Vikings golf dominates the range Niklas Risano April 26, 2017 Sports Despite the departure of several key players, the Palo Alto High School golf machine has continued to annihilate the competition since the start of the season and now boasts an undefeated 7-0 record. This puts ...
Bursting The Bubble Niklas Risano and Ehecatl Rivera-Pinedo March 29, 2017 Showcase, Spotlight With a crime rate of nearly zero, self-driving cars and a $2.5 million median home price, Palo Alto is undoubtedly a bubble. So when Palo Altans woke up on Nov. 9 and found that Donald Trump had been ...
Unique Views on Polarizing Ban Niklas Risano March 1, 2017 Lifestyle, Showcase No matter which side of the political spectrum you find yourself on, it is clear that the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States has polarized our nation. This profound division between oppo...
Basketball finishes season with top seed Niklas Risano March 1, 2017 Sports After finishing the season with a 20-4 record, and as the top seed of SCVAL, the Vikes faced Independence High School in the first round of the CCS playoffs. Paly dismantled Independence by a score of 84-60, se...
Nearby Cantor Center provides exposure to artists Niklas Risano February 1, 2017 Lifestyle For many people, art is something which has had a decreasingly prominent role in their lives. Without the various field trips to art exhibits or built in art lessons which many kids grew up with, art is somethi...
Course catalog should more accurately represent material Niklas Risano December 7, 2016 Opinion Some of the most important decisions in any student’s high school career involve what courses they choose to enroll in. With a plethora of electives — and a dizzying number of academic “lanes”— it can be diffic...
Boys basketball looks to improve on past records Niklas Risano December 7, 2016 Sports After a grueling 2015-2016 season, the boys basketball team is looking to improve on last season’s 16-9 record and establish themselves as a force to be reckoned with for the coming season. Last season ended...
Football season wraps up on bittersweet note Niklas Risano November 16, 2016 Sports 1 Despite experiencing substantially more setbacks than victories during this season, the Vikings found themselves facing Los Gatos in the playoffs after an impressive victory against Mountain View High School on...
Paly students achieve success through specialization Niklas Risano November 15, 2016 Lifestyle Introduction Success is valued more than anything else within American society and whether it’s success in sports, school, or music there are an infinite number of ways to get there. The common process in th...
The changing image of the modern world of rap music Niklas Risano October 26, 2016 Lifestyle R ap music was born from the party scenes of New York and Chicago during the late 1970s. The genre was initially created in the spirit of entertaining its urban disciples. Disk Jockeys and Masters of Ceremonies...
