Maya Rathore

Weighting for Change: How a Minority Thrives in the Paly Weight Room

February 12, 2020

One does not typically think of young women when they imagine a weight room — they think of hulking men slamming weights back onto the ground or testosterone-filled teenage boys trying to put on mass. While th...

Review: Best espresso drinks from lesser-known coffee shops

Maya Rathore

December 18, 2019

Lifestyle

It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep your eyes open past sundown or to have any energy at all. There are a couple of options to stay energized through the rest of the semester: a Vitamin D supplement, ex...

Pulitzer Prize finalist speaks at Paly

Maya Rathore and Sarah O'Riordan

December 15, 2019

News

Recently, Paly’s renowned Media Arts Center hosted a notable guest speaker: Pulitzer Prize Finalist Maggie Steber. The American documentary photographer spoke to a beginning journalism class on Nov. 15. Steber...

Board, city agree about Cubberley

Maya Rathore

October 23, 2019

News

With the school year now in full force, the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education has been working on discussing and resolving issues that could potentially impact the district’s quality of educa...

School instructional minutes are not used effectively

Maya Rathore

May 24, 2019

Opinion

It is an inevitable aspect of the school system: not everybody will enjoy every part of education, nor will they love every minute of every class period. What is more difficult for most students to swallow, tho...

The Truth About Dishonesty

Neil Kapoor, Kiana Tavakoli and Maya Rathore

April 20, 2019

Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight

The names of sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity have been changed. Introduction Everybody’s doing it,” embattled college coach William Rick Singer said in a 2013 YouTube video, “it” referring to ...

Students explore “hidden” electives

Maya Rathore

April 11, 2019

Lifestyle, Student Life

As course selection shuts its doors and the process of piecing together schedules for next year begins, counselors start their yearly struggle of packing kids into extremely popular classes — the kind of course...

Girls basketball maintains strong season despite playoff loss

Maya Rathore

March 9, 2019

Uncategorized

After beating Menlo-Atherton in the semifinals, the girls lost to Sequoia High School in the California Interscholastic Federation Division I finals, losing by 50-34 on Feb. 23. The team had kept up their pri...

Plateaus: Practice Without Progress

Maya Rathore

March 1, 2019

Fall Sports, Sports, Spring Sports, Winter Sports

Every athlete has had a bad day, whether it was a bad practice, game or race. Sometimes they land on their ankle the wrong way, distracting them from their shot, or they flick their wrist in the wrong direction...

Debunking common misconceptions about flu shots

Maya Rathore

February 26, 2019

Science/Tech

As California and the rest of the United States trudge through the flu season, more cases of death and complications from the influenza virus are popping up on the news. Every year, the Center for Disease Contr...

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