El Estoque

Let’s Talk CRT

Anushka De and Tvisha Gupta • February 16, 2022

Opposition to Critical Race Theory prevents racial equality

Internet humor unites generations

Kripa Mayureshwar • December 12, 2021

Examining the evolution and influence of humor communicated over the internet

Giving credit where it’s due

Shivani Madhan • December 11, 2021

Examining the linguistic appropriation of AAVE in modern rhetoric

Ethnic Studies is required beginning 2025-26 school year

Diya Bahl • December 10, 2021

How the recent California requirement should be implemented at MVHS

Comprehensive climate curriculum is crucial

Sarah Liu • December 7, 2021

Climate change is part of the core curriculum of three MVHS courses: freshman Biology, AP Biology and AP Environmental Science. Yet, only one of these courses is required for graduation. In a world...

Escapism provides distractions, not solutions

Aashi Venkat and Ishaani Dayal • September 24, 2021

Analyzing the downsides of finding connections outside of reality

The apathetic student response

Kripa Mayureshwar • March 12, 2021

Reasons why students might not keep up with the news and why they should

Steeped in nostalgia

Sarah Young, Graphics Editor • March 9, 2020

Pop culture and corporate ads are rife with nostalgia and we shouldn’t blindly accept reiterations of the same concept.

High school probably isn’t going to be the best four years of your life, and that’s OK

Lakshanyaa Ganesh • February 7, 2020

e’ve all seen those movies — the ones with wistful scenes of young love and late night adventures. The teenagers in all these movies seem to live their lives with reckless abandon, forming a collection...

So… what exactly is going on?

Sara Entezar • February 8, 2019

Certainly, news comprehension has failed to take root. Prior to the ‘fake news’ era bombarding of recent years, news coherency concerns extended to the principles of news comprehension. The diction...

Stand-up comedians are the opposite of racist

Rana Aghababazadeh • January 21, 2019

n El Estoque’s October issue, EE Opinion explored the dark side of humor, and how people have developed an instinct to deliberately seek offense from humor, especially from race-related jokes. Because...

China currently holding Muslims in “re-education camps”

Zara Iqbal, Opinion editor • January 19, 2019

“For four days, they strung me up. My toes barely brushed the ground. For four days, they didn’t let me sleep. Tormenting me, torturing me.” This is only a fraction of the intense torture Omar...