By Noah Tesfaye, Web Managing Editor
| February 9, 2019
Sarcasm, fist bumps and Capri Suns seemingly have nothing in common. But, in fact, they do. They are “Barkerisms,” a term coined by AP Literature, Film Analysis and New Media Literacy students to describe...
Senior Richa Krishna started dance when she was just four years old. But in her freshman year, she was devastated to find out her heart condition, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), left her unable to...
It’s been about 30 years since Nancy Reagan preached the slogan "Just Say No" to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use. In 2019, we are in a stalemate. Teenagers are facing...
Among the Best Picture nominees—full of biopics and remakes and fantastic original films that all seek to tell an authentic human story—comes the quiet, yet deceivingly problematic “Green Book.”...
This year’s Best Picture category is filled with biopics, a remake and, for some reason, “Black Panther.” The only two truly original films in the whole category are Yorgos Lanthimos’s period piece...
Over the past three decades, bubble tea has become an automatic association with Asian culture. First invented in Taiwan in the 1980s, bubble tea—named after the bubbles in the tea itself, not the tapioca...
Sophomore May Jiang was in fifth grade when she began to recognize the “relaxed and comfortable” feeling she had when a friend quietly explained concepts to her. Years later, she stumbled upon a YouTube...
By Noah Tesfaye, Web Managing Editor
| February 6, 2019
Senior quotes have been part of the Los Altos Aerie Yearbook for nine years, acting as a platform to express themselves in a piece of their own personal history. But after recent controversy surrounding...
On January 20, Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd’s “Lost in The Fire” made top 25 on the Mediabase pop radio airplay chart. And I am appalled.
I used to admire The Weeknd for his ability to convey...
An estimated 40 million adults in the United States have an anxiety disorder, making anxiety the most common health concern in the United States. “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety” is a 2017...
Compulsory schooling in the United States began mainly with a religious mission of enabling children to read the Bible. Looking back, it seems unethical to use education as a means to spread religion,...
Before standards-based grading, Egan Junior High held academic rigor high, trumpeting its 4.0 honor roll students and boasting high scores on standardized tests. But after Egan adopted the new grading...
