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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Cultural barrier break down

Cultural barrier break down

Aafreen Mahmood November 19, 2009

Understanding another cultures breaks racial barriers In a school where so many cultures interact peacefully, I find it hard to grasp the idea of racial tensions. The number of people of different...

Gotcha!

Gotcha!

Aafreen Mahmood November 18, 2009

Is it really worth it to trick those you love? Last night, my sister wanted to see what Milo would do if a man attacked her. So she and her boyfriend acted as if she was the victim and her boyfriend...

Textual relations

Textual relations

Aafreen Mahmood November 12, 2009

Turn it off and grow a pair, ladies. You're better than this.   Venusians, put your phones down for a second. We need to talk. It started at the theater, a number of infatuated girls texting their...

Morality in Richmond

Morality in Richmond

Aafreen Mahmood November 5, 2009

Peer pressure can cause people to go against their own morals About an hour's drive away, Richmond is the second most dangerous city in the state of California and eighth in the nation. I've met someone...

Silence is golden

Silence is golden

Aafreen Mahmood November 3, 2009

Words don't always speak for themselves Ever since I watched "Dr. Doolittle", I have wished that I could talk to dogs. But unfortunately, whenever I asked Milo to talk to me, he just stared back at...

Dressing up, stripping down

Dressing up, stripping down

Aafreen Mahmood October 28, 2009

Once upon a time, Snow White was a beautiful princess. Now she's a two-piece costume with thigh-highs and stripper heels.     This week I planned to speculate on the appeal of vampires,...

The drama of the balloon boy

The drama of the balloon boy

Aafreen Mahmood October 23, 2009

The fiasco with the Heene family has become like a typical reality TV show  Last Thursday, I followed the news of the drifting UFO-like balloon, hoping that little Falcon Heene was safe. When...

Ruff, it’s nice to meet you

Aafreen Mahmood October 21, 2009

Sometimes it's just good to socialize with our community A few years ago, I used to walk Milo to Jollyman Park every summer evening at 6 p.m. Why 6 p.m.? Because that's when all the dog owners brought...

Gore, guts and LOLs

Gore, guts and LOLs

Aafreen Mahmood October 17, 2009

Girls like a sense of humor, not a zombie dripping blood. Someone let the boys in on this Asked to outline the ideal man, Venusians have always put a sense of humor at the top of the list (right...

In your face

Aafreen Mahmood October 8, 2009

Chicago may have lost the Olympics, but we're not crying     When I skimmed the London Times several days ago about the U.S.’s defeat in the bid to the 2016 Olympics, the impression I got was...

Boys on top!

Boys on top!

Aafreen Mahmood September 30, 2009

Now there's scientific proof that guys are actually ahead in the race to contentment. Ladies, what's wrong with us?  My dad sent me an article today, possibly to indirectly ask me how I'm...

The way we are

The way we are

Aafreen Mahmood September 23, 2009

Am I like him? Or is he like me? Last weekend a relative brought her black, one-pound, two-month-old teacup chihuahua over to my house, and my 14-pound dog was scared out of his mind. And her name was...

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