Congressman Ro Khanna speaks at San Jose town hall
July 22, 2018
Congressman Ro Khanna addressed a gymnasium full of his constituents at Joaquin Miller Middle School. He answered questions from Sunnyvale, San Jose, Milpitas and Cupertino residents about a wide range of topics, including gun control, policy regarding the Middle East and the Immigration and Customs...
Cultural exchange: Hsinchu and Cupertino
May 3, 2018
Mayor and exchange students reflect on the relationship between Hsinchu and Cupertino
Breaking convention
April 11, 2018
Filed under Best of News, Local, NEWS, Politics
ommunity members mill about the bus circle, which will soon be filled with food trucks. Prominent local politicians speak in the Student Union. And the main attraction, a voter registration drive for students, takes center stage in the rally court. This is how seniors Samantha Millar, Santosh Sivak...
Corking the bottle: discussing the new Cupertino social host ordinance
April 11, 2018
The Cupertino City Council voted unanimously on March 6 to approve the first draft of the social host ordinance, a new law that strives to reduce the amount of underage drinking and drug use in the city by increasing the consequences for the adults that the city deems responsible. The social host ordi...
Walking towards adulthood
March 31, 2018
n March 28, parents of FUHSD students gathered in the MVHS auditorium. They filled the seats as they waited to hear speaker and Head of Brentwood K-12 School Mike Riera’s speech about connecting with teenagers. Riera began the speech by asking the audience the first things that came to mind when de...
Testing our boundaries: discussing the purpose of CAASPP testing
March 9, 2018
Filed under Around Campus, Education, Local, Multimedia, NEWS
n March 5 and March 6, MVHS juniors took the state-mandated California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) in which they were tested for proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For some students, this was cause for frustration, for anger — which is why they de...
City Council hosts community forum for development plans
March 9, 2018
Filed under Briefs, Local, NEWS
n March 10, members of the Cupertino City Council will take the stage to hear Cupertino residents discuss the new developments in town. According to host and citizen organization Better Cupertino’s website, mayor Darcy Paul will attend, as well as city council member Steven Scharf and planning...
California’s Assembly Bill 918 provides translated ballots for more minority languages
February 2, 2018
California’s Assembly Bill 918, which was passed in October 2017, amended California elections code section 14201 to expand the number of languages that facsimile ballots are provided for. Facsimile ballots, which are translated copies of the ballot that the voter can use as a reference for the Englis...
Every Drop Counts
January 30, 2018
Filed under Beyond the Magazine: News, From the magazine, Local, Multimedia, NEWS
n Jan. 19, a plastic foldable table serves as the Stanford Blood Center (SBC) front desk for donors, who wait their turn while wearing "first time donor” stickers. With pop music playing in the background, the quiet but energized atmosphere of the room is filled with people waiting in excitement or...
Take two: thousands gather for the second annual women’s march
January 22, 2018
Chants of “Not my president” and “Hey, hey! Ho ho! Donald Drumpf has got to go!” mixed with cheers, singing and laughter as thousands of people filled the streets of San Jose at 11 a.m. on Jan. 20 for the San Jose Women's March 2018. This march, and the other marches that occurred across the...
The effect of School Loop’s absence on teachers and students
January 16, 2018
Filed under Around Campus, Education, Local, NEWS
chool Loop was down from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8 for all students in FUHSD, catching students and teachers off guard, who depended on School Loop for their final first semester grades and homework assignments. FUHSD is usually allerted about School Loop’s maintenance schedule beforehand, but this time there...
A holiday full of giving
December 12, 2017
Filed under Beyond the Magazine: News, Local, NEWS, News Multimedia
uring the holidays, many students at MVHS travel to lavish places or spend precious time with their family. However, others spend their weekend at donation centers and community houses trying to provide for the people that live there. Working in these places, the students learn many different lessons a...
