Are artificial turf fields carcinogenic? November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu Some evidence shows fields now being used across the country and at Saratoga High may not be safe. read more » SIDEBAR: Analyzing FieldTurf’s science November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu This sidebar from the Nov. 1 issue looks at arguments put forth by FieldTurf. read more » SIDEBAR: Chemicals identified in artificial turf November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu Testing by the Environment and Health Human, Inc. was conducted under mild conditions. Crumb rubber, the main constituent of artificial turfs, was exposed to water, and the following chemicals were identified. read more » Students overreact to well-intended dance policy October 30, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Sweeya Raj While a mere 150 students showed up to the Back-to-School dance in August, at least 1,000 students from local schools enjoyed a wild night at the Masquerade Mixer at the Chinese Performing Arts Center on Oct. 19, a dance organized by students and free from the restrictions of a “boring” school dance that prohibits freaking. read more » Renowned historian and author of the APUSH textbook speaks October 30, 2013 — by Bruce Lou The dreaded AP United States History (APUSH) textbook is the bane of many a junior’s existence. But on Oct. 23, more than 500 students, enticed by promises of extra credit, crowded into the McAfee Center to hear David Kennedy, one of the authors of the APUSH textbook. read more » Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
SIDEBAR: Analyzing FieldTurf’s science November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu This sidebar from the Nov. 1 issue looks at arguments put forth by FieldTurf. read more » SIDEBAR: Chemicals identified in artificial turf November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu Testing by the Environment and Health Human, Inc. was conducted under mild conditions. Crumb rubber, the main constituent of artificial turfs, was exposed to water, and the following chemicals were identified. read more » Students overreact to well-intended dance policy October 30, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Sweeya Raj While a mere 150 students showed up to the Back-to-School dance in August, at least 1,000 students from local schools enjoyed a wild night at the Masquerade Mixer at the Chinese Performing Arts Center on Oct. 19, a dance organized by students and free from the restrictions of a “boring” school dance that prohibits freaking. read more » Renowned historian and author of the APUSH textbook speaks October 30, 2013 — by Bruce Lou The dreaded AP United States History (APUSH) textbook is the bane of many a junior’s existence. But on Oct. 23, more than 500 students, enticed by promises of extra credit, crowded into the McAfee Center to hear David Kennedy, one of the authors of the APUSH textbook. read more » Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
SIDEBAR: Chemicals identified in artificial turf November 1, 2013 — by Samuel Liu Testing by the Environment and Health Human, Inc. was conducted under mild conditions. Crumb rubber, the main constituent of artificial turfs, was exposed to water, and the following chemicals were identified. read more » Students overreact to well-intended dance policy October 30, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Sweeya Raj While a mere 150 students showed up to the Back-to-School dance in August, at least 1,000 students from local schools enjoyed a wild night at the Masquerade Mixer at the Chinese Performing Arts Center on Oct. 19, a dance organized by students and free from the restrictions of a “boring” school dance that prohibits freaking. read more » Renowned historian and author of the APUSH textbook speaks October 30, 2013 — by Bruce Lou The dreaded AP United States History (APUSH) textbook is the bane of many a junior’s existence. But on Oct. 23, more than 500 students, enticed by promises of extra credit, crowded into the McAfee Center to hear David Kennedy, one of the authors of the APUSH textbook. read more » Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
Students overreact to well-intended dance policy October 30, 2013 — by Deepti Kannan and Sweeya Raj While a mere 150 students showed up to the Back-to-School dance in August, at least 1,000 students from local schools enjoyed a wild night at the Masquerade Mixer at the Chinese Performing Arts Center on Oct. 19, a dance organized by students and free from the restrictions of a “boring” school dance that prohibits freaking. read more » Renowned historian and author of the APUSH textbook speaks October 30, 2013 — by Bruce Lou The dreaded AP United States History (APUSH) textbook is the bane of many a junior’s existence. But on Oct. 23, more than 500 students, enticed by promises of extra credit, crowded into the McAfee Center to hear David Kennedy, one of the authors of the APUSH textbook. read more » Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
Renowned historian and author of the APUSH textbook speaks October 30, 2013 — by Bruce Lou The dreaded AP United States History (APUSH) textbook is the bane of many a junior’s existence. But on Oct. 23, more than 500 students, enticed by promises of extra credit, crowded into the McAfee Center to hear David Kennedy, one of the authors of the APUSH textbook. read more » Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
Supplementals cause students unnecessary stress October 29, 2013 — by Sanj Nalwa The clock strikes 1 in the foggy morning as you type away on your computer. Your head throbs, and your eyes water. This is the fourth college essay you, a senior, are wearily writing. read more » California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
California legislation gives minors rights to erase info October 29, 2013 — by Minu Palaniappan and Nelson Wang On Sept. 23, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed an “eraser bill” that gives California minors the right to delete online postings on social media sites. This is the first legislation of its kind, and it will require social media sites to allow minors to clear their data from Facebook’s servers starting in 2015. read more » ‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
‘Scratch-off’ Scantrons revolutionize test taking October 29, 2013 — by Michelle Leung There are two minutes left and you’re staring down at the test in a panic. You’ve filled in answers “A” and “B” and erased them five times already. You've already eliminated “C,” “D” and “E” — that should be worth something, you tell yourself. But it's not, since choosing the wrong choice will cost you all the points for that problem. read more » Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
Curves benefit classes October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Devin Zhao What is this magical “curving” that saves grades from plummeting after a hard test and even boosts some students’ grades above the 100 percent mark? Curving is the distribution of grades among a class to form a bell curve, but to students, it means a whole lot more. read more » Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast
Link Crew is not beneficial for entire year October 29, 2013 — by Andrew Jiang and Miles Abert It’s Monday tutorial and freshmen sluggishly walk into classrooms for Freshman Focus, a monthly meeting with teachers and Link Crew leaders that is mandatory for them. They are sadly aware that their entire tutorial will be spent answering questions from Link leaders such as, “How was your week?” and “How’s freshman year?” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...136137138139140...150160170180190...nextlast