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Career Tech Ed requirements flawed, need revision

Maggie Rosenthal and Maggie Rosenthal April 25, 2014

Stress plays a large part in student life as students have to balance strenuous school schedules with time-consuming extracurriculars. One way that many students try to limit this stress is to take less...

Drinking age should be lowered to 18

Hillel Zand, Editor-in-Chief April 25, 2014

In most countries, 18 is considered the age of adulthood. When I reach adulthood this coming fall, I can legally join the military, buy a rifle, adopt a child, smoke a cigarette, apply for a medical...

Photo editing tools negatively affect daily life

Lauren Gargiulo, Staff Writer April 25, 2014

Through the last 20 years, technological advances, such as Adobe Photoshop, have brought major changes to popular media. Photoshop, which was initially released in 1990, has since grown into an extremely...

Graphical comparison of the average SAT scores with a family’s yearly income.

Are the changes to the SAT beneficial? NO

Angela Stern and David Tayeri March 29, 2014

The changes announced for the new SAT format that will pilot in 2016 are not all bad, however it seems they fall short in achieving the College Board’s goals for the exam. Some components of the old...

Prom safety is quite, QUITE important. Trust us.

Maya Kitayama and Jensen Hsaio March 29, 2014

It all starts months in advance. When the infamous “Paly Prom Dress” group hits the collective Facebook-sphere of Palo Alto High School females, the focus immediately shifts to Prom. As the days grow...

Wild animals deserve more attention from animal rights activists

Heather Strathearn, Senior Staff Writer March 29, 2014

Beginning next year, farmers must provide hens with enough space to stand up, lie down and extend their wings fully without touching another bird in order for their eggs to be sold in California. While...

Allowing students to take yoga would promote a new form of fitness and help them de-stress.

Yoga should be offered as alternate class for physical education credit for 10th grade

Josefin Kenrick, News Editor March 29, 2014

Stress is a large part of Palo Alto High School students’ lives. However, resolving “stress” in general at a high school is a daunting task. There will always be homework assigned and testing will...

The benefits of bringing back lawn chairs

Jeffrey Ho, Staff Writer March 29, 2014

It is quite evident that Palo Alto High School is the frontrunner for many facets of academia, from top public school education to sophisticated technology to superior athletics. As we sit in the realm...

Are the changes to the SAT beneficial? YES

Will Snodgrass, Staff Writer March 29, 2014

At many colleges, test scores might work as a deciding factor between students with similar GPAs. For this reason, many students put large amounts of time and money into preparing for tests such as the...

Naviance allows students to see the likley hood of getting into different colleges based on their GPA and SAT or ACT scores.

Students should better utilize Naviance and it’s beneficial online resources

Sarah Tayeri, Staff Writer March 8, 2014

I f you have been to even a couple sessions of advisory during your high school career, you are familiar with Naviance, the college and career readiness online resource— or, at least, the concept of...

Our generation: most apathetic than all before

Lauren Klass March 8, 2014

We are Generation Z: the digital generation. We now live in a world surrounded by computers, touch screens and smartphones. We are fortunate enough to have been granted access to a constant pool of knowledge...

Limited parking makes it difficult for residents to navigate through Palo Alto.

Palo Alto needs to increase parking capacity in order to accommodate all citizens and visitors

Bowen Gerould, Senior Staff Writer March 8, 2014

While sitting in my car on my way to school for the past few weeks, I have started to notice a significant increase in the amount of people driving to school during the rainy season. It creates huge lines...

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