Students should be more understanding of test stacking Bernie Koen November 16, 2018 Opinion The overpowering stress of having multiple tests on one day happens often to students at Paly. It happens at every school. It’s an unpreventable occurrence that will happen to all students. And it’s something t...
Athletes should receive preps for alternative P.E. classes Jaures Yip October 29, 2018 Opinion For a brief year, the introduction of yoga was a seemingly ideal alternative to physical education (P.E.), granting students the opportunity to choose a form of exercise that focused on mental health, relaxatio...
Teachers should give students access to online textbooks Maya Rathore October 29, 2018 Opinion Here’s a fact: everybody hates textbooks. They’re bulky and heavy, take up precious space in your room and actively worsen your day whenever you have to transport them to get your work done. Your teachers know...
American media should cover broader scope of gun violence Lucy Nemerov October 28, 2018 Opinion American news outlets were flooded with the devastating details of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14, 2017. Videos of bullets flying into classrooms and high scho...
Voting age for school board elections should be lowered Leila Khan October 13, 2018 Opinion As students progress through the journey of high school, constantly being affected by the inner workings of the school district, it is essential that they have a say in the way their schools are run. Lowering...
Reform necessary to speed up teacher grading process Kaitlyn Lee October 8, 2018 Opinion While many students’ lives are dictated by the strict due dates of their homework, tests and other assignments, teachers don’t seem to have such strict deadlines. Instead, they have the ability of waiting to gr...
School bathroom policy ought to be consistent, fair Bernie Koen October 8, 2018 Opinion The uncertainty of the process of going to the bathroom troubles any individual awaiting the relief that a long-awaited bathroom visit can provide. Across classes, students experience different procedures for ...
Hard alcohol ban is not a solution to hazing deaths Eve Donnelly October 3, 2018 Opinion Like peanut butter and jelly or ketchup and mustard, alcohol and fraternities have always been a pair that seem to go together. Recently, a series of deaths related to fraternity hazing have sparked a call for...
Students should be aware of negative effects of “voluntourism” Annie Chen October 1, 2018 Opinion At 6 a.m. in Bonao, a small city in the Dominican Republic, senior Jennifer Xu prepares for the day’s project: a mural. Xu, who had woken up before everyone else, paints outlines on a wall tainted by graffiti a...
Students should have final say on their schedules Sarah O'Riordan September 19, 2018 Opinion As the school year officially kicks off and the window for schedule changes closes, the usual class-switching chaos in the guidance office is drawing to an end. The chaos in the office is spurred largely by a n...
