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Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action may have substantial long term effects on admissions

Aletheia Ju and Aidan Ruan • April 29, 2024

The Supreme Court declared affirmative action — the practice of colleges favoring applicants from historically marginalized groups — unconstitutional on June 29, 2023. Two cases (Students for Fair...

White supremacy is pitting minorities against each other

April Wang, Copy Editor • November 13, 2022

Let me just put out there that I approve of affirmative action. I think it is necessary, and I think it should not be torn down. Personal opinions aside, the issue of affirmative action gets tiring...

California voters don’t turn out in favor of supporting public schools

Ayah Ali-Ahmad • December 5, 2020

Proposition outcomes reflect differences of opinion among voters

Impact of Affirmative Action on Asian Americans

Minjae Kang • October 27, 2020

How affirmative action affects Asian Americans in college applications

College admissions should be merit-based, here’s why | EE Opinion

Tanish Mendki, Devin Gupta, and Jefferson Le • March 4, 2020

Of many controversial topics, college admissions is one of the most pertinent to Monta Vista high school. In this video, El Estoque staff writers Devin Gupta and Tanish Mendki explore why admissions should be merit-based

Congressman Ro Khanna discusses his policies

Hannah Lee, Shuvi Jha, and Swara Tewari • May 23, 2019

Khanna sits down with student journalists to explain his stances

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

Meme is created to mock female student’s acceptance into CalTech

Chetana Ramaiyer • January 20, 2018

Students post meme in private Facebook group to target another student

The race for admission: Lying about racial identity just isn’t worth it

Elizabeth Han • April 22, 2016

Lying about racial identity on college apps cheats both Affirmative Action and ourselves

Affirmative action proves not to be the best solution to provide diversity

Ashish Samaddar • April 10, 2014

Affirmative Action tackles the outcome, not the cause behind lack of minorities. College decisions are tough to say the least. Once the application has been sent, your entire fate rests upon an admission...

Playing the Race Card

Manasa Sanka • April 7, 2014

As the rain beat down in front of the Cupertino library on March 2, sophomore May Cui noticed many people waving signs and chanting “Say no to SCA 5.” They had one predominant feature: they were primarily...