Archive for category: Columns

/ April 11, 2012 1:31 pm

Grandma is watching you

Freaking not only traumatized me, but it provided me with essential life lessons

/ April 11, 2012 1:23 pm

Grandma’s day out

Columnist goes to the Big Apple, eats two apples and comes back home

/ March 21, 2012 1:48 pm

Reputation on the line

We couldn’t possibly jeopardize our reputation with a teacher — the adult that holds power over our grades, our letters of recommendation, our futures. But when we go home, we sit our butts down and complain with our friends about every teacher we despise, turning our social networking highways into private diaries. A month ago, when reporter senior Aafreen Mahmood and [...]

/ March 12, 2012 1:46 pm

Linsane or insane: Trend torture

Adventurous columnist explores new ways to bring the Lin puns to new levels.

/ 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