Unrecruited Paly players choose to walk-on to college teams Navid Najmabadi and Bernie Koen May 31, 2019 Sports As senior Claire Chen awaits her freshman year at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), she spends countless hours on the field and in the workout room in hopes of walking-on to the CMC soccer team. For most colleg...
Seniors continue traditions Paige Knoblock and Bernie Koen May 1, 2019 Lifestyle Every spring, anxious seniors wait to hear back from colleges they applied to several months prior. For some students, what seems like a prayer is answered as they receive the coveted admission to an elite sc...
“BET”: Underage Sports Betting Bernie Koen March 23, 2019 Sports The Tom Brady jersey is on proud display and the trash talk has already started. It’s Feb. 3, 2019 — the morning of Super Bowl LIII. Paly senior Albert, whose name has been changed to preserve his anonymity, e...
City Council drops from nine to seven members Bernie Koen February 3, 2019 News The newest Palo Alto City Council was installed on Jan. 7, 2019, bringing into effect a 2014 voters decision to reduce the council from nine members to seven in hopes of increased council efficiency. The only ...
Teachers should be more understanding of test stacking Bernie Koen November 16, 2018 Opinion The overpowering stress of having multiple tests on one day happens often to students at Paly. It happens at every school. It’s an unpreventable occurrence that will happen to all students. And it’s something t...
School bathroom policy ought to be consistent, fair Bernie Koen October 8, 2018 Opinion The uncertainty of the process of going to the bathroom troubles any individual awaiting the relief that a long-awaited bathroom visit can provide. Across classes, students experience different procedures for ...
Inefficient schedule change system needs reform Bernie Koen September 17, 2018 Opinion For the first two weeks of school, the main office was a little short of a battlefield: long white tables blocked the entrance to the Guidance Department with several faculty members managing to hold down the o...
OCR investigates Title IX violations Bernie Koen April 28, 2018 News Staff from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) visited Palo Alto High School on March 29 to investigate a series of Title IX violations by the school administration. Palo Alto Unifi...
Recording class lectures will alleviate student stress Bernie Koen March 2, 2018 Opinion We’ve all been there: it’s the night before a unit test, and the first few sections of the chapter remain a distant memory. You anxiously rush to your textbook, trying to relearn lessons that you never really g...
Deep-rooted holiday tradition has no scientific basis Bernie Koen February 2, 2018 Lifestyle As the winter weather drags on and spring slowly approaches, the annual celebration of Groundhog Day today.. Starting in 1887, thousands of people gather annually in Punxsutawney, Penn. to celebrate the tradit...
