Paly student library celebrates Banned Books Week Susana Cacho October 17, 2014 Lifestyle While walking through the library, a student notices a bookshelf covered in caution tape and books hidden in manila folders. The student stops and picks up a folder. As he opens it, he see the book, “Perks of B...
Jake’s Takes: “Purge: Anarchy” improves on Purge October 17, 2014 Lifestyle When audiences saw the trailer for The Purge (2013), many thought it promised a great plot and had vast potential. Set in the near future, crime rates have been at an all time low since the introduction of annu...
Junior draws inspiration from HONY, documents life at Paly Miranda Chen October 17, 2014 Lifestyle “Humans of New York” (HONY) is a social media phenomenon that has quickly grown into a deep, storytelling photoblog of the culture and people of the city of New York. The page constantly posts pictures of people with captions explaining the experience of meeti...
Exit Jeter, Enter Bandwagon October 17, 2014 Sports New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has announced his retirement from the sport of baseball, and he has been honored not only by every other team in baseball, but by fans across the entire nation. Jeter’s hy...
Caltrain delayed after fatality near Charleston Road intersection October 15, 2014 News Caltrain confirmed that there has been a casualty on their train tracks near Charleston Avenue at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening. According to the Transit Police’s investigation and Palo Alto Online, an adult male di...
Girls Water Polo team to improve after season opener Maggie Rosenthal October 14, 2014 Sports Palo Alto High School’s girls water polo team has begun to improve after a disappointing season opener, earning seventh place out of 16 teams in the Menlo Varsity Tournament on Sept. 26 and 27 and winning several league games. The Lady Vikes won their first...
School board candidates Dauber and Dalma have our support October 13, 2014 Editorial The city of Palo Alto prides itself on the high quality and comprehensive education it provides for the students of the district. On Nov. 4, Palo Alto citizens will head to the ballot box and elect two of five ...
Colorado school district course alterations censor US history October 13, 2014 Editorial Palo Alto High School students have always held mixed feelings regarding the Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH) course commonly taken during junior year due to its reputation for a heavy workload ...
Students’ teacher assessment process needs revision October 13, 2014 Editorial With the end of first quarter in our recent past, we would like to propose the present as the optimal time for teachers to seek evaluations from their students and to implement a new system of teacher evaluation. While it is most common for teachers to ask for...
Should there be rivalry between publications? NO October 13, 2014 Opinion The Campanile and C Magazine are better than Verde. No, Verde is better than the Campanile and C Magazine. All three are better than Voice, but then who gets to be better than Viking? For as long as I have been...
