Winter holidays
Rana Aghababazadeh, Zara Iqbal, Flora Peng, Claire Yang, and Collin Qian
December 15, 2018
Stay optimistic and study on
December 15, 2018
Filed under OPINION
As the AP Chemistry teacher walks down the aisles with test papers in hand, students await their scores with anxiety and apprehension. They fidget in their seats nervously as they hope for a good grade. When they finally see a paper plop down in front of them, students look at it and either smile or ...
Making the switch: The difference between public and private high schools
December 6, 2018
Filed under OPINION
or many MVHS students, the 13 years of schooling have been explicitly laid out for them. They attend an elementary school from the Cupertino Union School District, then a middle school in the same district, then MVHS. But there are always those who are forced to move because of financial obligations...
Love off the cuff
December 2, 2018
Filed under OPINION
With the cold nights getting longer and the buoyant holiday spirit fast approaching, the desire to settle down in a warm, cozy environment is stronger than ever. For some, this evokes a sense of longing to enter a non-platonic relationship, a phenomenon dubbed “cuffing season” that originated on Tw...
Best of luck!
November 27, 2018
Filed under OPINION
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 towards the light that bears the blood, sweat and tears of those who yearn for greatness. But yearni...
Behind the scream
November 21, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, OPINION
Whether it’s Christmas, Halloween or a different holiday, about once a month, junior Rohit Kumar’s extended family joins each other to watch horror movies together. This family tradition has been happening ever since he could remember, and he believes his family has been following it even since before...
Let’s Talk: Parenting
Ishani Singh and Stuti Upadhyay
November 21, 2018
Filed under Columns, OPINION, Perspectives
A Minority’s Point of View
Laasya Koduru and Stuti Upadhyay
November 21, 2018
Filed under OPINION
Senior Jade Tsao is passionate about connecting with her African-American culture. She reads books about African-American history, gets involved with protests and movements like Black Lives Matter and loves to talk to her dad about her culture. Ethnically, Tsao has been a minority in her community for...
We know how to party
Rana Aghababazadeh and Brian Xu
November 21, 2018
Filed under From the magazine, OPINION
hen Fremont HS junior Ashley Henry entered a small home in East San Jose, she found herself in a room packed with students, dozens of them intoxicated and slumped over couches. With the smell of weed and alcohol in the air, a voice pierced her ears and she turned to find the party host cussing and s...
Coming out of my shell: Forgiving Failures
November 21, 2018
Filed under Columns, From the magazine, OPINION
look at the clock. 2:35 a.m. How could I let this happen again? It seems like every morning I tell myself that I can sleep earlier and get more work done, but I get home, procrastinate and suddenly it’s 2:00 a.m., and I still have two classes’ worth of homework to do. When I was in elem...
