Seniors victorious in Winter Rally, Prom to be held at Exploratorium Nicholas Melvin January 26, 2017 News, Showcase This year’s installment of the winter rally was a stellar addition to the event’s legacy. The student team pulled off their first soccer victory of this millennia in a 4-1 victory. Math teacher John Rowe, wh...
Team success not correlated with individual greatness Nicholas Melvin December 7, 2016 Sports Champion and greatness. Two words often tied together in a delightfully mystical way. Tied together through apparent common sense, but separate in an all-encompassing wonder called reality. In professional s...
The Roots Beneath the Tree Nicholas Melvin and Paarth Sharma November 16, 2016 Spotlight “I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex.” Leland Stanford,...
PAC set to host first production of the year Nicholas Melvin October 26, 2016 News In the words of legendary playwright Oscar Wilde: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” The Haymarket Theatre is a prime example of the latter. In addition to being old, run down and...
Sports funding should be allocated equally among teams Nicholas Melvin October 26, 2016 Opinion, Sports Pervading the campus of one of the most highly regarded high schools in California is an injustice so deeply-rooted and unbearably calamitous that it is taxing to even think of it. This abomination is the unequ...
Tim Tebow sets sights on professional baseball career Nicholas Melvin October 5, 2016 Sports Since the end of the 2012 National Football League (NFL) season, something has been missing from the lives of American sports fans. More specifically, someone. He was the Messiah of the NFL, and quite possibly ...
Sports teams should remain faithful to hometowns Nicholas Melvin September 21, 2016 Sports After more than 20 years, football is back in Los Angeles. In week two of the National Football League (NFL) season, the Los Angeles Rams will take on the Seattle Seahawks at L. A. Memorial Coliseum. It will be...
Helena McDowell: Skating with the boys Nicholas Melvin May 19, 2016 Showcase With a bow in her hair and fire in her heart, Helena McDowell is proud to be the only girl on her hockey team. Sliding across the ice with her stick held low, she blows past defenders left and right, unstoppabl...
Eight windows broken in vandalism incident Nicholas Melvin April 28, 2016 News On an unknown date over spring break, a group of teenagers entered the Palo Alto High School campus with a BB gun, which was used to break eight windows. The punishment for those responsible could be restituti...
Sports should allow performance-enhancing drugs Nicholas Melvin February 25, 2016 Sports Where there is competition, there is cheating. Whether it be competition in the classroom, or on the playing field, when there are multiple competing parties, there will always be those who cheat in order to ga...
