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Junior Anastasia Panidis sat on the bleachers of Archbishop Mitty High School’s gym during winter of her freshman year, listening intently alongside her peers as Father James, Mitty’s head priest, gave the students a sermon. Despite not necessarily believing in God, Panidis, who attended Mitty for her freshman and sophomore years before switching to Saratoga […]

In the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) administered last December, about 33 percent of Saratoga High School students reported feeling chronically sad or hopeless to the point of stopping their normal activities, while 13 percent said they had seriously considered attempting suicide.  As a way to combat the concerning proportion of students struggling with their […]

On Aug. 16, the Beijing police arrested Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu on charges of rape, following an investigation that was launched after multiple females on Weibo (a Chinese version of Twitter) accused him of raping and drugging them. His arrest marked an era of women starting to speak up against sexual abuse in China.  […]

In 2007, pop superstar Britney Spears shocked the world when she suffered a series of public mental breakdowns. Spears’ erratic behavior included spontaneously shaving her head, driving with her infant son in her lap, smashing a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella and refusing to surrender her children in a police stand-off.  Various media outlets publicized […]

Since California’s June reopening, downtown Saratoga has transformed from its previously deserted state to a brightly lit and lively business area, with restaurants like Hachi Ju Hachi bustling with activity.  Hachi Ju Hachi, located on Big Basin Way, specializes in traditional Japanese cuisine. It was hit hard by the pandemic — fears of virus transmission […]

After his first meeting of the year with guidance counselor Frances Saiki on Aug. 16, senior Nikhil Kapasi exited her office feeling as if a weight of uncertainty had been lifted from his shoulders. “It was nice having more clarity and just walking in and chatting with her,” Kapasi said. “I remember the senior check-in […]

In what felt like a fever dream, junior Brandon Ngo spammed his Twitch chat stream in excitement. Two of his favorite artists, Synthion and HYPERLOCK, unexpectedly showed up to his online music festival in late July.  “Both online and real life friends were checking out the stream,” Ngo said. “It was extremely exciting.” Online music […]

Before the pandemic, junior Shannon Wang barely had the motivation to pursue her interest in animation and digital art, much less imagine that she would be teaching it to other people.  Now, she has transformed her passion into Draw for a Cause, a nonprofit that fundraises for various causes through art commissions. The organization launched […]

“Hollister TFC, Skyhawk six-four-zero-fife-niner, left downwind for runway one-four, Hollister,” said Omkar Kulkarni, Class of 2021 alumni and current freshman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Kulkarni, a rookie pilot, was informing nearby pilots about his takeoff.  As Kulkarni pulled the flap handle, the nose of the plane tilted to face the sky […]