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    • PAUSD school district navigates new options for reopening schools amid county and state restrictions

      Shannon Zhao
      December 8, 2020
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    • Lights, webcam, action!

      Valerie Chu
      December 23, 2020
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      Sasha Lehrer
      December 23, 2020
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      Shantanu Deshpande
      December 8, 2020
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    • How Prop 22 Shows Corporate Political Power

      Shannon Zhao
      December 23, 2020
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    • No SCOTUS nominations before elections

      Shannon Zhao
      November 13, 2020
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    • Teachers should take additional steps to combat academic dishonesty

      Shannon Zhao
      November 13, 2020
      Opinion
    • Paly Connect activities should be offered more frequently

      Shannon Zhao
      November 13, 2020
      Opinion
    • Stanford should have exercised greater transparency in its decision to cut varsity sports

      Shannon Zhao
      October 23, 2020
      Opinion
    • The positives of online learning

      Shannon Zhao
      October 23, 2020
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      Shannon Zhao
      December 11, 2020
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      Post-election thoughts

      Braden Leung
      January 12, 2021
    • Students continue to interact with college representatives virtually

      Will Thomas
      January 4, 2021
    • Common Ground: Respecting political ideologies in the classroom

      Gianna Brogley, Valerie Chu and Gina Bae
      December 27, 2020
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    • Local Startup Companies Face Challenges Midst Covid-19 Outbreak

      Shannon Zhao
      May 31, 2020
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    • California GOP Divided on Trump Stance on Climate Change

      Ziggy Tummalapalli
      November 15, 2020
    • Science behind blue light glasses

      Sloan Wuttke
      October 31, 2020
    • Air quality index

      Ajay Venkatraman
      October 31, 2020
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      The psychology behind manifestation

      Gianna Brogley
      October 24, 2020
    • Interactive classes find ways to continue their course such as Band and Auto

      Ajay Venkatraman
      October 9, 2020
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      App Tracking Coronavirus Infections

      Alex Liu
      May 30, 2020
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    • Local sports attempt to resume play amid COVID-19 pandemic

      Shannon Zhao
      June 2, 2020
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    • Satirical Column: Why having no fans in stadiums is actually better

      Ziggy Tummalapalli
      December 31, 2020
    • The truth about Parity in the NBA

      Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe
      December 31, 2020
    • Open air-stadiums provide solutions for students, staff missing in-person sporting events

      Joy Xu
      December 8, 2020
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      December 18, 2018
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      Shannon Zhao
      December 18, 2018
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      Shannon Zhao
      March 14, 2018
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      Shannon Zhao
      June 1, 2017
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      Shannon Zhao
      May 3, 2017
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      Shannon Zhao
      March 27, 2017
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      Shannon Zhao
      October 5, 2020
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      December 11, 2020
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      December 11, 2020
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      Palo Alto’s history of redlining

      The Editors-in-Chief
      October 12, 2020
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      The Editors-in-Chief
      October 5, 2020
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      July 10, 2020
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Sex, Virginity and Relationships

Shannon Zhao
April 22, 2019
Lifestyle, Showcase, Student Life
The norms of intimacy, pleasure and sexuality for impressionable adolescents have largely been established by portrayals of sex in mainstream media and popular culture. However, when those portrayals neglect to...
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Students explore “hidden” electives

Maya Rathore
April 11, 2019
Lifestyle, Student Life
As course selection shuts its doors and the process of piecing together schedules for next year begins, counselors start their yearly struggle of packing kids into extremely popular classes — the kind of course...

Seniors reflect on difference between first, second semester lifestyle

Johnny Yang
April 5, 2019
Dear Seniors, Lifestyle, Student Life
At this stage in the game, most seniors have either received the bulk of their college decisions or will get them within the next few weeks. Without college applications serving as a motivator, some seniors fin...

Nowruz celebrates arrival of spring

Shiva Mohsenian
April 5, 2019
Food, Lifestyle, Student Life
Minutes before the official start of the vernal equinox, junior Sanaz Ebrahimi leans in close to her traditionally decorated Iranian table alongside her family, eagerly anticipating the start of the Persian New...

Exploring Paly’s extensive prom culture, history

Lara Nakamura
April 4, 2019
Lifestyle, Student Life
Promenade: the formal introductory parading of guests at a party. More commonly known today as, simply, prom. Prom started as a tradition in the Northeastern part of the U.S., serving as an event to promote s...

Students enjoy freelance work

Annie Chen
April 4, 2019
Lifestyle, Student Life
Click. Two minutes before midnight, junior Maya Levine submits “The Golden Bird,” her take on the existing story in which a king decrees that whoever catches a golden bird for him will be the next ruler. She sp...
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Athleisure’s popularity rises

Andy Wang
March 21, 2019
Lifestyle, Student Life
The infamous Adidas track pants with three stripes on the side were first designed to be worn for activities such as running, hence the name “track pants.” However, in the past decade, more and more people have...

Peer Tutoring Center offers more than help with schoolwork

Neil Kapoor
February 15, 2019
Lifestyle, Student Life
As the end-of-the-day school bell rings, a growing murmur and shuffling of notebooks accompanies the packing-up routine for most Paly students waiting to return home after a tiring school day. But for sophomore...
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Coming to a Consensus on Consent

Noah Baum, Leila Khan, Shannon Zhao and Tien Nguyen
December 12, 2018
Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life
Introduction If you stop and ask 20 strangers to define “consent,” you will hear a variety of answers. If you stop and ask 20 students who have all attended the same consent assemblies to define the term, you w...

Students share experiences learning English in a new environment

Sophia Moore
October 11, 2018
Lifestyle, Student Life
When moving to a new country, it is difficult for someone to learn the native language and become accustomed to the new way of life. Being unable to pronounce words correctly may cause close-minded people to qu...
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