Students have mixed opinions on ROLEs Ajay Venkatraman June 1, 2020 News Paly’s shift in implementing distance learning has received both praise and criticism from students and teachers regarding the self-paced, asynchronous learning systems. Required Online Learning Experiences ha...
Palo Alto faces $38 million revenue deficit, plans on job cuts Braden Leung June 1, 2020 News A city council meeting on May 26 revised many of the budget cuts the City of Palo Alto is facing for its 2020-2021 fiscal year. These cuts were originally discussed from May 11-13, where the council first deter...
Graduation Plans and Changes to come Emma Todd May 31, 2020 News As the end of our digital spring quarter nears, seniors around the country have begun to prepare for their “virtual graduations” which will likely consist of receiving their diplomas via email. However, thi...
Stanford students leave campus over COVID-19 fears Ali Minhas May 30, 2020 News Stanford University, a campus once filled with thousands of students pacing the grounds, has now been reduced to a campus that houses a couple hundred undergraduates following the safety protocol. The exodu...
Letter from the 2020 Editors-in-Chief: The Worldwide Whirlwind Annie Chen, Frida Rivera, Jaures Yip, Lucy Nemerov and Miranda Li May 29, 2020 News, Showcase During the final hours of production, there’s an inherent, invigorating energy which emanates from the Media Arts Center lab that the five of us have come to cherish. Two months ago, as we all celebrated yet ...
School district proposes fall reopening schedule and bell schedule Valerie Chu May 13, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase The Palo Alto Unified School District proposed a reopening plan and a new bell schedule for secondary schools for the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year in an online school board meeting on May 12. The te...
Administration asks teachers to rethink giving ‘No Credit’ progress report grades Valerie Chu May 9, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase Following progress report submissions on May 6, Principal Adam Paulson asked teachers to reconsider giving a “No Credit” grade to students. In late March, Superintendent Don Austin announced that all PAUSD s...
Fire Breaks Out at Stanford Dish Braden Leung May 1, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase A vegetation fire broke out along the Reservoir Road near the Stanford Dish May 1 at 2:50 p.m., resulting in the closure of nearby roads and subsequent redirection of traffic, according to a tweet issued by the...
Grenade defused at Eleanor Pardee Park Ziggy Tummalapalli April 22, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase A grenade was defused at Eleanor Pardee Park today in the early afternoon, after receiving a call from a homeowner who had discovered it in their backyard. According to Sergeant Eric Bulapal, the homeowner h...
COVID-19’s impact on the retail industry Andy Wang April 20, 2020 News Stores are silent. Restaurants are void. Shoppers are immobilized. In the face of the global pandemic, COVID-19, the U.S. economy has stumbled to a halt. According to Goldman Sachs, the novel coronavirus has ha...
