Meninism as backlash to radical feminism January 20, 2015 — by Amulya Vadlakonda As backlash to feminism, meninism has arisen as some kind of champion for men’s rights. Meninists degrade women, shaming them with posts like, “Ladies, the next time a guy has the guts to talk to [you], remember that he’s not wearing makeup. Also remember what you look like without it.” read more » Charlie Hebdo attack a testament to importance of free press January 20, 2015 — by Maya Prasad and Fiona Sequeira The devastating attack of the weekly satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” raised global discussion over the importance of freedom of press and the way society responds to its manifestations. While respect for religious beliefs is obviously important, freedom of speech is a crucial pillar of democracy that should never be compromised, even in light of such irrationally violent events. read more » SAT security policies should be strengthened January 20, 2015 — by Trevor Leung and Neehar Thumaty The College Board needs to tighten up its policies to prevent students from cheating the system. read more » Sleep is just a beautiful dream December 8, 2014 — by Maya Prasad Sleep is something we can never get enough of at home, and as a result, we often find ourselves making it up during the day. Sadly, school is not the ideal place to accomplish the magnificent yet evasive goal of sleep. read more » New English policy a step in the right direction December 5, 2014 — by Ashley Chen This year the English department has put together a policy that outlines appropriate behavior for tutors or parents who want to help students with essays and other assignments. The guide is available on the school website on the English department’s subpage. read more » Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Charlie Hebdo attack a testament to importance of free press January 20, 2015 — by Maya Prasad and Fiona Sequeira The devastating attack of the weekly satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” raised global discussion over the importance of freedom of press and the way society responds to its manifestations. While respect for religious beliefs is obviously important, freedom of speech is a crucial pillar of democracy that should never be compromised, even in light of such irrationally violent events. read more » SAT security policies should be strengthened January 20, 2015 — by Trevor Leung and Neehar Thumaty The College Board needs to tighten up its policies to prevent students from cheating the system. read more » Sleep is just a beautiful dream December 8, 2014 — by Maya Prasad Sleep is something we can never get enough of at home, and as a result, we often find ourselves making it up during the day. Sadly, school is not the ideal place to accomplish the magnificent yet evasive goal of sleep. read more » New English policy a step in the right direction December 5, 2014 — by Ashley Chen This year the English department has put together a policy that outlines appropriate behavior for tutors or parents who want to help students with essays and other assignments. The guide is available on the school website on the English department’s subpage. read more » Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
SAT security policies should be strengthened January 20, 2015 — by Trevor Leung and Neehar Thumaty The College Board needs to tighten up its policies to prevent students from cheating the system. read more » Sleep is just a beautiful dream December 8, 2014 — by Maya Prasad Sleep is something we can never get enough of at home, and as a result, we often find ourselves making it up during the day. Sadly, school is not the ideal place to accomplish the magnificent yet evasive goal of sleep. read more » New English policy a step in the right direction December 5, 2014 — by Ashley Chen This year the English department has put together a policy that outlines appropriate behavior for tutors or parents who want to help students with essays and other assignments. The guide is available on the school website on the English department’s subpage. read more » Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Sleep is just a beautiful dream December 8, 2014 — by Maya Prasad Sleep is something we can never get enough of at home, and as a result, we often find ourselves making it up during the day. Sadly, school is not the ideal place to accomplish the magnificent yet evasive goal of sleep. read more » New English policy a step in the right direction December 5, 2014 — by Ashley Chen This year the English department has put together a policy that outlines appropriate behavior for tutors or parents who want to help students with essays and other assignments. The guide is available on the school website on the English department’s subpage. read more » Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
New English policy a step in the right direction December 5, 2014 — by Ashley Chen This year the English department has put together a policy that outlines appropriate behavior for tutors or parents who want to help students with essays and other assignments. The guide is available on the school website on the English department’s subpage. read more » Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Lol, League is a sport? December 5, 2014 — by David Fan and Jason Zhao League of Legends is a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) video game developed by a company called Riot Games. Players get to become 100 different characters called champions. The goal of the game is to fight the opponents and destroy the enemy base. But however active the characters on screen may be, League of Legends should not be considered a sport. read more » Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Snapchat Leak leads to questions about lack of teenage awareness December 5, 2014 — by Sweeya Raj and Shreya Tumu On Oct. 11, hackers tapped into a third-party app called SnapSaved and leaked about 100,000 photos and videos from SnapChat users. Users were appalled and outraged by the leak, but in reality, this kind of breach was inevitable. read more » The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
The plastic bag ban: unnecessary December 5, 2014 — by Jason Zhao After much heated debate, Gov. Jerry Brown has assented to signing the bill banning all plastic bags in California. Once signed, the ban on plastic bags would kick in for grocery stores and pharmacies on July 1, 2015, and extend to convenience stores and liquor stores a year later. In place of plastic bags, stores will offer a paper or reusable bag at the cost of 10 cents. read more » Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Issues within America exposed with case in Ferguson December 5, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Karissa Dong On Nov. 24, the Missouri Grand Jury declared no indictment for Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, igniting a series of protests that led to the looting of stores, setting of fires and the arrest of hundreds of protesters in cities across the nation. read more » Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast
Self-inflicted pressure only harming students December 4, 2014 — by Maya Ravichandran and Vibha Seshadri 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...119120121122123...130140150160170...nextlast