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

      Bruno Klass
      December 8, 2020
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      Man fatally struck by train at Churchill crossing

      Austin Xiang
      January 21, 2021
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      Valerie Chu
      December 23, 2020
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      Sasha Lehrer
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    • How Prop 22 Shows Corporate Political Power

      Bruno Klass
      December 23, 2020
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      Bruno Klass
      November 13, 2020
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    • Teachers should take additional steps to combat academic dishonesty

      Bruno Klass
      November 13, 2020
      Opinion
    • Paly Connect activities should be offered more frequently

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

      Bruno Klass
      October 23, 2020
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      Bruno Klass
      October 23, 2020
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      Bruno Klass
      December 11, 2020
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      Braden Leung
      January 12, 2021
    • Students continue to interact with college representatives virtually

      Will Thomas
      January 4, 2021
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      Gianna Brogley, Valerie Chu and Gina Bae
      December 27, 2020
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      Bruno Klass
      May 31, 2020
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    • Renewing the fight against climate change

      Andy Wang
      January 24, 2021
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      Ben Antonow
      January 24, 2021
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      Ziggy Tummalapalli
      November 15, 2020
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      Sloan Wuttke
      October 31, 2020
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      Ajay Venkatraman
      October 31, 2020
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      The psychology behind manifestation

      Gianna Brogley
      October 24, 2020
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      Bruno Klass
      June 2, 2020
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      Ziggy Tummalapalli
      December 31, 2020
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      Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe
      December 31, 2020
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      Joy Xu
      December 8, 2020
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      March 14, 2018
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      December 11, 2020
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      December 11, 2020
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      October 12, 2020
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      The Editors-in-Chief
      October 5, 2020
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Opinion

How Prop 22 Shows Corporate Political Power

Ajay Venkatraman
December 23, 2020
Opinion

No SCOTUS nominations before elections

Lauren Chung
November 13, 2020
Opinion

Teachers should take additional steps to combat academic dishonesty

Aidan Seto
November 13, 2020
Opinion

Paly Connect activities should be offered more frequently

Parker Wang
November 13, 2020
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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...
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    Like many of you, I went through my high school years with the impression that Stanford University was a paragon of inte...

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