El Estoque

Tick. Tock. TikTok…

Jason Chu and Dylan Nguyen • April 10, 2024

The House of Representatives united in a landslide vote of 352-65 to ban the popular social media app TikTok on March 13, citing international security concerns with data privacy. The ban will take effect...

The TikTok ban is political theater

Riya Murthy and Alan Tai • April 5, 2024

The ban’s repercussions will impact the very nature of digital communication and freedom

Tiktok tunes

Giljoon Lee and Asha Wojciechowski • March 6, 2024

On the night Taylor Swift’s album “Midnights” dropped, MV ‘23 alum and current college freshman Jiya Singh had a listening party with her friends. As a self-proclaimed Taylor Swift lover, Singh...

Rewiring reading

Jami Lim and Lillian Wang • November 1, 2023

Growing up during the advent of the digital age in the 90s, English teacher Jessica Kaufman considers herself to have had an upbringing sheltered from internet usage. While people shifted away from physical...

I’m Going Viral!

Jiya Singh • March 1, 2023

Understanding TikTok’s effect on music and media’s popularity

Tok-xicity?

Ananya Chaudhary • November 12, 2022

Just hours after posting a lighthearted TikTok with friends, sophomore Julie Yu was shocked to see her post going viral — but for the wrong reasons. Late last year, Yu and her group of friends went...

Down to the bits: technology in sports

Meggie Chen, Michelle Chen, Krish Dev, Irene Tang, Aashi Venkat, and Nika Zamani • April 1, 2022

Exploring how MVHS sports uses technology

Like. Follow. Cheer.

Aashi Venkat and Nika Zamani • March 18, 2022

Exploring how sports teams use social media

TikTok challenges influence crime in school communities

Michelle Chen and Angela Zhang • February 11, 2022

Across the nation, threats to initiate school shootings and bombings circulated on TikTok the week of Dec. 17, 2021. As a popular social media platform, TikTok enabled the spread of this trend through...

Internet humor unites generations

Kripa Mayureshwar • December 12, 2021

Examining the evolution and influence of humor communicated over the internet

#BookTok: The rising literary community for teens

Aashna Patel, staff writer • September 18, 2021

Last year sophomore Aya Abdelrahman found book related content on TikTok as she was trying to select books for her summer reading. After seeing a video of a content creator reviewing books , including...

‘pretty poison’ is an absolute masterpiece

Irene Tang • September 12, 2021

Nessa Barrett releases chilling first EP