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Sophomore Ella Asher is 5 foot 10, making her appear more mature and older than many of her peers. With both basketball and volleyball skills under her belt, Asher can be found walking around campus in a sweatshirt, full-length pants and Vans. Unlike some of her shorter classmates, Asher said she doesn’t worry about appearing […]

Editor’s Note: Katie and Jennifer are pseudonyms used to preserve anonymity.   When junior Katie walked into her first-period class on the first day of school, all she could focus on was what the students around her would think about her vaccination status. One by one, her friends asked her if she had received the […]

When sophomore Meher Bhatnagar arrived at the Shoreline Amphitheater for the Pitbull concert on Sept. 26, she was shocked to find that the staff didn’t comply with the COVID-19 prevention guidelines listed on the venue’s website, such as asking to see proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Even though the California Department of […]

Although this year’s dance commission faced challenges planning for Winter Formal due to COVID-19 restrictions, they rose to the occasion. Hoping for an off-campus formal — the first in four years — junior head commissioner Avani Kongetira, juniors Elsa Blom and Jackie Ryu, sophomore Skyler Dyal and freshman Haasika Thammaneni began planning well in advance. […]

“OK, flats teams, go!”  A steady stream of cheerful chatter and the low hum of machines sound through the workshop located behind the science building. The scent of wood fills the room as stage tech students bustle around sawing, drilling and assembling planks of wood to create set pieces for the fall play “A Midsummer […]

During the 2020-21 school year, principal Greg Louie created the Principal Student Advisory Panel to help him grasp student perspectives on topics such as school climate and the logistics of being in-person or staying home.  This year, an expanded panel includes six students from each grade level — some new, others returning — who meet […]

When the announcement of late rapper Mac Miller’s album “Faces” circulated online recently, a wave of nostalgia was natural. The album, which was a repurposing of his mixtape of the same name in 2014, included a few extra tracks and was officially released to streaming platforms on Oct. 15 after seven years of dormancy. Miller’s […]

For the first time, all four periods of Kristen Thomson’s environmental science classes have a combination of AP Environmental Science and college prep Environmental Science students. The number of non-AP Environmental Science students in each period ranges from one to three, with a total of nine students taking the course. Thomson said the goal of […]

 “Game of Thrones” — with the exception of its disastrous eighth season — is a must-watch because of its characters. My favorite (and least favorite) are below.  Warning: Spoilers ahead.   Undoubtedly carried the show: 1. Olenna Tyrell: Honestly, all the main characters paled in comparison to this superstar granny. She is the crème de […]

Note: The print version of this article contains slight errors in the section about Dahlia Murthy. The web version was updated accordingly. The corrections are as follows: 1. Murthy’s father was raised in South India, not North India. Murthy later clarified that her mother took it on herself to cook Indian food independently through recipes […]