Opinion

Today, many Saratoga students are faced with the task of excelling in everything they take on under their own self-inflicted pressure and the pressure of others. The question is whether this level of stress is necessary.

With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change.

Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season.

Emma Watson, a woman’s rights ambassador, has been all over the news with her speech at the UN in September in support of the HeforShe campaign, an invitation encouraging men to join feminism. Men do need to join the fight for gender equality in order to make significant changes to society, and the HeForShe campaign is a step in the right direction, but it is only a start.

Recently, Oregon's Death with Dignity Act has been highly publicized by the story of Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

Malala Yousafzai, 17, is the youngest co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for “[her] struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”

Deeming itself the “anti-Facebook,” the new social network “Ello,” which boasts a simple and private yet also ad-free interface, is turning many heads. While the website, still in an invite-only beta stage, is committed to retaining an optimized user experience, it is dooming itself to failure as an ineffective and unsuccessful business.

Saratoga High should be separated from Los Gatos as it does not have as able a foundation to help with funding.

College presentations aren’t nearly as effective as they could be. Rather than emphasizing what makes a school unique, each is a marketing pitch that invariably says it’s “a great college for students just like you.”

The U.S. needs to follow Canada’s lead to close its borders to travelers from Ebola-stricken countries.