More gun control would lead to fewer murders March 2, 2011 — by Alex Ju and Ren Norris “Guns don’t kill people, people do.” The National Rifle Association’s slogan is a famous call for relaxed control regarding arms possession. However, recent events have cast a dark light on the issue. On Jan. 6, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in an attack that killed six people. Locally, on Jan. 15, a murder-suicide took place outside a Peet’s Coffee and Tea shop on El Paseo de Saratoga. read more » The methods of avoiding traffic demand a proper solution March 1, 2011 — by Kelly Liu Traffic has always been and will forever be a damper in the mornings. However, Saratoga High does not efficiently deal with the traffic flow to ensure that parents and students alike can move freely. We are either biking and walking through the parking lot avoiding life-threatening cars, or we are the ones sitting inside of them. read more » Voters should adopt parcel tax measure March 1, 2011 — by Falcon Editorial Staff Schools are the foundations of communities. Towns unite around their school’s football team, service-driven students give back to their communities, and high performing schools attract the best and brightest to the community. read more » We’re taking the difficult AP road despite all the warnings March 1, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Michelle Shu Time and time again, we hear teachers and administrators warning us not to overload ourselves with honors and AP courses. They tell us to balance our schedules, making time for academics, extracurriculars, a social life and sleep. read more » iPads becoming app-ropriate educational tools February 23, 2011 — by Paul Jung and Joanna Lee In April 2010, Apple released the revolutionary iPad that an increasing number of people and organizations are utilizing. This usage has had an unforeseen positive impact on education because it is an alternative, money-efficient and technologically advanced way to learn academic material. read more » Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
The methods of avoiding traffic demand a proper solution March 1, 2011 — by Kelly Liu Traffic has always been and will forever be a damper in the mornings. However, Saratoga High does not efficiently deal with the traffic flow to ensure that parents and students alike can move freely. We are either biking and walking through the parking lot avoiding life-threatening cars, or we are the ones sitting inside of them. read more » Voters should adopt parcel tax measure March 1, 2011 — by Falcon Editorial Staff Schools are the foundations of communities. Towns unite around their school’s football team, service-driven students give back to their communities, and high performing schools attract the best and brightest to the community. read more » We’re taking the difficult AP road despite all the warnings March 1, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Michelle Shu Time and time again, we hear teachers and administrators warning us not to overload ourselves with honors and AP courses. They tell us to balance our schedules, making time for academics, extracurriculars, a social life and sleep. read more » iPads becoming app-ropriate educational tools February 23, 2011 — by Paul Jung and Joanna Lee In April 2010, Apple released the revolutionary iPad that an increasing number of people and organizations are utilizing. This usage has had an unforeseen positive impact on education because it is an alternative, money-efficient and technologically advanced way to learn academic material. read more » Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
Voters should adopt parcel tax measure March 1, 2011 — by Falcon Editorial Staff Schools are the foundations of communities. Towns unite around their school’s football team, service-driven students give back to their communities, and high performing schools attract the best and brightest to the community. read more » We’re taking the difficult AP road despite all the warnings March 1, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Michelle Shu Time and time again, we hear teachers and administrators warning us not to overload ourselves with honors and AP courses. They tell us to balance our schedules, making time for academics, extracurriculars, a social life and sleep. read more » iPads becoming app-ropriate educational tools February 23, 2011 — by Paul Jung and Joanna Lee In April 2010, Apple released the revolutionary iPad that an increasing number of people and organizations are utilizing. This usage has had an unforeseen positive impact on education because it is an alternative, money-efficient and technologically advanced way to learn academic material. read more » Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
We’re taking the difficult AP road despite all the warnings March 1, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Michelle Shu Time and time again, we hear teachers and administrators warning us not to overload ourselves with honors and AP courses. They tell us to balance our schedules, making time for academics, extracurriculars, a social life and sleep. read more » iPads becoming app-ropriate educational tools February 23, 2011 — by Paul Jung and Joanna Lee In April 2010, Apple released the revolutionary iPad that an increasing number of people and organizations are utilizing. This usage has had an unforeseen positive impact on education because it is an alternative, money-efficient and technologically advanced way to learn academic material. read more » Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
iPads becoming app-ropriate educational tools February 23, 2011 — by Paul Jung and Joanna Lee In April 2010, Apple released the revolutionary iPad that an increasing number of people and organizations are utilizing. This usage has had an unforeseen positive impact on education because it is an alternative, money-efficient and technologically advanced way to learn academic material. read more » Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
Legacy system needs rethinking February 23, 2011 — by Jason Wu Jian Li scored a 2,400 on the SAT, graduated in the top 1 percent of his class at Livingston High School, New Jersey, and participated in a host of extracurricular activities. Despite his impressive resume, Li was rejected by Princeton University in the spring of 2006. It is easy to conclude that he simply suffered a bad break — thousands of similarly well-qualified applicants are rejected by top tier universities every year, and Princeton rejects about half of applicants with a 2,400. read more » Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
Do not politicize a tragedy February 10, 2011 — by Synthia Ling Gunshots rang out in front of the Arizona Safeway store on Jan. 8, transforming the line of eager local citizens waiting to speak with Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a screaming, chaotic crowd. Jared Loughner, 22, stood in the parking lot randomly shooting. In the aftermath: six dead, 13 injured and plenty of controversy. read more » E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
E-learning does not trump real learning February 10, 2011 — by Denise Lin and Kelly Liu On the first day of school, Naomi Baptiste of North Miami Beach Senior High School stepped into her precalculus classroom … and was faced with a room full of computers. She soon learned that she would be learning math from a machine. In fact, the only adult figure in sight was a “facilitator” whose main role was to keep the computer programs running. read more » Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
Politics wrongly overshadows emotional impact of tragedies February 9, 2011 — by Cecilia Hollenhorst & Priyanka Nookala Six people lay motionless in an Arizona supermarket parking lot, dead from the shots of a lone gunman. While most would first and foremost consider the immense tragedy of such an event, a surprising number of people shifted the focus of this massacre to politics after discovering the identity of one injured victim: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat recently re-elected in a heavily Republican area. read more » Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast
Showing too much ‘Skins’ February 9, 2011 — by Megan Benzing and Olivia Chock “It’s embarrassing,” said Tony. “It’s totally normal for a kid of 16 not to have had sex—” replied Stanley. “It’s embarrassing, Stan.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...169170171172173...180190200210...nextlast