El Estoque

2022 News Recap

Angela Zhang, News Editor • December 21, 2022

Reflecting on the biggest news events of each month

Silicon valley layoffs

Mihir Vishwarupe and Eric Zhou • December 16, 2022

Examining the effects of Bay Area tech company layoffs on employees

To Ye or not to Ye

Sameer Maheshwari, Gauri Manoj, and Darpan Singh • December 16, 2022

Examining Ye’s anti-semitism and what it means to be a fan

Jumping down the rabbit hole

Nameek Chowdhury and Krish Dev • November 12, 2022

Twitter is a social media platform where users who can post text-based messages along with photos, videos and hyperlinks. Recently, the platform was acquired by billionaire and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk....

J-Hope and Becky G release addictive remake of hip-hop track “Chicken Noodle Soup”

Zara Iqbal, Copy editor • September 30, 2019

The significance of the two artists’ reinterpretation of the 2006 hit

Cross pollinating culture: why the Indian greeting “namaste” should not be popularized in the West

Aditi Dixit and Annie Zhang • September 27, 2019

Unpacking the controversy behind Western usage of the Indian greeting “namaste”

Sister Scandal: Why the recent James Charles x Tati Westbrook controversy makes me uneasy

Lakshanyaa Ganesh • May 13, 2019

Easy ways to read the news

Shivani Gupta, Staff Writer • March 11, 2019

A few methods to quickly become informed

Stan Twitter culture

Zara Iqbal and Claire Yang • September 15, 2018

tan Twitter.” The word “stan” is defined by Oxford Dictionary as an “overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.” “Stan Twitter” refers to the individuals on Twitter who create...

The rise of AP test memes

Aanchal Garg • May 25, 2018

As each AP testing season comes and goes, many students worry about the exams they have to take and the content they have to study. However, over the last couple of years, there’s been a rise in AP test...