Opinion

In all of our English classes thus far, we have endured graded Socratic seminars. 

Almost every club requires a teacher’s classroom to hold meetings in, and it is these teachers who usually assume the responsibility as adviser for that particular club. But often, the only contribution they make is providing a room for meetings.  

It’s a longstanding tradition: Senior football players begin their season with a “guardian angel” cheerleader watching over them. The designated varsity cheerleader supports each player and wishes them luck by giving them a weekly gift, often home-baked goods, before every home game.

When Club Day took place in late September, students attended for two primary reasons: first, the free food; second, the unending search for application-boosting extracurricular activities. For their first meeting, many clubs — such as speech and debate, science club and math club — were flooded with new members hoping for something to strengthen their resume.

Saratoga High lacks the necessary support system for students interested in STEM.

Is it ethical to use college counselors to get ahead?

One of our most basic rights is our right to access public records. It goes back all the way to the Freedom of Information Act in 1966.

On Sept. 19, Apple released the iPhone 6 worldwide — the company’s newest product in its “making things bigger and smaller and bigger again but not that big” progression.

Despite Apple’s new upgrades, it has too many drawbacks to be worth the $300 for 16GB.

Proposals from school boards to whitewash the American history curriculum have returned, stirring protest and outrage among community members in Colorado’s Jefferson County near Denver. In response to College Board’s new AP U.S. History course, which now consists of a far more detailed account of the Native American struggle and campaigns like the Civil Rights Movement, the new proposition calls for a more positive rendition of history.

The Internet is not just a teeming pool of information for us to feed off of; it chips away at our mind’s capacities for contemplation and attention. Consequently, we zip along the surface of the its information.