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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...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 » Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...150160170180190...nextlast
Digital libraries: The worst idea to be printed in 2013 October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang This September, the Bexar County Digital Library opened in San Antonio, Texas. That’s right, it’s a digital library. In other words, there are no books. read more » High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...150160170180190...nextlast
High school midterms are too extreme October 29, 2013 — by Nelson Wang Around the halfway mark of every semester, the campus is full of upperclassmen, whining endlessly about their midterms. Their complaints are completely justified. read more » Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...150160170180190...nextlast
Scheduling conflicts put the ‘bomb’ in Bombay in the Bay October 28, 2013 — by Jade Bisht Amid the stressful chaos of tests, projects and homework overwhelming students is the saddening news that the Indian Cultural Awareness Club’s annual Bombay in the Bay (BNB) has been moved two months earlier. The show will take place on Feb. 15 rather than on its usual weekend at the beginning of April break due to scheduling conflicts regarding the spring musical. Thinking about BNB taking place in less than five months compared to the usual seven is frightening — there are too many unnecessary conflicts to fret about in so little time. read more » firstprevious...1020304050...137138139140141...150160170180190...nextlast