Column: Why school being canceled is actually the best Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe June 2, 2020 Column, Lifestyle As students recover from incompetently administered Advanced Placement exams and face a never-ending stream of Schoology messages, they continue feeling the effects of the deadly and novel coronavirus from home...
Column: Quarantine Diary Sasha Lehrer May 28, 2020 Column, Lifestyle Monday, May 4 Dear Diary, I have to say, today wasn’t the best. I managed to force myself out of bed around 7 a.m., which is progress from the early 2 p.m. wake-up time that became routine during the firs...
Class of 2020: finally first Rebekah Limb and Leila Khan April 20, 2020 Column, Lifestyle Congratulations, Class of 2020. You are finally first! First to not get a senior prom. Or a college T-shirt day. Or a ditch day. Or a senior prank. Or a paper toss. Or a baccalaureate. Or a graduation, hah. But...
Column: In Loving Memory of Fire Alarms Kai Vetteth March 28, 2020 Column, Lifestyle, Showcase Like most students and faculty, I once believed fire alarms were something to despise. Upon hearing them, I flashed back to other cringe-worthy moments like the time I accidentally walked into the wrong Spanish...
Column: Everything wrong with Snapchat Sasha Lehrer February 4, 2020 Column, Lifestyle BREAKING NEWS! Girl catches BF cheating with her MOM! Snapchat, a social media app that many Paly students use, is a platform that promotes nothing more than bland, flaky content and communication. There are s...
Column: How to understand politics Krista Robins November 25, 2019 Column Politicians represent honesty and transparency; they embody the gateway to a better country, albeit, world. They are modern day prophets meant to lead their followers to a brighter future. Sike. Ever since Ni...
Senior advisory should focus on college application help Johnny Yang November 6, 2019 Column With college application deadlines approaching, many seniors have made their applications a focus of their life. Thankfully, Paly offers a wide array of resources to assist students, including the new office fo...
Satire: Why climate change is fake Emma Todd October 23, 2019 Column Ahhh, climate change. The warming of the earth’s atmosphere. The rising temperatures and the “increasing greenhouse gases,” whatever that means. The apparent melting of ice glaciers in the North Pole. All l...
How to kill the college process Rebekah Limb October 10, 2019 Column At last, the time has come upon us. The last time you can wear all those Ivy League sweatshirts. The last time you can have hopes and dreams. It’s a strange human phenomenon where 2.2 million high school studen...
Column: Long Lost Paly Traditions Sarah O'Riordan September 14, 2019 Column, Lifestyle, Student Life Whatever happened to good old school spirit and town traditions? It seems that with every passing year at Palo Alto High School, school spirit and spirit week point levels drop lower and lower. Just last ye...
