Showing true colors: analyzing graffiti as a hobby in a high school setting
Aanchal Garg, Akshara Majjiga, and Emily Xia
May 23, 2018
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, From the magazine
*All names beginning with the letter “A” are false names meant to preserve the anonymity of our sources. A pencil scratches on a thin sheet of paper, forming a rugged sketch. A paintbrush smoothly glides over a canvas, leaving blooms of color in its wake. A stylus hovers over a design tablet, ...
Game of fear
Jasmine Lee, Andrea Perng, and Karen Sanchez
May 23, 2018
Filed under From the magazine, NEWS
Fifth period had just begun when Palo Alto HS senior Julia Qiao heard the announcement about a lockdown. She quickly took action, reaching for the lock block in her classroom that would keep the door closed. Working quickly, Qiao began to assist her classmates in barricading the front door. As she hunk...
Sweet Addiction
Emily Xia, Jasmine Lee, and Claire Yang
May 17, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
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April 11, 2018
Filed under OPINION
When junior Sam Liu started their Tumblr account, they didn’t expect people to notice their art. They didn’t expect to gain attention from the others on the same social media platform. They didn’t know that they would be well-known on social media for their passion for art. Over the last six ...
Boys baseball: MVHS wins three consecutive games in three days
April 2, 2018
Filed under Baseball, SPORTS, Spring Sports
Additional reporting by Sannidhi Menon and Himani Yalamaddi hree consecutive games. Three consecutive wins. Last week, the MVHS baseball team played two games against Fremont HS and one non-league game against Mission San Jose HS. See below for two out of the three victories the Matadors obtained. M...
Badminton: MVHS maintains undefeated streak with win over Milpitas HS
March 28, 2018
Filed under Badminton, Game Reviews, SPORTS, Spring Sports
VHS badminton players held cups of boba and boxes of pizza in their hands as part of a team tradition called ‘Baddy Buddies,’ a version of Secret Santa gift exchange players participate in that takes place during March. After finishing up the exchange, the players then began to warm up. The atmosphe...
Badminton: The start of a journey towards CCS
March 10, 2018
Filed under Badminton, SPORTS, Spring Sports
s the MVHS badminton team filled the field house on March 6 before their first game, there was a sense of excitement in the air as the team practiced their serves. Looking for their first win, the players individually had a bigger goal in their mind: to make CCS and win it all. With the team and its c...
Copy and Paste: analyzing the cheating behavior at MVHS
March 10, 2018
Filed under Editorial, From the magazine, OPINION
We’ve all had those weeks. The weeks where it feels like there’s a test in each period, where it feels like every teacher forgot students have other classes, where it feels like there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done. But we do. And after the dust settles and we get a moment to ...
Boys tennis: Matadors dominate Gunn HS in first home game
March 5, 2018
Filed under Boys Tennis, Game Reviews, SPORTS, Spring Sports
he Matadors appeared to be in good spirits as they warmed up for their game against Gunn HS, with sophomore Evan Yu joking about the fact that he had to borrow shoes from a teammate because he left his at home. The boys tennis team returned for their first home game of the year after finishing last seaso...
Girls basketball: Senior night game lost in final minutes of fourth quarter
March 5, 2018
Filed under Game Reviews, Girls Basketball, SPORTS, Winter Sports
uring the warmups leading up to their senior night game, the three seniors on the girls basketball team came out onto the court wearing bright yellow shirts with one bold word written across: chicken. The shirts, which also had small drawings of chickens along the sleeves, were part of an inside joke from...
National Girls & Women in Sports Day celebrated at girls basketball game
February 8, 2018
Filed under Game Reviews, Girls Basketball, SPORTS, Winter Sports
Wrestling: Matadors victorious in final dual home meet against Saratoga HS
February 6, 2018
Filed under Game Reviews, SPORTS, Winter Sports, Wrestling
Correction: February 7, 2018 at 8:55 p.m. A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled the name of senior Colin Yang. he voice of the Saratoga HS coach rang through the gym during the meet on Jan. 30. He yelled to his players, directing them on how they should position themselves and what moves t...
