Students use Twitch for social connection Bill Xia June 3, 2020 Lifestyle Every day, sophomore Raj Bapat uses Twitch, a popular video live streaming service, to stay connected with his friends, most of whom he’s never physically met. Bapat said using the platform provides him with a ...
Mental health, wellness crucial during quarantine Claire Shimazaki June 3, 2020 Lifestyle Human beings are designed to thrive off of social activity; what happens when we are ordered to isolate ourselves from each other for months on end? A six foot gap and conversations from behind masks aren’t ide...
Celebrations held in quarantine Ziggy Tummalapalli June 3, 2020 Lifestyle About twenty cars with balloons and signs drove down Byron Street in between Kellogg Avenue and Embarcadero Road honking their horns on April 9, all for one fifth-grader Sam Miller’s birthday. The novel sta...
Animal Crossing gains worldwide popularity during quarantine Parker Wang June 3, 2020 Lifestyle, Student Life Sophomore Tyler Wang has escaped from the physical and mental constraints of the shelter-in place order, and has flown to a far-away island with his basic necessities. He lands and walks out of the island airpo...
Photo Story: How the most loud place can go to the most quiet in the blink of an eye. Ali Minhas June 2, 2020 Lifestyle ...
The Woj Way: Campanile co-adviser Esther Wojcicki announces retirement Jaures Yip, Miranda Li, Lucy Nemerov, Frida Rivera and Annie Chen June 2, 2020 Lifestyle, Spotlight In 1984, Room 26 of the Tower Building painted a largely uninspired picture: 19 student journalists working in opposite of a frenzied news environment The Campanile was hardly the quintessence of high schoo...
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...
Keeping Up With the Quaranteens Gina Bae June 2, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase As the sun peeks through her window blinds, sophomore Hana Krieger groggily gets out of bed and stumbles toward her desk. Facing a day full of isolation, Zoom calls and Schoology assignments, she sets her co...
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...
Students describe their experiences during COVID-19 outbreak Jonathan Sneh May 16, 2020 Lifestyle, Student Life Streets are empty, and stores are closed. Aside from essential activities such as walking dogs or buying groceries, people are stuck at home until at least the end of May. Life in Palo Alto came to a screech...
