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Short end of the stick: Why the Affirmative Action policy should not be shunned

Andrea Perng and Annie Zhang • May 22, 2019

Navigating the purpose of race-based college admission policies

On the hunt

Sara Entezar • December 18, 2018

It’s not easy being journalists: the role requires ordinary students to embark on peculiar expeditions, searching for the hidden gems we dub newsworthy pitches. A newsworthy pitch is a story idea...

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard, right? It’s a narrative which Americans, pioneers of the American dream and frontiersmen of the working class have praised for centuries, sailing...

Back with the Bond

Stuti Upadhyay • October 24, 2018

Seven hours and 25 minutes. The length of a typical school day at MVHS. In a month, students spend around 150 hours at school. In a year, that’s around 1,300 hours. In four years, MVHS students spend...

Excuses, excuses

Swara Tewari • December 12, 2017

Students and teachers play a never-ending blame game about ditching school to catch up on work

I don’t mean to toot my own horn but…

Sara Entezarmahdi • December 13, 2016

Bragging habits take the place of real conversatioon

No room: Housing crisis negatively affects educational quality

Shriya Deshpande • May 18, 2016

Teachers moving decreases quality of education

Tenure on trial

Avni Prasad • September 24, 2014

"From the moment students enter a school," said President Barack Obama at the 2009 Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, "the most important factor in their success is not the color of their skin or the income...

Fail once, fail better

Eva Spitzen • May 22, 2013

Cultural fixation on failure hinders students ability to learn from mistakes

“Common Core” provides needed educational measures

Daniel Fernandez • May 8, 2013

Standardizing curriculum will serve students and teachers well in the long run.

Banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

El Estoque Staff • April 2, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court must take bold action to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

Building a better conversation

Smitha Gundavajhala • March 15, 2012

No matter what you may have heard, your teachers are not your friends. Sure, you give them Christmas gifts and sometimes even ask them about their plans for the break, but make no mistake — there is...