Democracy Through a Screen
Ruth Feng and Lakshanyaa Ganesh
November 21, 2018
aylor Swift superfan senior Risha Baxi was having a normal Monday morning on Oct. 29 until her friend sent her a text message ending with a string of exclamation points. Swift had reposted Baxi’s parents on her Instagram story. The previous day, her parents had headed to the polls to cast their votes for the lo...
The Monster
September 26, 2018
Filed under OPINION, Uncategorized
It’s midnight and as we scramble to finish homework, we suddenly remember something: we haven’t sent our streaks yet. Panic takes over as we frantically hunt for our phone. Snap, caption, select, send. Thank God most of our streaks lived — that was a close one. Who doesn’t love keeping up their st...
Off The Grid
September 26, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
unior Ashley Tom received her first iPhone in ninth grade, finally graduating from candy bars and flip phones. She made her first personal email in seventh grade. Yet Tom still doesn’t have any social media accounts. According to the Pew Research Center in 2014 and 2015, 94 percent of teenagers in th...
Stan Twitter culture
September 15, 2018
tan Twitter.” The word “stan” is defined by Oxford Dictionary as an “overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.” “Stan Twitter” refers to the individuals on Twitter who create accounts to follow celebrities and connect with others in the same fanbases. For junior Victoria Va...
The rise of AP test memes
May 25, 2018
As each AP testing season comes and goes, many students worry about the exams they have to take and the content they have to study. However, over the last couple of years, there’s been a rise in AP test memes, where students who have already taken the exam post memes on social media such as Twitter...
From teacher to friend
May 22, 2018
Filed under OPINION
During her freshman year, sophomore Neha Balusu decided to search up her elementary and middle school teachers on her Facebook. Without hesitating, she pressed “send friend request,” hoping that she could continue keep in touch with her favorite teachers. “I don’t really care if they see what I ...
Society’s Peas: the hidden stories in our community
May 10, 2018
Filed under FEATURES, Ideas, Profile Feature story
Founders of Society Peas discuss the purpose and background of their initiative
Click to Follow
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 ...
#22KillPushUpChallenge: Students participate in online Push-Up Challenge
October 20, 2016
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Media, Multimedia
“From what I know, the Push-Up Challenge is meant for veterans who give up their lives unnoticed, so I decided to do it just so that people are more aware about the topic,” Rao said. “I’m weak, I can’t do 22 pushups without stopping in the middle to catch my breath, and the fact that [ve...
Follow the leader: how interschool social media gap affects leadership communications
September 21, 2016
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, From the magazine, Media
Story by Hannan Waliullah and Jessica Xing acebook is the new Myspace. "New" in the sense that for the younger generation, it is heading towards its grave. With the abundance of social media platforms these days -- Vine, Instagram, Twitter, Musical.ly, Snapchat -- each platform is streamlined and h...
Social sever separates underclassmen from upperclassmen
September 21, 2016
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, Media
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Vlogstars take over the internet
August 22, 2016
Filed under Culture, ENTERTAINMENT, Multimedia, Student life
Story co-authored by Dylan Tsai Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Tumblr, Instagram — students have countless outlets to share snippets of their lives online in pictures and stories. Now, that list is extending to include long-form video. Junior Matthew Hsieh, junior Kritika Rao and senior Maddie Park a...
