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Students leaving Town and Country dissatisfied with high lunch prices

Cheap restaurants replaced at Town and Country

Michelle Yin November 16, 2012

For the last couple of years, Town and Country Village has been drastically raising its lease, forcing a heap of small popular restaurants such as Spot Pizza, Rojoz, Korean Barbeque and Hobees to close....

Microsoft debuts vibrant new operating system

Heather Strathearn and Anonymous November 16, 2012

The start menu is gone. The traditional Microsoft desktop trademarked by that infamous landscape of a green grass field is hidden. In its place stands Windows 8, Microsoft’s new operating system. The...

Two Paly students play with Stanford Band

Two Paly students play with Stanford Band

Grace Fang November 16, 2012

Playing in Paly’s band just is not enough music for juniors Eli Weitzman and Jackson Hansen, two of the youngest members in the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB), Stanford’s...

The new Apple store is made of a glass front and roof.

New Apple store offers excellent service and great environment

Jonathan Ziegler November 16, 2012

It has finally arrived: the new Apple store on 340 University Avenue. Despite much secrecy and the store being covered up, the new Apple store opened its doors on Sat. Oct. 27 at 10 a.m., handing out shirts...

Sister Cities connect Palo Alto to the rest of the world

Josefin Kenrick November 16, 2012

What do Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, France, Mexico and the Philippines all have in common? They all have sister cities of Palo Alto where one can go to study abroad and learn about different cultures. The...

Longest serving teachers love Paly experience

Stephenie Zhang November 16, 2012

Several names can be recognized at Paly for decades in the past— Antink, Wojcicki, Williamson, O’Hara, Geller, Steiner, McNulty, Hansen and more. These names date way back to the 1980s and 1990s—when...

Best of Castro Street

Best of Castro Street

Emily Lee October 22, 2012

Castro Street is home to a number of locally run shops, restaurants, and cafés. In the neighboring streets there are many places to eat, along with various small businesses ranging from salons to apothecaries....

The spicy dragon roll is only one of the many choices of sushi available at Homma’s, all of which are wrapped in brown rice rather then the traditional method of using white sticky rice.

Homma’s Brown Rice Sushi offers many delicious options with a use of unique and healthy ingredients

Rachel Cui October 22, 2012

The quality of sushi, an exotic blend of rice, seafood, vegetables and sauces, relies heavily on the fusion of its taste and texture. Because nearly every sushi dish consists of the ingredients wrapped...

How to Halloween

How to Halloween

Stephenie Zhang October 22, 2012

It is the time of the year to start pulling out costumes, dusting off candy bowls and carving out pumpkins as the scariest day of the year quickly approaches. Halloween is the time to see illuminated...

Gunn Seniors celebrate their final Homecoming Week

A comparison between two rival schools: Paly versus Gunn

Ziv Schwartz October 22, 2012

Every fall, high schoolers experience the same old transition; swim trunks are replaced with jeans, t-shirts turn into sweaters and flip-flops become shoes. Students return from their glorious summer...

Hale, Evans debut as teachers

Gina.S October 22, 2012

Every school year, Paly always acquires new staff members, whether they are teachers or administrators. This year, Paly welcomed many new staff members into the Viking community. Christine Hale is a new...

How To Prepare For Spirit Week

kian.m October 22, 2012

It is now time to begin preparation for one of the most important and anticipated weeks of the year. Much like homework, procrastination is not the best idea when it comes to Spirit Week. The last minute...

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