Students – The Campanile

Vaccinated community members engage in new activities

May 12, 2021

For many students, parents and teachers, the past year has been a grueling, monotonous, anxiety-filled period. However, as an ever-growing number of community members get one of three COVID-19 vaccines, they ar...

Elementary schools begin to reopen

Braden Leung

October 31, 2020

News, Showcase

Kindergarten and first grade students returned to district campuses and began in-person learning on Oct. 12, with other grades to follow in the coming weeks. This decision was voted on by the Palo Alto Unifi...

Students describe their experiences during COVID-19 outbreak

Jonathan Sneh

May 16, 2020

Lifestyle, Student Life

Streets are empty, and stores are closed. Aside from essential activities such as walking dogs or buying groceries, people are stuck at home until at least the end of May. Life in Palo Alto came to a screech...

Students share experiences working on political campaigns

Emily Asher

April 4, 2020

Lifestyle

Every four years, political opinions become solidified and the country splits once again as political candidates fill the news stations and people’s minds. It is election season. While elections are a major...

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 ...

Backpacking benefits physicality and mindset

Sloan Wuttke

November 8, 2019

Sports

Situated on the ridges of the Teton range, junior Alexa Gwyn peers above the jagged lines encapsulating Wyoming’s natural artistry. Looming over the Idaho border, the Teton range rises to an altitude of approxi...

Student-run publications allow for self-improvement and reflection

Kris Risano

November 1, 2019

Opinion

Each year, many high school publications across the nation are forced to pull rather than publish certain stories. This is often due to school administrator or staff intervention, either to cover up an issue or...

Trial period ought to be implemented to re-open MAC

Sarah O'Riordan

October 25, 2019

Opinion

Walking into the Media Arts Center just one year ago, one was immediately immersed in student life — from groups chattering around a table in the atrium to solemn studiers burying their noses in textbooks in qu...

ASB prepares a variety of events for annual Spirit Week

Jace Purcell

October 18, 2019

News

With this year’s Spirit Week starting Oct. 28, the Associated Student Body is busy planning a multitude of events for the occasion that will serve to de-stress students and further connect the Paly community. A...

Placebo effect impacts students’ academic performance

Andy Wang

September 15, 2019

Science/Tech

The notion that the mind can act as a healing power has long been thought of as a myth. However, a clinical drug trial conducted by Harvard Medical School shows that this phenomenon, known as the placebo effect...

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