Students cope with older siblings leaving for college Krista Robins October 14, 2019 Lifestyle While boxes and suitcases stuffed to the brim sit near the door, junior Audrey Kernick braces herself for a heartfelt goodbye between her and her college-bound sister. Overwhelmed by a surge of emotions, she be...
Eighth period classes allow students to explore unique topics Benjamin Stein October 7, 2019 Lifestyle As the bell rings, signifying the end of another school day, junior Katie Cheng walks through the masses of students leaving class. Every Tuesday and Thursday, instead of heading home or to sports practice, Che...
Sticker Culture Adora Zheng October 3, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase, Student Life Junior Joey Edmonds’ green water bottle is plastered with stickers, ranging from a Rubik’s cube to Captain America’s shield. According to Edmonds, her stickers represent her personality and the topics she is pa...
Reliance on Rideshare Sloan Wuttke September 22, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase, Student Life Hesitantly stepping into the dark abyss, or rather, a 2012 grey Prius, a Paly junior, who agreed to be interviewed only if his name wasn’t used because he fears termination of his rideshare apps, greets the dri...
New trends on social media provide students with artistic outlet Tien Nguyen September 16, 2019 Lifestyle Following the death of Vine and its successor, Musical.ly, the lack of a platform for 14-year-olds to post short clips of themselves lip-syncing fueled the craze of TikTok. But there is much more to TikTok tha...
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...
Youth joins in on trending workout classes Olivia Ericsson September 14, 2019 Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle With popular fitness chains like Barry's Bootcamp and Soul revolutionizing the concept of making working out enjoyable, Palo Alto community members are moving from training at traditional gyms to two new fitnes...
Inside Outside Lands Kaitlyn Lee September 10, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase Outside Lands, a three-day festival from Friday, Aug. 9, to Sunday, Aug. 11, offers a wide variety of artists performing each day. This year, Friday headliners included Twenty One Pilots, the Lumineers, Blink-1...
Students explore passions for various types of automobiles Nicholas Le May 28, 2019 Lifestyle, Student Life Driving by the Paly parking lot, there are a wide variety of cars parked, from Toyota Priuses to Porsches. However, car enthusiasts don’t view these as just cars. Instead, they view them as a passion and cultur...
Sustainable clothing has longterm benefits Olivia Ericsson May 28, 2019 Lifestyle When shopping for clothing, most people can relate to the experience of trying to find the cheapest clothing and the best deal. However, behind all of this lays the damaging truth of the unnecessary destructive...
