Archive for category: Columns

/ February 8, 2012 2:35 pm

I can listen to the same song over and over and over again

I can sing it at two decibels too high. I can sing it three notes off key. A couple months ago, senior Kevin Tsukii asked me if I regretted never learning a musical instrument. Sure, I canít distinguish the different instruments in a song, and musical notes might as well be foreign words. But I know music still has a certain [...]

/ February 2, 2012 3:42 pm

Wrong cookie. #firstworldproblems

No one likes oatmeal raisin cookies, but is it really worth the complaining?

/ February 1, 2012 3:09 pm

Wanted: a pair of purple ear plugs

After getting my ears blasted, I think I will opt for a quieter form of fanaticism

/ December 9, 2011 12:34 am

Why is Kim so flippin’ famous?

Kim Kardashian makes half a million dollars in five tweets. I am so jealous.

/ December 7, 2011 2:43 pm

When a teacher says,

  I wanted to write this letter to persuade you that your assumption is wrong. Even though the average listing price for homes in Cupertino is right now is $1,651,276, according to the MLS listings, not every student at MVHS goes home to the same two-story surburban house. But,  after realizing that even I cannot not see  the financial diversity within [...]

/ December 7, 2011 2:36 pm

Out of touch with the iPod Touch

Centuries later, the supposedly user-friendly Apple gadget still befuddles me

/ November 9, 2011 3:03 pm

Uggly talk (and plastic crocs too)

They’re unflattering and they’re chunky, but oh, so comfy. Crocs versus Uggs: this issue has been hotly debated since the beginning of civilized history. And now once and for all, this debate will be solved. Right here, right now. Spoiler alert: Uggs are uglier. Crocs, for those unfamiliar, are essentially rubber shoes with a strap in the back, and theyíre [...]

/ November 9, 2011 2:57 pm

Did you know that white people live in Cupertino?

In the court my house is located in, seven out of ten households are homes to Caucasian families. In my classes, I am surprised when there are more than three Caucasian students surrounding me. According to real estate research site CLRsearch, in 2010, 50.39 percent of Cupertino citizens were any form of Asian while the MVHS school profile on Schoolloop [...]

/ November 9, 2011 2:46 pm

The Devil wears Abercrombie

A popular clothing store is a classless store filled with obscenity, depravity

/ November 9, 2011 2:40 pm

A whole lot of popular nothing

Pop music lyrics are the same airy stories again and again