Clubs should be allowed to meet during tutorial December 8, 2021 — by Jason Cheng and Preston Fu Before the pandemic, students were free to meander through classrooms during 35-minute lunch periods — enough time for club members to participate in activities and finish eating. Club officers encouraged prospective members to join meetings through free pizza and snacks. Now, under the COVID-19 indoor mask mandate, many clubs are struggling to survive. After students […] read more » Choose ethical consumption over following TikTok’s ever-changing fashion whims December 3, 2021 — by Sarah Thomas 2021 has seen numerous clothing trends from brightly colored floral dresses to patchwork jeans to variations of the House of Sunny Hockney Dress. However, the most surprising trend was the return of low-rise jeans. After years of people swearing by incredibly high-rise jeans, it was surprising to see how quickly people replaced their wardrobes with […] read more » ‘Life influencers’ are only influencing people to think badly about themselves December 3, 2021 — by Shaan Sridhar As a student in the thick of junior year, I find it almost impossible to stay organized. You can be as prepared as possible, but you’ll still be stressed. You can be as efficient as possible, but you’ll never be done with all of your work. The grind is never-ending, and with that follows a […] read more » 2021 MacBook Pros prove to be a huge leap in technology December 3, 2021 — by Bill Yuan Apple’s laptops from last year revolutionized the market, introducing the new MacBook Pro and Air. With the addition of the M1 chip, a CPU designed and manufactured in-house, the 2020 MacBooks allowed all components to be well-integrated and optimized, boosting performance and efficiency to new heights while retaining a cheap price. This year, with expectations […] read more » The ‘metaverse’ may be the internet’s next big thing, but it shouldn’t be Meta’s December 2, 2021 — by Tara Natarajan “Desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line. The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” Mark Zuckerberg said to viewers during the virtual Facebook Connect 2021 keynote on […] read more » Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
Choose ethical consumption over following TikTok’s ever-changing fashion whims December 3, 2021 — by Sarah Thomas 2021 has seen numerous clothing trends from brightly colored floral dresses to patchwork jeans to variations of the House of Sunny Hockney Dress. However, the most surprising trend was the return of low-rise jeans. After years of people swearing by incredibly high-rise jeans, it was surprising to see how quickly people replaced their wardrobes with […] read more » ‘Life influencers’ are only influencing people to think badly about themselves December 3, 2021 — by Shaan Sridhar As a student in the thick of junior year, I find it almost impossible to stay organized. You can be as prepared as possible, but you’ll still be stressed. You can be as efficient as possible, but you’ll never be done with all of your work. The grind is never-ending, and with that follows a […] read more » 2021 MacBook Pros prove to be a huge leap in technology December 3, 2021 — by Bill Yuan Apple’s laptops from last year revolutionized the market, introducing the new MacBook Pro and Air. With the addition of the M1 chip, a CPU designed and manufactured in-house, the 2020 MacBooks allowed all components to be well-integrated and optimized, boosting performance and efficiency to new heights while retaining a cheap price. This year, with expectations […] read more » The ‘metaverse’ may be the internet’s next big thing, but it shouldn’t be Meta’s December 2, 2021 — by Tara Natarajan “Desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line. The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” Mark Zuckerberg said to viewers during the virtual Facebook Connect 2021 keynote on […] read more » Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
‘Life influencers’ are only influencing people to think badly about themselves December 3, 2021 — by Shaan Sridhar As a student in the thick of junior year, I find it almost impossible to stay organized. You can be as prepared as possible, but you’ll still be stressed. You can be as efficient as possible, but you’ll never be done with all of your work. The grind is never-ending, and with that follows a […] read more » 2021 MacBook Pros prove to be a huge leap in technology December 3, 2021 — by Bill Yuan Apple’s laptops from last year revolutionized the market, introducing the new MacBook Pro and Air. With the addition of the M1 chip, a CPU designed and manufactured in-house, the 2020 MacBooks allowed all components to be well-integrated and optimized, boosting performance and efficiency to new heights while retaining a cheap price. This year, with expectations […] read more » The ‘metaverse’ may be the internet’s next big thing, but it shouldn’t be Meta’s December 2, 2021 — by Tara Natarajan “Desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line. The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” Mark Zuckerberg said to viewers during the virtual Facebook Connect 2021 keynote on […] read more » Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
2021 MacBook Pros prove to be a huge leap in technology December 3, 2021 — by Bill Yuan Apple’s laptops from last year revolutionized the market, introducing the new MacBook Pro and Air. With the addition of the M1 chip, a CPU designed and manufactured in-house, the 2020 MacBooks allowed all components to be well-integrated and optimized, boosting performance and efficiency to new heights while retaining a cheap price. This year, with expectations […] read more » The ‘metaverse’ may be the internet’s next big thing, but it shouldn’t be Meta’s December 2, 2021 — by Tara Natarajan “Desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line. The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” Mark Zuckerberg said to viewers during the virtual Facebook Connect 2021 keynote on […] read more » Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
The ‘metaverse’ may be the internet’s next big thing, but it shouldn’t be Meta’s December 2, 2021 — by Tara Natarajan “Desktop to web to phones, from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line. The next platform and medium will be even more immersive, an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it,” Mark Zuckerberg said to viewers during the virtual Facebook Connect 2021 keynote on […] read more » Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
Rallying to improve rallies November 23, 2021 — by Chris Chen Hundreds of students decked out in their class colors walked to the football field to spend 40 minutes sitting on the bleachers for the first rally of the year during a tutorial on Sept. 17. To me, it was 40 minutes too long, mostly spent listening to my fellow juniors yell “Go home, freshmen!” Although […] read more » Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
Normalizing sexual violence through media fuels rape culture November 22, 2021 — by Hannah Lee TW: The following content includes subjects on sexual violence, rape, and assault. For decades, media and pop culture have consistently portrayed men and women through strict stereotypes: men dominant and powerful and women as passive and powerless objects of male sexual desires. In pop culture, women rarely see their intelligence or other less-sexualized attributes praised. […] read more » 100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
100-word rant: Candy canes have an inedible shape November 22, 2021 — by Benjamin Li With candy canes’ festive red and white stripes and hook shape, it’s become a Christmas tradition to hang them as ornaments on trees. They look cute and you can eat them: The perfect duo, right? Wrong. Trying to cram a candy cane into my mouth is one of my top 10 most frustrating experiences. Starting […] read more » The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
The need for tech refresh: Establish a tech booster organization November 22, 2021 — by Lynn Dai Tech funding is a challenge that schools across the nation have wrestled with for years and SHS is no exception. Even the funds raised from the district, the SHS Foundation and other sources haven’t been enough to meet the growing needs. Students have returned to campus with aging desktops and Chromebooks ranging from 2 to […] read more » Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast
Ethnic studies would work better as a whole-year class November 19, 2021 — by Andrew Lin A bill passed in October requires California schools to offer an Ethnic Studies course by 2025 and makes taking a one-semester Ethnic Studies course a graduation requirement starting in 2029. While legislators had good intentions, this course may prove divisive and ineffective. In its current form in its first year at SHS, the ethnic studies […] read more » firstprevious...1020...2728293031...4050607080...nextlast