The positives of online learning
Classrooms? More like class Zooms. While schools are now taking place online in the comfort of our own homes, students are still divided on whether or not the benefits of comfort outweigh the costs of decreased...
Column: Why school being canceled is actually the best
As students recover from incompetently administered Advanced Placement exams and face a never-ending stream of Schoology messages, they continue feeling the effects of the deadly and novel coronavirus from home...
Column: Quarantine Diary
Monday, May 4
Dear Diary,
I have to say, today wasn’t the best. I managed to force myself out of bed around 7 a.m., which is progress from the early 2 p.m. wake-up time that became routine during the firs...
Column: Everything wrong with Snapchat
BREAKING NEWS! Girl catches BF cheating with her MOM!
Snapchat, a social media app that many Paly students use, is a platform that promotes nothing more than bland, flaky content and communication. There are s...
Satire: Why climate change is fake (sarcastic)
Ahhh, climate change. The warming of the earth’s atmosphere. The rising temperatures and the “increasing greenhouse gases,” whatever that means. The apparent melting of ice glaciers in the North Pole.
All l...
Column: how to get teachers to round up your grade
Time moves fast. One second, you’re scrambling to get acquainted with a new set of classes and teachers, stammering as you recite a not-so-fun fact about yourself to a new set of peers, and then BAM, out of now...
Column: How to dress well
Paly’s student body is made up of a large variety of people, many of whom lack a real sense of fashion and dress quite repulsively. How will these people solve their issue? Don’t worry, I’m here help.
The 'I’m...
Differentiating between dance and cheer teams
You would think that the large bolded font “PALY DANCE” on my varsity jacket would be enough to indicate that I am on the Paly dance team. However, for some reason people still feel the need to ask if I am a ch...
The “Nice Guys Finish Last” Column
Disclaimer: Please read to the last paragraph before forming any opinions.
The following is a lesser-known portion of “Law Codes of Masculine Men,” known colloquially as the “how to get a chick without...