El Estoque

Good Morning, Collin. Good Night, Mom.

Collin Qian • March 26, 2021

Ever since I was 13, my mom and I have been separated. Not by the six-foot spacing that we have gotten accustomed to over the pandemic, but a 6,171-mile gap, to be precise. I lived under the calm blue...

The apathetic student response

Kripa Mayureshwar • March 12, 2021

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

Ode to libraries

Justin E Kim • March 8, 2021

How my book-filled room has helped me reminisce about the library environment

Envisioning the “new normal”

Kripa Mayureshwar • February 11, 2021

Why the prospect of our lives going back to normal is terrifying

Overstepping the boundary

Shivani Madhan and Kripa Mayureshwar • December 5, 2020

Examining the implications of the BL industry with regards to the LGBTQ+ community

Thank you, college admissions

Collin Qian, Sports Editor • October 28, 2020

Finding myself as a result of the college application process

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

Positivity Podcast Ep. 4: Not so positive edition

Lakshanyaa Ganesh and Oishee Misra • February 14, 2020

As the repercussions of January continue into February, Oishee and Lakshanyaa discuss the implications of toxic positivity amid the tragedies of the month. With topics like the coronovirus, Kobe Bryant's...

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...

MVHS community members unpack veganism’s negative stereotypes

Sreya Kumar and Jasmine Lee • February 6, 2020

mid the chicken sandwich debates that emerged between popular fast food restaurants Chick-fil-A and Popeyes, an unlikely contender remained engraved in our minds — the Impossible Burger. Founded in 2011,...

How movies instill stereotypical ideas in the younger generations

Jasmine Lee and Claire Yang • January 8, 2020

Peter Pan. Dumbo. Snow White. Tom and Jerry. We’ve grown up watching these films — cheering on as Peter Pan and his cohort of Lost Boys battled Captain Hook, and sighing in defeat when Snow White bit...

Empowered Women Empower Women

Lakshanyaa Ganesh • May 22, 2019

he rise of the 21st Century has brought in a generation that is more aware, sensitive and progressive in relation to issues that have been plaguing our country for years — more specifically, in support...