Bernie Koen

Unrecruited Paly players choose to walk-on to college teams

May 31, 2019

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...

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