretend chef with Popin’ Cookin’ kits was the favorite part of my childhood

Ruiyan Zhu March 19, 2025

When I was 8, there was just something so enjoyable about watching pastry chefs: It was mesmerizing to see them whip up sugary concoctions from a simple mix of ingredients. I grew up watching reality TV...

Vasilveya’s collection of jewelry.

Embracing piercings as personal milestones

Ashni Pillai March 19, 2025

Body piercings are just an accessory for some people — little different from a bracelet or a watch.  But for others — they are a reflection of their personality, a way to mark a milestone, or a...

Nine out of 10 people say they have experienced earworms that have lasted for an hour or longer

Why do catchy songs get stuck in your head?

Andrew Gong March 19, 2025

We’ve all experienced it: You hear a song once, and suddenly, it’s looping in your head and playing on repeat. Even during that third-period math test, the melody refuses to fade.  Science can...

A peaceful classroom scene until the fire alarm rings.

Top 10 sounds to hear in class

Nika Svizhenko and Sunny Cao March 16, 2025

Shuffling Name Cards  Time to pretend that you’re studying your notes intensely and avoid any eye contact with the teacher. Ah, yes, I’m a good student who’s been following along with the...

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