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These white and blue buses can be seen zooming around Saratoga — “zooming” because they’re often empty.

VTA needs to change its bus schedule

Sanyukta Ravishankar November 17, 2025

The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses that zoom through Saratoga cost only $1.25 per ride for kids and teens, with stops starting in downtown Saratoga and running all the way to Cupertino.  The...

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The math department course sequence chart loses some pathways.

Power of perception — math policy changes come with potential downsides

Alexander Mao November 16, 2025

In 2016, the math department adopted an open-enrollment philosophy; the idea was to allow students and their parents more freedom to choose the right classes for themselves and be subject to fewer restrictions...

Social media is overtaking traditional news with no sign of stopping.

As Kirk assassination video shows, traditional journalism is down but shouldn’t be out

Clara Choi November 11, 2025

While eating my cafeteria pasta during lunch on Sept. 10, I watched someone die from a violent shooting and didn’t even realize it.  After seeing the video, my friend and I just scrolled away from...

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is stranded on a trackside hill as he laments his poor race at the Dutch Grand Prix.

100-word rant: F1 has a gatekeeping problem

Dhatri Iyer November 6, 2025

If you look up any piece of Formula 1 media on the internet, you’re bound to see a comment calling someone a “DTS fan.” This insult refers to the Netflix documentary show “Drive To Survive,”...

If there's no sun, how is it so hot?

100-word rant: Weather, can you stop being weird?

Ryan Hsueh October 31, 2025

Every other day, before heading to marching band rehearsal, I’ll look outside to check the weather. If it’s cloudy, it must be cold, so I wear layers. If it's sunny, it must be hot, so I wear shorts...


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Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup, featuring a redesigned back and new color options.

Backlash over iPhone 17 grows as users call out Apple’s lack of innovation

Preksha Jain October 31, 2025

Apple’s newest iPhone 17, released on Sept. 19 and priced between $799 and $1,029, has sparked more frustration than excitement.  Though Apple promised longer battery life, a brighter display and...

Why is it that out of teenagers, boys find more satisfaction in video games?

How video games are harming teen boys

Ethan Lee October 31, 2025

Groups of boys play games together on their phones or laptops during tutorials and lunch is an occurrence that happens all over campus daily.   It’s common to see a “Brawl Stars” gang entering...

My biggest pet peeve: assignments due at 11:59 p.m.

Assignments should never be due at 11:59 p.m. — the default Canvas time

Jen Li October 31, 2025

Like many teens, I’m a night person, and I’m most productive when working into the wee hours. Though I like working late, I have a major pet peeve: when teachers set deadlines for assignments and have...

Trump threatens to take away freedom of the press from news organizations like PBS and NPR.

Trump’s war on the press shouldn’t be ignored or dismissed

Sasha Gupta October 31, 2025

During an interview aboard Air Force One in late September, president Donald Trump, frustrated by negative press coverage, remarked, “I would think maybe their license should be taken away." He went...

One simply cannot exit the education system without first learning these songs.

Rating catchy memorization songs — how many of them are actually useful?

Bryan Han and Sanyukta Ravishankar October 31, 2025

For many music enthusiasts, catchy songs come from carefully curated Spotify playlists, but for us, they often originate in the classroom.  Catchy songs come from a variety of classes: from memorizing...

The boy with the 6-7 T-shirt that still haunts me to this day.

6-7 does not deserve its popularity with Gen Alpha

Mona Chen October 29, 2025

As the new school year settled in, I began teaching self-defense again at Tree House, Foothill Elementary’s afterschool program. I was determined to engage the younger students in our lessons.  However,...

A photo of what a sink at every school bathroom looks like.

Stop bringing ants into school with your food spills

Ila Rao October 28, 2025

From overcrowding sinks to creeping out passersby, ants are the worst surprise when I’m trying to peacefully use the school bathrooms. On top of that, you tend to see them everywhere you go around campus.  Why...

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