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Students should rediscover reading

Emma Todd

April 8, 2021

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Is the next virus avoidable?

Bruno Klass

April 5, 2021

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Palo Alto ought to implement a ban on cashless stores

Charlotte Hallenbeck

April 1, 2021

Opinion

Cancellation of SAT Subject Tests creates fairer college admissions process

Joy Xu

February 19, 2021

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Millenials transform business world through ESG investing

Andy Wang

February 19, 2021

Opinion

Millennials and Gen Z are poised to reshape the business world through a focus on environmental, social and corporate governance, which comprise of three central factors investors use to determine growth and ri...

Tech companies’ data use ought to be regulated to protect user privacy

Olivia Ericsson

January 28, 2021

Opinion

Whether you’re in the grocery store or at a restaurant, people are glued to their screens, checking out the latest Instagram post or taking a selfie on Snapchat. Is this the society you want to live in? Is soci...

Students shouldn’t have been optimistic about district reopening plan

Leo Malchin

January 28, 2021

Opinion

As the COVID-19 pandemic edges closer to the one-year mark, it’s only natural for students, teachers and parents to foresee — or at least hope for — a path back to normalcy. Whether paved by an effective vaccin...

How Prop 22 Shows Corporate Political Power

Ajay Venkatraman

December 23, 2020

Opinion

While the eyes of the world were fixated upon the heated 2020 presidential race on Nov. 3, the day brought something else noteworthy to California: the approval of the most expensive ballot measure in state his...

No SCOTUS nominations before elections

Lauren Chung

November 13, 2020

Opinion

While surfing the web recently, I came across a YouTube video of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg working out next to an exhausted and panting Stephen Colbert. Not only was she the only woman on the Su...

Teachers should take additional steps to combat academic dishonesty

Aidan Seto

November 13, 2020

Opinion

Almost every high school student has sat at their desk stumped, unable to solve a difficult question during a test. At that moment, they think about what it would be like to have access to the internet. Well no...

Paly Connect activities should be offered more frequently

Parker Wang

November 13, 2020

Opinion

Logging on to my first-period Zoom class 10 minutes after getting out of bed, every student on-screen is motionless with their microphones muted. During group discussions, it’s either dead silence or constant t...

Stanford should have exercised greater transparency in its decision to cut varsity sports

Evelyn Cheng

October 23, 2020

Opinion

Like many of you, I went through my high school years with the impression that Stanford University was a paragon of intellectual vitality, athletics and integrity. Ever since my brother committed to Stanford as...

The positives of online learning

Bruno Klass

October 23, 2020

Column, Opinion

Classrooms? More like class Zooms. While schools are now taking place online in the comfort of our own homes, students are still divided on whether or not the benefits of comfort outweigh the costs of decreased...

What good does social media activism do?

Krista Robins

October 12, 2020

Opinion

F or some, activism means getting on your feet and protesting, calling representatives or donating to organizations supporting your cause. But a new form of "activism" is sweeping the nation, especially among y...

Students should rediscover reading

Emma Todd

April 8, 2021

When I was in second grade, my parents finally let me read the Harry Potter series, and I had never been more excited. I...
Is the next virus avoidable?

Bruno Klass

April 5, 2021

Hoarding toilet paper. No Clorox wipes in stock. Empty food shelves. When the pandemic arrived, the world panicked. We p...
Palo Alto ought to implement a ban on cashless stores

Charlotte Hallenbeck

April 1, 2021

It seems most establishments see cash as a thing of the past — and with the spread of COVID-19, a cashless economy seems...
Cancellation of SAT Subject Tests creates fairer college admissions process

Joy Xu

February 19, 2021

Junior year is notorious for its rigor, and every day I’ve found myself drowning a little bit more into an ocean of home...
Millenials transform business world through ESG investing

Andy Wang

February 19, 2021

Millennials and Gen Z are poised to reshape the business world through a focus on environmental, social and corporate go...