COVID-19: The virus that has shaken the nation Adora Zheng, Benjamin Stein and Andy Wang April 6, 2020 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight The typically packed University Avenue is desolate, a lone man seen wearing an N-95 respirator waiting for his take-out order from an empty restaurant. School campuses have been abandoned, whiteboards and desks...
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 ...
Shots Fired: A look into the implications of vaccine mandates Sarah O'Riordan, Shiva Mohsenian and Andy Wang November 22, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight Background Hundreds of parents and activists clad in red shirts lined the halls of the state Capitol, hoisting signs that read ‘DO NOT BULLY DOCTORS INTO NOT PROTECTING THEIR PATIENTS!’ and chanting ‘YES TO ED...
Post-Paly Plans 2019 The Editors-in-Chief May 28, 2019 Post-Paly Plans, Showcase, Uncategorized The Post-Paly Plans Map has historically been one of The Campanile’s most highly anticipated pieces. Though its intended purpose was to celebrate the post-graduation plans of every senior, the reality is the ma...
Dear Paly: Letter from the Editors-in-Chief of The Campanile The Editors-in-Chief April 21, 2019 Editorial, Showcase, Spotlight 5 When the five of us stepped into the Editor-in-Chief role a year ago, we knew the next 12 months of our lives would be a whirlwind of breaking news and deadlines, picas and headlines. We expected to be immersed...
The Truth About Dishonesty Neil Kapoor, Kiana Tavakoli and Maya Rathore April 20, 2019 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight The names of sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity have been changed. Introduction Everybody’s doing it,” embattled college coach William Rick Singer said in a 2013 YouTube video, “it” referring to ...
Diving into Divorce Annie Chen, Miranda Li and Johnny Yang March 2, 2019 Showcase, Spotlight When junior Sasha Poor was 11 years old, she came home one day and found a brand new book sitting on a bookshelf in her garage, titled “A Smart Girl’s Guide to Her Parents’ Divorce.” A sixth grader at the time,...
From Immigration to Assimilation Jaures Yip, Alyssa Leong, Sophia Moore and Byron Zhang February 2, 2019 Showcase, Spotlight As debates over weighted grades, middle school renaming and a cluster of other concerns rippled through the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) in recent years, an increasingly influential group — Chines...
Coming to a Consensus on Consent Noah Baum, Leila Khan, Shannon Zhao and Tien Nguyen December 12, 2018 Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life Introduction If you stop and ask 20 strangers to define “consent,” you will hear a variety of answers. If you stop and ask 20 students who have all attended the same consent assemblies to define the term, you w...
Bridging The Achievement Gap Annie Chen, Khadija Abid and Vivian Feng October 28, 2018 Lifestyle, Showcase, Spotlight PAUSD is the number one school district in California according to Niche, 24/7 Wall St. and countless other acclaimed organizations. It boasts of sky-high graduation rates, impressive standardized test scores a...
