It might sound crazy, but 16-year-olds should have the right to vote December 10, 2022 — by Zachary Zinman Turning 18 on Sept. 9 came with one of the most exciting privileges for me: voting in the November election. Politics has always been a key part of my household. My father and I frequently share articles regarding the president’s approval ratings, inflation and the war in Ukraine while “Meet the Press” plays every Sunday […] read more » America needs to speak out against violence directed towards female politicians December 10, 2022 — by William Norwood and Sarah Thomas On Oct. 28, a deranged right wing extremist attacked House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, in their San Francisco home, striking him with a hammer and reportedly asking, “Where’s Nancy?” Mr. Pelosi was left with a skull fracture, and treated at Stanford Health Trauma Center . Although attacks on government officials have become more […] read more » Extreme fitness advice on YouTube is doing more harm than good December 8, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Throughout lockdown, young teenagers stuck at home could no longer maintain their health through outdoor exercise to the same extent as pre-pandemic times. Instead, online methods of maintaining activity via fitness influencers and YouTubers became prevalent among adolescents. Though a wealth of fitness knowledge is available on YouTube, fitness YouTubers are often unlicensed, self-proclaimed “experts” […] read more » Twitter has long been toxic; why are we trying to protect it? December 8, 2022 — by Tara Natarajan A prominent example of this was when highly influential conspiracy theorist Alex Jones leveraged the power of the internet to spread lies about everything from antisemitic “New World Order” theories to claiming that patrons of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, most of whom were Latino and in the queer community, worked to promote […] read more » The Common Application has an em dash dilemma December 8, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar I love the em dash — a lot. I’ve used it nearly all of my college essays, multiple times. I love to use them in stories I write for The Falcon — in fact, I encourage all respected English writers to use it as well. But I wrote my essays in Microsoft Word, checking the […] read more » Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
America needs to speak out against violence directed towards female politicians December 10, 2022 — by William Norwood and Sarah Thomas On Oct. 28, a deranged right wing extremist attacked House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, in their San Francisco home, striking him with a hammer and reportedly asking, “Where’s Nancy?” Mr. Pelosi was left with a skull fracture, and treated at Stanford Health Trauma Center . Although attacks on government officials have become more […] read more » Extreme fitness advice on YouTube is doing more harm than good December 8, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Throughout lockdown, young teenagers stuck at home could no longer maintain their health through outdoor exercise to the same extent as pre-pandemic times. Instead, online methods of maintaining activity via fitness influencers and YouTubers became prevalent among adolescents. Though a wealth of fitness knowledge is available on YouTube, fitness YouTubers are often unlicensed, self-proclaimed “experts” […] read more » Twitter has long been toxic; why are we trying to protect it? December 8, 2022 — by Tara Natarajan A prominent example of this was when highly influential conspiracy theorist Alex Jones leveraged the power of the internet to spread lies about everything from antisemitic “New World Order” theories to claiming that patrons of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, most of whom were Latino and in the queer community, worked to promote […] read more » The Common Application has an em dash dilemma December 8, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar I love the em dash — a lot. I’ve used it nearly all of my college essays, multiple times. I love to use them in stories I write for The Falcon — in fact, I encourage all respected English writers to use it as well. But I wrote my essays in Microsoft Word, checking the […] read more » Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
Extreme fitness advice on YouTube is doing more harm than good December 8, 2022 — by Saachi Jain Throughout lockdown, young teenagers stuck at home could no longer maintain their health through outdoor exercise to the same extent as pre-pandemic times. Instead, online methods of maintaining activity via fitness influencers and YouTubers became prevalent among adolescents. Though a wealth of fitness knowledge is available on YouTube, fitness YouTubers are often unlicensed, self-proclaimed “experts” […] read more » Twitter has long been toxic; why are we trying to protect it? December 8, 2022 — by Tara Natarajan A prominent example of this was when highly influential conspiracy theorist Alex Jones leveraged the power of the internet to spread lies about everything from antisemitic “New World Order” theories to claiming that patrons of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, most of whom were Latino and in the queer community, worked to promote […] read more » The Common Application has an em dash dilemma December 8, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar I love the em dash — a lot. I’ve used it nearly all of my college essays, multiple times. I love to use them in stories I write for The Falcon — in fact, I encourage all respected English writers to use it as well. But I wrote my essays in Microsoft Word, checking the […] read more » Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
Twitter has long been toxic; why are we trying to protect it? December 8, 2022 — by Tara Natarajan A prominent example of this was when highly influential conspiracy theorist Alex Jones leveraged the power of the internet to spread lies about everything from antisemitic “New World Order” theories to claiming that patrons of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, most of whom were Latino and in the queer community, worked to promote […] read more » The Common Application has an em dash dilemma December 8, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar I love the em dash — a lot. I’ve used it nearly all of my college essays, multiple times. I love to use them in stories I write for The Falcon — in fact, I encourage all respected English writers to use it as well. But I wrote my essays in Microsoft Word, checking the […] read more » Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
The Common Application has an em dash dilemma December 8, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar I love the em dash — a lot. I’ve used it nearly all of my college essays, multiple times. I love to use them in stories I write for The Falcon — in fact, I encourage all respected English writers to use it as well. But I wrote my essays in Microsoft Word, checking the […] read more » Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
Ill-designed Messenger desktop app obstructs casual communication December 8, 2022 — by Anthony Wang I open my laptop to see that someone has sent me a message on Messenger. The Messenger desktop app doesn’t distinguish between urgent communications and mundane group chat updates in its notification symbol at the bottom of my screen, so I am forced to look at it. The message is a picture of a pork […] read more » Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
Staff editorial: Racist incident a reminder of the work we need to do November 20, 2022 — by Shaan Sridhar Our school is diverse by national standards: We have a large Asian American population of 58.7%, covering a vast number of cultures and identities. Our diversity tends to indicate that we have an accepting community of varying backgrounds. So, when superintendent Bill Sanderson recently revealed to families that a Black doll was hanged by a […] read more » School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
School shooting pranks undermine safety November 18, 2022 — by Sam Bai Early in the morning of Oct. 27, an anonymous caller alerted Santa Cruz High School officials that an active shooter was on campus. School officials immediately called 911, initiating a massive law enforcement response of hundreds of officers. At the same time, the school went into lockdown. Law enforcement rushed onto school grounds, searching the […] read more » Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
Teachers: If you give group work, please let us assess our group members November 17, 2022 — by Sarah Zhou Group quizzes, group tests, group essays, group projects, group labs and group performances — the list of collaborative assignments goes on and on. Almost every student has shared the experience of having to participate in group work where work becomes unevenly distributed, with some students essentially lifting heavy weights while others barely offer to pick […] read more » For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast
For college admissions, the SAT is a necessary evil November 17, 2022 — by Christopher Chen In recent years, standardized testing has played an increasingly smaller role in college admissions decisions. Many schools first went widely test-optional in 2021 to accommodate for the inconvenience of testing during the pandemic, and many colleges have kept tests optional for the coming years. For the 2022-23 admissions cycle, only two out of the nation’s […] read more » firstprevious...10...1718192021...3040506070...nextlast