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Should You Take An AP Class?

Justin Auyeung ‘16 May 27, 2014

Deciding on whether to take an Advanced Placement class (AP class) is a struggling question for every high school student. Taking an AP course means you must devote more of your time into the class because...

Unjust Dress Code

Sammi Chen '16 May 26, 2014

Dress code policy on spaghetti strap, yoga pants, tube tops, and much more,  is it  protecting or restraining us? According to the Institute of Education Sciences, 35% of city schools, including elementary,...

Anotter Problem

Joseph Kozuch '16 May 26, 2014

One of the most highly endangered animals on the planet is the sea otter. The sea otter typically lives along the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Since around 1741, sea otters were...

Want A’s, not D’s? Get some Zzz’s!

Maya Redlinger '16 May 26, 2014

High school students today are subject to intense pressure.  Many take rigorous academic courses, play highly competitive sports, and participate in clubs and other extracurriculars.  On top of this,...

The Rise of Diabetes

Kimberly Wong ‘16 May 26, 2014

As our world develops more and more, we create new inventions designed to improve and advance the way we live. However, sometimes we are confronted with products that affect our lives for the worse. One...

Bay to Breaking News

Emma Ocskasy '16 May 26, 2014

As many San Francisco natives know, the famous Bay to Breakers race was held recently and attracted thousands of people from around the world. What many don’t know is that there is a lot more to this...

George’s Story

Jamie Wheeler '16 May 25, 2014

It was a warm, pleasant Monday and George Barnett could feel the salty ocean spray hitting his face. He and 15 other Marines were packed into the claustrophobic deck of a small landing craft, with hardly...

#Bring Back Our Girls

Kieran Byrne '16 May 25, 2014

This trending tag on Twitter, taken up by famous individuals such as Michelle Obama and Emma Watson, represents a heartbreaking situation being experienced right now by hundreds of Nigerian mothers and...

Facebook Buys WhatsApp for $19B

Lauren Padron '14 March 17, 2014

        I’m sure all of you know what Facebook is, and most of you probably have a Facebook account, but have you heard about the WhatsApp Messenger app? This app was developed by Jan Koum and Brian...

Sit Up and Shut Down

As you’re probably aware, the national government shut down for two weeks (October 1-October 16, 2013). For two whole weeks all “nonessential” national government workers went without pay. This meant...

Hope of a Malaria Vaccine

Hope of a Malaria Vaccine

Unique Cheon '16, Staff Writer December 3, 2013

Conducted by a British healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline, a recent trial of a vaccine has spurred some optimism for the long struggle against malaria. It reduced the prevalence of the disease, anywhere...

Obama Website Glitches

Obama Website Glitches

Kevin Yang '14, Staff Writer November 27, 2013

          Despite the promise of health insurance for millions of Americans under the Affordable Care Act starting on October 1, unfortunate bugs, stalls, errors, dropped accounts, eternal loading...

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