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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

AI voices are changing reality – so who said that?

AI voices are changing reality – so who said that?

AI voices are impacting how we sound, connect and trust in the digital age
Grishma Jain and Yixuan (Joyce) Li
November 8, 2025
Illustration | Elizabeth Yang

Torn in two

El Estoque's Opinion section explores the negative impacts of political polarization on the MVHS community
Graphic | Grace Lin

Political apathy further weakens democracy

MVHS students and staff discuss the ethics of apoliticism
Radhika Dharmapurikar
November 3, 2025
Photo Illustration | Nylah Gehani

Repeated safety threats result in a sense of numbness to the occurrence on campus

After three bomb threats in the last school year alone and multiple others from prior school years, MVHS’ staff and students feel desensitized
Nylah Gehani
November 2, 2025
For immigrants, dealing with a new language can make engaging in the political process increasingly difficult. Graphics | Canva

Staff Editorial: Democracy at the dinner table

With increased political education comes the responsibility to inform others
Editorial Board
November 2, 2025
The reprioritization of civil discourse holds promise to heal political polarization. Illustration | Grace Lin

America needs to relearn the value of civil discourse

Growing political polarization has renewed the importance of respectful discussion
Jonah Chang and Elizabeth Yang
November 2, 2025
Solidifying my relationship with makeup taught me to use it to boost my confidence rather than hide my natural face. Illustration | Meghna Dixit

Unmasked

How I learned to use makeup to enhance my features instead of hiding my authentic self
Meghna Dixit
November 1, 2025
"Unalive," "seggs" and "grape" are some of the most commonly used terms in algospeak. Graphic | Emma Ma

How social media algorithms are shaping language and expression

MVHS students discuss the effects of circumventing content restrictions with modified language
Sophia D’Sa and Emma Ma
November 1, 2025
Here come the waterworks!

Here come the waterworks!

I’m learning to embrace my hypersensitivity
Radhika Dharmapurikar
October 31, 2025
Graphic | Srinikaa Naveenraj

Sticks, stones and words

How my experience with racism taught me to love myself
Srinikaa Naveenraj
October 30, 2025
We need to change our attitude toward political violence

We need to change our attitude toward political violence

With political violence on the rise, encouraging it will only fracture us further
Sophia D’Sa and Olivia Zhang
October 30, 2025
mr. piggy, jarney, and albert trick-or-treating.

shell diaries: dear diary, trick-or-treat!

notes from albert, ep. 2
Grace Lin
October 27, 2025
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