Paly students should help to maintain bathroom cleanliness Valerie Chu February 20, 2020 Opinion When the door of a Paly bathroom swings open, the smell that dwells beyond is a scent that can only be described as disgusting. Toilets that won’t flush and a faucet that barely works. Sinks that bear signs of ...
Reducing red meat consumption benefits health, environment Claire Shimazaki February 10, 2020 Food, Issue, Opinion Meat. It’s a staple of the American dinner, from Grandma’s meatball spaghetti to a juicy filet mignon. But we rarely stop to wonder, how does the mass production and processing of animals affect the environmen...
School food service options should be more widely publicized Emma Todd February 10, 2020 Food, Opinion, Student Center, Student Life Every day at 11:35 a.m., a swarm of students gather around the crosswalk between Town & Country and Palo Alto High School for lunch. However, many of the stores available for lunch are expensive, and the l...
Democrats should vote for moderates in primary elections Neil Kapoor December 21, 2019 Opinion As Democratic primary voters gear up to choose among a diverse lineup of candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire and other key battleground states starting in early February, only one thing is certain: Under our elec...
Marijuana needs regulation, destigmatizing nationwide Sarah O'Riordan December 21, 2019 Opinion It’s been three years since California legalized the recreational use of marijuana, a milestone achievement for the movement to decriminalize pot. Despite this advancement, the fire of public stigma against th...
Scientists ought to clarify consequences of climate change Olivia Ericsson December 13, 2019 Opinion Temperatures in Greenland have increased, melting over 40 billion tons of ice sheets since the 1970s, according to National Geographic. This summer, Europe underwent a huge heat wave in parts that typically do ...
Student athletes ought to be granted preps for offseason training Adora Zheng December 11, 2019 Opinion Sweat drips into sophomore Julia Ragno’s eyes, her muscles aching after an intense two-hour practice at Solo Aquatics. She gets home and looks up at the clock, a familiar sinking feeling settling in when she re...
PAUSD should offer PSAT to sophomores along with juniors Benjamin Stein December 11, 2019 Opinion Walking into the 800s building on the morning of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, I could feel the tension in the air. As students filed into preassigned testing classrooms, they turned off their phone...
Paly should use arena scheduling for student course selection Sloan Wuttke November 23, 2019 Opinion Every school aims to cultivate ownership, responsibility and instill independence in its students. Yet schools often don’t give students the tools or opportunities necessary to properly exhibit these traits. ...
Growing cancel culture prevents effective conflict resolution Frida Rivera November 23, 2019 Opinion Three years ago, James Charles was a makeup-loving teen from New York who lived with his family and made YouTube videos for fun. A few years later, Charles got his first taste of fame when he began signing bran...
