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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...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 » Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...130140150160170...nextlast
Rick Riordan, John Green demonstrate positive role of authors on social media today December 4, 2014 — by Claire Chou and Isabelle Tseng With the increased popularity of social media, authors today have become much more prominent and publicly connected figures — and this is a positive change. read more » College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...130140150160170...nextlast
College counseling: the source of my sanity December 2, 2014 — by Sabrina Chen Choosing a reliable, dedicated college counselor can relieve seniors of significant amounts of stress during the application season. read more » Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...130140150160170...nextlast
Watson’s speech to the UN a first step towards gender equality December 2, 2014 — by Megan MacInnes and Shreya Tumu 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. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...120121122123124...130140150160170...nextlast