The vibrant virtual realm, teeming with viral dance routines, crafty political satire and a medley of memes — otherwise known as TikTok — is junior Hope Van Riesen’s digital lifeline. To end her...
Textbooks lay scattered across the desk as I furiously scribble in the margins of my notebook. Glancing up at the clock on the wall of the library’s silent room, a wave of panic washes over me while...
Designer and former Twitter employee Danny Yee turns on his monitor and scrolls through his Twitter feed. He smiles as he reads the latest news on SpaceX’s starship launch and laughs as he watches a...
A G-flat minor chord riff, providing a melancholic yet comforting tone, emanates from the front of the quad.
Junior Maximilian Rabbitt-Tomita strums his guitar and sophomore Dexter Cleveringa sets the...
As customers flood the shop to get a taste of the fresh, scratch-made ice cream, lively music and loud laughter ring through the new Palo Alto location of The Penny Ice Creamery.
Zachary Davis, the...
Walking into a classroom in April and May is always a tragic sight. Blue Kleenex boxes sit in every room as sniffly students fill trash bins with crumpled tissues.
For some students, allergy season means...
After four years, seniors have found different ways to acclimate to school life and learn how to balance responsibilities outside of school with their academic achievements. One thing senior Ankai Jin...
Sophomore Will Hagan stares at his TV, on the edge of his seat, as he watches Florida Atlantic University play the Memphis Tigers in the first round of March Madness. With only a few minutes left, the...
Face planting into 12 inches of freshly fallen snow. Tapping a maple tree and watching as clear sap flows through a web of tubes, all leading to the sugar house. Running to the dining hall between classes...
In San Francisco’s De Young Museum, wide, floor-to-ceiling paintings of vibrant colors and floral patterns with vines strewn across the bodies of young Black men and women hang in dimly lit rooms. These...
Although students might know Carl Hubenthal as the guy on the bike,” there’s more to him than that. Hubenthal has been a Campus Supervisor for seven years ever since a friend of his asked him to...
Arriving at IKEA
When people think of IKEA, they think of sleek, modern furniture, and warehouse shelves stacked with crates. Yet, when we arrived at the well-lit lobby with the one-way escalator, we...