Opinion

After watching the January release “American Sniper,” media users shared their discriminatory views of Arabs and Muslims. Twitter user @harshnewyorker stated the conviction of many: “Nice to see a movie where the Arabs are portrayed for who they really are — vermin scum intent on destroying us.”

The Academy Award-winning Iraq war movie, adapted from the autobiography of now-deceased Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, merely reinforced the American public’s bigoted perception of Muslims.

While many students applaud the rolling block schedule decision as a step in reducing student stress and improving the quality of each class period, the positive effects of the rolling block are still questionable. And because Robinson announced this change without much discussion with Saratoga’s nearly 1,400 students and 70-teacher staff, previous concerns about the efficacy of rolling block have not been addressed.

On Feb. 10, Jon Stewart announced that he would be retiring from The Daily Show by the end of this year. When we first heard this news, we were astonished and saddened by the fact that one of our favorite TV hosts was leaving. 

One way to curb the “student-dies-then cries-over-APs” issue is to offer time management lessons or tutorial sessions to increase students’ ability to handle rigorous course loads.

After years of discussion about a possible switch to a full block schedule, the school recently made the decision to switch to the format in the 2016-2017. 

SHS and Redwood should collaborate on helping prepare middle school students for high school and on classroom content especially in math and language courses, which depend on sequential knowledge.

Mental health has become a taboo topic in our society —  and now, many people feel ashamed to admit that they might be suffering from a mental illness.

“Must be in AP Chinese class at SHS.”

It’s right there on the AP exam registration form.

Grad Night requires hundreds of hours on the part of Grad Night committee parents — but also hundreds of dollars on the part of students.

If college is feeling more and more like a dangerous place, it’s because of headlines like this one from a recent New York Times issue: “Stanford Ex-Student Denies Rape of Unconscious Woman Outside Frat.”