When every word counts: new changes in UC prompts gather mixed reactions
May 18, 2016
our prompts, 1,400 words. Starting next year, this is how each University of California applicants will get to express what they’ve learned from their 17 or 18 years of life experiences. College essays have become synonymous with college applications. But recently, the UC system changed its college...
Changing Seasons: The evolution of winter sports
Amita Mahajan
March 11, 2016
Co-reported with Pranav Iyer. Correction: The number of seniors on the girls basketball team in the magazine from 2012-2015 were inaccurate. The correct numbers are reported below. Boys Soccer: A losing team was quickly turned into a winning program that eventually reached the CCS playoffs for the f...
New School Loop login confuses many
Bill Cheng
August 21, 2015
t’s the first day of school, and confusion already runs rampant throughout the campus. Library media teacher Laura Utile’s desk is already under siege, as students organize themselves into queues stretching across the library. Utile frantically types away at her keyboard as she resets passwords an...
Know it now: Communication, dances and graduation
Akshay Agrawal
December 9, 2011
After soliciting questions concerning change at MVHS from readers, El Estoque sought answers from Dean of Students Michael Hicks and 2012 class officers. In the following videos, Hicks speaks to student-administration communication and dances, while the class officers discuss graduation. ...
Powderpuff has an increased weight for Homecoming scores
Dickson Tsai
September 30, 2010
The Homecoming score this year factors in crowd participation at games Read More »...
