Baking and reviewing the Trader Joe’s Hawaiian mochi cake March 12, 2022 — by Anjali Pai As I walked through the aisles of Trader Joe’s recently, a unique item caught my eye. The box was labeled “mochi cake mix” and described as a “Hawaiian-inspired cake with a chewy mochi texture.” The picture of this golden brown cake instantly caught my attention, and I eagerly put one in my cart. When I […] read more » Toga boys need to stop acting ‘hood’ March 10, 2022 — by Lena Aribi andMeher Bhatnagar Disclaimer: This is attributed to our personal preferences, reader discretion advised. We live in one of the most expensive areas in the country, yet many boys who attend the school act like they’re starring in “Shameless” Season 4. From constantly throwing up gang signs and sagging your pants down, revealing your Ellen DeGeneres or Fruit […] read more » Saratoga: city of no lights and peaceful nighttime strolls March 10, 2022 — by Jonny Luo On the outskirts of Silicon Valley, nestled on the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountain range, lies a small town called Saratoga. Its 40,000 inhabitants live on the land of once proud orchards, which were subdivided in the mid-1900s into the sprawling neighborhoods of today. I remember the first day my parents drove into Saratoga. […] read more » 100-word rant: Please, I don’t want to freeze in class March 10, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli I wake up to a beautiful morning in the middle of March. It’s a little chilly so I ask my Amazon Alexa for the forecasted weather. “Today in Saratoga, California, expect a high of 70 degrees and a low of 56 degrees.” It’s going to be a bit chilly, but for once I can take […] read more » Grandblunderers > grandmasters March 8, 2022 — by Howard Shu and Arnav Swamy It was 1 a.m. during winter break, and Howard and Arnav were on a Discord call playing virtual chess against each other. As Howard attempted the four-move checkmate like he does every game, Arnav played openings he learned from watching YouTube, like the London System and Queen’s Gambit. While we may look like average chess […] read more » Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Toga boys need to stop acting ‘hood’ March 10, 2022 — by Lena Aribi andMeher Bhatnagar Disclaimer: This is attributed to our personal preferences, reader discretion advised. We live in one of the most expensive areas in the country, yet many boys who attend the school act like they’re starring in “Shameless” Season 4. From constantly throwing up gang signs and sagging your pants down, revealing your Ellen DeGeneres or Fruit […] read more » Saratoga: city of no lights and peaceful nighttime strolls March 10, 2022 — by Jonny Luo On the outskirts of Silicon Valley, nestled on the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountain range, lies a small town called Saratoga. Its 40,000 inhabitants live on the land of once proud orchards, which were subdivided in the mid-1900s into the sprawling neighborhoods of today. I remember the first day my parents drove into Saratoga. […] read more » 100-word rant: Please, I don’t want to freeze in class March 10, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli I wake up to a beautiful morning in the middle of March. It’s a little chilly so I ask my Amazon Alexa for the forecasted weather. “Today in Saratoga, California, expect a high of 70 degrees and a low of 56 degrees.” It’s going to be a bit chilly, but for once I can take […] read more » Grandblunderers > grandmasters March 8, 2022 — by Howard Shu and Arnav Swamy It was 1 a.m. during winter break, and Howard and Arnav were on a Discord call playing virtual chess against each other. As Howard attempted the four-move checkmate like he does every game, Arnav played openings he learned from watching YouTube, like the London System and Queen’s Gambit. While we may look like average chess […] read more » Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Saratoga: city of no lights and peaceful nighttime strolls March 10, 2022 — by Jonny Luo On the outskirts of Silicon Valley, nestled on the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountain range, lies a small town called Saratoga. Its 40,000 inhabitants live on the land of once proud orchards, which were subdivided in the mid-1900s into the sprawling neighborhoods of today. I remember the first day my parents drove into Saratoga. […] read more » 100-word rant: Please, I don’t want to freeze in class March 10, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli I wake up to a beautiful morning in the middle of March. It’s a little chilly so I ask my Amazon Alexa for the forecasted weather. “Today in Saratoga, California, expect a high of 70 degrees and a low of 56 degrees.” It’s going to be a bit chilly, but for once I can take […] read more » Grandblunderers > grandmasters March 8, 2022 — by Howard Shu and Arnav Swamy It was 1 a.m. during winter break, and Howard and Arnav were on a Discord call playing virtual chess against each other. As Howard attempted the four-move checkmate like he does every game, Arnav played openings he learned from watching YouTube, like the London System and Queen’s Gambit. While we may look like average chess […] read more » Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
100-word rant: Please, I don’t want to freeze in class March 10, 2022 — by Nikhil Mathihalli I wake up to a beautiful morning in the middle of March. It’s a little chilly so I ask my Amazon Alexa for the forecasted weather. “Today in Saratoga, California, expect a high of 70 degrees and a low of 56 degrees.” It’s going to be a bit chilly, but for once I can take […] read more » Grandblunderers > grandmasters March 8, 2022 — by Howard Shu and Arnav Swamy It was 1 a.m. during winter break, and Howard and Arnav were on a Discord call playing virtual chess against each other. As Howard attempted the four-move checkmate like he does every game, Arnav played openings he learned from watching YouTube, like the London System and Queen’s Gambit. While we may look like average chess […] read more » Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Grandblunderers > grandmasters March 8, 2022 — by Howard Shu and Arnav Swamy It was 1 a.m. during winter break, and Howard and Arnav were on a Discord call playing virtual chess against each other. As Howard attempted the four-move checkmate like he does every game, Arnav played openings he learned from watching YouTube, like the London System and Queen’s Gambit. While we may look like average chess […] read more » Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Senior explores the nuances of humanity through film March 4, 2022 — by Anouk Yeh Senior Taylor Zhou squinted as he and his Media Arts Program (MAP) group partners made edits to the scriptbook projected onto a large computer screen. For the past semester, Zhou and his four other Media Arts Program group mates have been crafting the script and storyline for their final senior capstone project: a short film. […] read more » Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Budget-friendly bling: bending paper clips into rings March 4, 2022 — by Victoria Hu One day, as I struggled to stay awake during class, I decided to play with the paper clips that I kept (but never used) in my pencil pouch. Suddenly, I had a stroke of genius — instead of aimlessly stabbing myself with them, what if I honed my fine motor skills and channeled my artistic […] read more » Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Wordle: millions consumed by a simple yet compelling game March 4, 2022 — by Jonny Luo I love Wordle. I don’t think I’m alone: over 2 million people play Wordle each day. For those of you who don’t know what Wordle is, Wordle is a simple, slightly addicting, online game where the player tries to guess a five-letter word in less than six guesses. The letters in guessed words are color-coded […] read more » NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
NileRed, a professional amateur chemist, savior of students, bane of teachers March 4, 2022 — by Sam Bai Do you hate chemistry? Does your brain refuse to understand the subject? Do concepts like stoichiometry, thermodynamics and titration make you want to physically repulse and clench your stomach? If so, might I suggest a remedy: NileRed, a highly bingable, chemistry-oriented YouTube channel. While it has the potential to confuse you even more, the channel […] read more » Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast
Snapchat’s disappointing ripoff mini-games ranked and reviewed March 4, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou During the previous year of online learning, I didn’t actually do as much learning as I could have. Instead, my friend and I spent most of our time testing almost every type of game on the social media app Snapchat. Although Snapchat originally gained popularity as a photo-messaging app, it branched out and added games […] read more » firstprevious...102030...3940414243...5060708090...nextlast