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Letter from the 2020-21 Editors-in-Chief

Adora Zheng, Andrew Toteda, Benjamin Stein, Kris Risano and Shiva Mohsenian

May 29, 2021

Call us crazy, but one of the things we’ll miss most about high school is pacing the quad on campus, harassing groups of students at brunch to ask if they’d like a Campy still hot from the presses. Maybe we w...

Post-Paly Prestige

Adora Zheng, Andrew Toteda, Benjamin Stein, Kris Risano and Shiva Mohsenian

May 25, 2021

Lifestyle, Post-Paly Plans, Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life

Every fall, millions of high school seniors sit down at their computers and attempt to boil their life’s journey into a 650-word essay. Their application, which consists of transcripts soaked in sweat, years of...

UCs no longer accepting SAT, ACT scores in future admissions, scholarships

Austin Xiang

May 15, 2021

Breaking News, News, Showcase

The University of California system will no longer accept SAT or ACT scores for admissions or scholarships between the fall of 2021 and spring of 2025, after a settlement was announced on Friday. This decis...

Senior elimination

Evelyn Cheng

May 8, 2021

Lifestyle, Showcase

After idling in her car for an hour and a half and spending another 30 minutes hiding behind a bush, senior Malia Wanderer finally made her move, leaping from the shadows and tagging her target with a beach bal...

Roots of underrepresentation in STEM

Austin Xiang

May 6, 2021

Science/Tech, Showcase

As senior Noelle Burwell looks around her science class, she feels a sense of separation. Burwell, who is the co-president of the Black Scholars United Club, said she has seen first-hand the underrepresentation...

FDA to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds next week

Ben Antonow

May 3, 2021

Breaking News, News, Showcase

BREAKING: The Food and Drug Administration plans to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds as early as next week, federal officials said. Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is the o...

Facing discriminasian

Jack Galetti, Lauren Chung and Maya Singer

April 29, 2021

Showcase, Spotlight

A long history of racism The recent rise in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes is not a recent development, and while it has shocked those unfamiliar with bigotry against Asian Americans, senior Michaela Seah...

Students, coaches remain hopeful about CCS possibility as sports resume

Lauren Chung

April 19, 2021

News, Showcase, Sports

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Feb. 19 that all high school sports could return to practices, senior Sukhman Sahota was beyond thrilled. “It had been almost a full year since I last p...

The spread of STEM

Evelyn Cheng

April 3, 2021

Science/Tech, Showcase

OpenBracketsInspired by the Black Lives Matter rallies in Palo Alto, OpenBrackets was founded in June as a means to address racial inequality. Senior and OpenBrackets team member Trisha Razdan said th...

On-campus instruction returns to Paly

Ben Antonow and Parker Wang

March 27, 2021

News, Showcase

Following growing demand from community members, PAUSD reopened school-wide in-person learning at its middle and high schools on March 9. In the first week, about a quarter of the student body attended ...

B.L. vs. Mahanoy could affect student free speech; Cheerleader’s Snapchat rant leads to significant Supreme Court case

Ben Antonow

June 11, 2021

A cheerleader’s altercation with her high school cheer coach has turned into a Supreme Court case over the ext...
Electric boats rise in popularity for their new technology and sustainability mission

Olivia Ericsson

June 7, 2021

Electric boats startups have begun to make inroads into the boating industry. The main mission of these startups is to m...
An Ode to the Quad

Benjamin Stein

June 3, 2021

From spikeball tournaments and football games to water balloons during spirit week and groups of seniors basking in the ...
Stanford reverses varsity athletics decision

Kyla Schwarzbach

June 2, 2021

Following significant backlash from community members and both Paly and Stanford athletes Stanford announced a reversal ...
The best (relatively local) beaches

Kyla Schwarzbach

June 2, 2021

What does warm weather, summer right around the corner and a friend willing to drive route 92 (or 17) make? The recipe f...