El Estoque

Man on the street: Are there more wheels or doors in the world?

Sophia Chen and Shivani Verma • May 3, 2022

The MVHS community weighs in on this polarizing discourse

A view of 2022

Jiya Singh and Shivani Verma • February 12, 2022

While 2021 brought in a wave of trends including wearing sweater vests and playing games such as League of Legends, the start of the new year brings in a fresh set of these trends. Look ahead for more...

#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...

Brief history of dalgona coffee

Zara Iqbal, Staff writer • May 2, 2020

A timeline on how the beverage became popular across the world

The rise of VSCO girls

Shreshta Ranganathan and Anish Vasudevan • September 27, 2019

How a new fashion trend from TikTok has made its way into MVHS

All Aboard: Why we shouldn’t be shamed for jumping on the bandwagon

Emily Xia • September 27, 2019

Why it's OK to follow lighthearted trends sometimes

The illness of sickly beautification: romanticizing mental health

Annie Zhang • April 27, 2019

omanticization is a complexity — it unveils the allure in beliefs that are less than ideal. Series of “cute and psycho” posts on Tumblr and flurries of quotes bunched under the “pretty and dying”...

Getting tingles

Claire Chang and Collin Qian • October 26, 2018

#Mannequinchallenge sweeps the internet

Aanchal Garg • November 19, 2016

From major celebrities to everyday people, the world is captivated by the newest video trend of people standing still like mannequins