Students attend journalism event Yusra Rafeeqi and Byron Zhang April 20, 2018 News Over 130 Palo Alto High School journalists attended the 2018 Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco last Friday, joining several thousand other delegates from across the country in t...
History of underground publications at Paly Yusra Rafeeqi and Kaylie Nguyen March 29, 2018 Centennial Issue It is difficult to imagine that at Palo Alto High School, home to 10 publications and one of the most well-known high school journalism programs in the country, there was once censorship on students’ right to f...
Students walk out of school to protest gun violence Yusra Rafeeqi, Kaylie Nguyen and Peyton Wang March 14, 2018 News, Showcase 1 In unison with thousands across the nation, students from Palo Alto High School, Castilleja School and Stanford University walked out of their classes to protest gun violence today, one month after the deadly s...
Sports Superstitions Yusra Rafeeqi February 28, 2018 Sports 1 As junior Henry Saul approaches the starting line, one of the very last to take off the gray sweats he wears over his running shorts and join the rest of the runners, he glances at his competitors. Surveying h...
Strategic planning for finals studying crucial for all Paly students Yusra Rafeeqi December 6, 2017 Lifestyle, Student Life Finals week is quickly approaching and that only means one thing: frenzied cramming is about to begin. As the semester reaches an end, many students feel increasingly stressed about the looming exams that could...
Psychological factors behind experience of horror films Yusra Rafeeqi November 8, 2017 Science/Tech For over a century, horror films have been a constant in the movie industry, from the first silent shorts by Georges Mélies to supernatural thrillers such as “It,” based on author Stephen King’s novel. Viewers...
Annual Fiery Arts Fall Sale Yusra Rafeeqi October 30, 2017 News Pumpkins, fruit, flowers and a vast variety of other glass sculptures were on display at the annual Fall Sale by the Palo Alto High School Fiery Arts Booster Club last week. The sale, which took place on Sept....
Myanmar genocide should receive more attention Yusra Rafeeqi October 18, 2017 Opinion Villages burned to ashes, civilians brutally shot to the ground while running for their lives and the fear of triggering land mines right outside their homes — these horrors are not even a fraction of the calam...
Boys water polo strives to rebound from Gunn loss Yusra Rafeeqi October 18, 2017 Boys Water Polo, Sports Ready to power through the rest of the season and determined to secure a high position in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) standings, the boys water polo team strives to maintain a positive mindse...
Boys water polo suffers from loss of key graduated seniors Yusra Rafeeqi October 2, 2017 Boys Water Polo, Sports After facing off against crosstown rival Gunn, the boys water polo teams ended their games against Gunn on a high note, with junior varsity (JV) winning 4-3, and varsity 10-9, determined to persevere through th...
