Jayden Xia (12) is in his first year as a part of The Nexus. He enjoys late night car-talks, listening to Conan Gray and Olivia Rodrigo, and playing music. He dislikes sarcasm, redundancy, and sarcasm.
Marc Artaud (12) stifled a laugh before carefully peering above the Target Starbucks bar to scan for potential threats. He awkwardly avoided the eyes of staring Target employees before slumping back...
If everything goes right, they could win it all right now. Doubles partners Matthew Pham (12) and Alex Do are facing Cathedral Catholic High School—they’re one point from winning the...
A mishit—the birdie went high as Adrian Luo’s (10) opponent lit up at the perfect opportunity for a kill. His opponent smashes, but Luo returns. Another smash. Another return. Four consecutive smashes....
Treeplenish is a grassrootsorganization focused on offsetting paper use by planting trees on a community scale. In December, Julia Krastev (11), Kylie Gerber (11), and four other students began Westview’s...
In his junior year, PJ Wetherell (12) was one of a select few students in PUSD to be admitted into a two-year Northrop Grumman internship. The first year of the internship consisted of orientations and...
Brandon Le (12) clicks furiously, tabs and bars swirling around his computer screen. 23 minutes later, Le clicks the play button. A playful synthesizer sweetly calls out as pulsing 808s and high-hats...
Rumbles. The seams of my abdomen begin to split as my body doubles over onto itself. My legs buckle; I try to resist but a sensation of impotence settles around me. I look at those around me and find...
Over the past four years, Gary He (12), Russ Sobti (12), Michael Pham (12), and Abhi Rathore (12) have worked to build Fynking Analytics, an algorithm-based consulting app. But despite the eventual accolades...
On Feb. 21, Arthur will air the first episode of its 25th and final season.
If during your childhood, you were anything like me, cable-less and destined for social ostracization due to an inability...
Every morning at exactly 6 a.m., Clarissa Cheng (12) taps “Stop” on her iPhone alarm app and rolls out of bed. It may be an early wake-up time for most teenagers her age, but on the East Coast where...
When I think of the word “patriotism,” images of whooping rednecks, arms akimbo and brandishing AK-47’s, bleeding red white and blue are the first things to come to mind. As someone who has grown...
On a bustling Friday night at Jaybird, patrons laugh and chat as they sip cold glasses of hard kombucha. Jay Ressler mans the bar, deftly pouring the colorful drinks into glasses without spilling a...
Dance Troupe hosted a dance clinic for first-through eighth-graders, Nov. 14. The eight-hour workshop featured student-taught and choreographed dance sessions and bonding games.Joy Xu (12), who led...
Coins clinked into a plastic jar labeled “TGAO” as Drake’s “Race My Mind” boomed across the asphalt basketball court. Spectators in lawn chairs shared pizza slices, lounging and chatting...
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As the saying goes, “History is always written by the winners,” and in America, white men have been the winners for a long, long time. Consequently, much of the history...
Sixteen-year-old Carl Roberts has become a nationwide sweetheart after posting a video of himself participating in the “Devious Licks” trend. In this internet craze, students create intellectually-stimulating...
Katie Jacques (12) sat patiently in a wood-plated chair as her hair-stylist streaked dollops of baby-blue dye onto her hair. As the dye set in, her hair was left a rich turquoise-green.
Jacques’...
If you’ve at all been conscious of what’s been going on in the Californian political sphere, you’ve probably noticed the recall of governor Gavin Newsom. You may have even seen the yellow “Recall...
As lines of expectant freshmen slowly filed into the quad, they were met with the enthusiastic cheers of Link Crew leaders clad in neon t-shirts, a field of numbered meterstick-signs bobbing up and...
