UPDATE: Prom, field trips and events cancelled, CAASPP testing postponed due to coronavirus concerns Andy Wang and Benjamin Stein February 28, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase Update: Palo Alto Unified School District will cancel many large-scale events including Prom, field trips and all gatherings of over 100 people, as well as postpone California Assessment of Student Performan...
A New Decade of Tech Ajay Venkatraman February 24, 2020 Science/Tech, Showcase From foldable electronics to customized sound, 2020 already boasts a great deal of forthcoming technological achievements and advancements. The Consumer Electronics Show at the start of each year provides a loo...
Changing the Censorship Landscape Jace Purcell, Kris Risano and Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe February 19, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight Background “In times of social turmoil, our impulse is often to pull back on free expression. We want the progress that comes from free expression, but not the tension.” And so, Facebook won’t pull back. In ...
Fantasy Frenzy Austin Xiang February 18, 2020 Showcase, Sports Every Sunday morning, sophomore Albert Cai hastily checks his phone to make last-minute changes to his fantasy football roster, with the goal of taking another step forward in winning it all. This fantasy sport...
Top 10 Paly Sports moments of the decade Rebekah Limb February 10, 2020 Showcase, Sports As the decade that gave us three Golden State Warriors championships, four failed 49ers seasons and three San Francisco Giants World Series wins comes to an end, it is safe to say that there were many iconic sp...
Dialect on the Decline Adora Zheng February 4, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase A high school student in Shanghai sits down to begin her homework. Her task? To write an 800-word apology letter for speaking Shanghainese, her local dialect, in class. According to the Shanghai Municipal Educ...
District meets with Infocus after censorship attempt Sarah O'Riordan and Benjamin Stein January 29, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson informed InFocus executive producers on Monday that Palo Alto Unified School District General Counsel Komey Vishakan had received complaints about a "Paly Bachelor" segment the...
Paulson to resign as principal in June Andrew Toteda and Benjamin Stein January 24, 2020 Breaking News, Showcase Principal Adam Paulson announced his resignation and departure from Paly at the end of the 2019-20 school year following six years of work as a campus administrator, according to a school-wide announcement earl...
My Team Lowkey Sucks Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe December 26, 2019 Showcase, Sports Frustration crosses junior David Snyder’s face as he avidly watches the television, his eyes darting back and forth across the screen. It’s 2017, and Snyder’s favorite basketball team, the Indiana Pacers, are c...
The versatility of virtual reality Krista Robins December 19, 2019 Science/Tech, Showcase The screen is black. Straps tightly hug the circumference of his head, supporting the silver contraption which covers the majority of his face. Then, as a light projects from the screen just centimeters from hi...
