The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon
The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon
The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon
Rose Liu

Rose Liu, Business Manager

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Senior columns: Reflecting on the past four years

By Kaley Kwan, Vaishu Sirkay, Kaavya Butaney, and Rose Liu
June 9, 2022
Senior Riley Capuano runs on the Baylands Park course in the first SCVAL meet of the 2021 season.

Senior Riley Capuano lands in her dream school following a trailblazing season

By Rose Liu, Business Manager
December 14, 2021
Parking across two spots and onto curbs are among the behaviors that @lahs.bad.parking hopes to discourage.

[Photo] Student-run Instagram account pumps brakes on poor parking etiquette

By Emilie Enser
December 13, 2021
At a Thursday meeting of the GSA, two club members draft the weekly plan, dubbed "The Gay Agenda." The club seeks to provide an inclusive community and spread awareness about issues affecting the LGBT community.

Gender and Sexuality Awareness Club: An engine for advocacy

By Rose Liu
December 13, 2021
Varsity girls soccer team captain, senior Esha Gupta talking with the team at a practice.

Girls soccer dominates first game in 11-0 win

By Rose Liu, Business Manager
December 13, 2021
The varsity girls cross country team poses for a group photo after running a record-breaking race on the Crystal Springs course at their second SCVAL meet.

Girls cross country makes history at the state championship meet

By Rose Liu, Business Manager
December 13, 2021
A ranking of the Disney princes.

[Photo] Battle of the beaus: A Disney princes ranking

By Vaishu Sirkay and Kaavya Butaney
December 12, 2021
1-10

[Photo] 1. Eugene/Flynn Rider – Tangled

December 12, 2021
1-9

[Photo] 2. Kristoff – Frozen

December 12, 2021
1-1

[Photo] 3. Li Shang – Mulan

December 12, 2021
1-8

[Photo] 4. Prince Naveen – The Princess and the Frog

December 12, 2021
1-7

[Photo] 5. Aladdin – Aladdin

December 12, 2021
1-6

[Photo] 6. Prince Eric – The Little Mermaid

December 12, 2021
1-5

[Photo] 7. Prince Charming – Cinderella

December 12, 2021
1-4

[Photo] 8. Prince Adam – Beauty and the Beast

December 12, 2021
1-3

[Photo] 9. Prince Philip – Sleeping Beauty

December 12, 2021
1-2

[Photo] 10. Prince Florian – Snow White

December 12, 2021
The debate over the implementation of an AP cap — a limit to the number of Advanced Placement classes a student can take — has long been discussed in the Mountain View–Los Altos School District.

[Photo] An overview of the AP cap debate

By Vaishu Sirkay and Nina Crofts
November 5, 2021
The newest film adaption of 1965 novel Dune is a masterpiece in its technical production. However, the slow progression of storytelling prevents the film from meeting the expectation.

‘Dune’: a visual masterpiece short on storytelling

By Rose Liu
October 31, 2021
The varsity girls cross country team has had a very successful season this year, breaking two records at consecutive league meets and running in the Clovis Invitational meet. (Pictured from left to right; top row: Riley Capuano, Ella Fadil, Sasha Anderson, Lauren Soobrian, Emily Soobrian/ bottom row: Fiona Bodkin, Shelli Lewis, Maddy Randall, Jasleen Sidhu, Cameron Cox)

Record-breaking varsity girls cross country runs to new heights

By Rose Liu
October 29, 2021
Due to Los Altos High School debater's success, LAHS was ranked 63rd in the nation, and was given the National Speech and Debate Association's designation of Top 100 Schools.

LAHS named as top 100 school by National Speech and Debate Association

By Rose Liu
October 26, 2021
MVLA should issue a vaccine mandate for all in-person students – except those with a religious or medical exemption – to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

[Photo] Let’s end this pandemic and mandate vaccines in school

By Audrey Zhu, Staff Writer
October 13, 2021
When Yao Yao Xiao arrived in California at age six, the challenges of overcoming a language barrier as a deaf person seemed insurmountable. Now, she’s headed to University of California Santa Barbara as an accomplished photographer, public speaker and advocate for the hearing-impaired community.

LAHS graduate Yao Yao Xiao empowers the deaf community

By Rose Liu
August 22, 2021
The competition of college applications is harmful, but we can shift our mindset to mitigate it.

[Photo] Application expectations: Does the stress even lead to so-called “success”?

By Emilie Enser
May 9, 2021
At Mountain View City Hall, protesters convene for the rally.

Protest against anti-AAPI racism held in Mountain View

By Rose Liu
April 14, 2021
Consistent stock market crashes during the pandemic have forced stocks to fall to historic lows, giving small-time investors countless opportunities to get involved in the trade. In quarantine, seniors Peter Budko, Abigail Hagan and Eike Rehwald seized the chance to investigate the ins and outs of the stock market, including the GameStop incident that made headlines this January.

High schoolers navigate the pandemic-era stock market

By Rose Liu, Staff Writer
April 12, 2021
Student environmentalist groups throughout the Bay Area haven't let the pandemic stop them from contributing to the fight against climate change. From protests to phone banking to fire safety programs, the members of the LAHS Green Team, Bay Area Youth Lobbying Initiative and Sunrise Silicon Valley have pushed for environmental causes on a local, state and national level.

Student environmentalists stay green in quarantine

By Marie Godderis and Rose Liu
March 27, 2021
The Airpods Max is Apple’s newest feat towards branching out into other markets. However these elegant, high-tech headphones come at a far greater cost than imagined.

[Photo] Airpods Max: A high price for luxury listening

By Barrett Wong
December 21, 2020
2020 Los Altos High School alumni show us what they've been up to over the past few months, from studying and playing on-campus (top middle) to taking a gap year and working with technology from home (top right). Recruited athletes from the class of 2020 have decided to head down a number of different paths during their first year post-graduation.

Pandemic plans: College sports with the Class of 2020

By Allan Feldman, Rose Liu, and Emily Zhu
November 23, 2020
With the recent release of the iPhone 12, Apple brings a variety of new technological innovations, such as impressive 5G technology and a new A14 bionic processor to the table, making it one of the best smartphones currently available on the market.

[Photo] iPhone 12: The trailblazer for a new era of smartphones

By Barrett Wong
November 21, 2020
High school cliques are no longer reserved for on-screen amusement; they seem to have become a reality. The teenage tendency to label others before properly meeting them is keeping students from discovering new interests and genuinely clicking with others, which is the entire point of high school.

[Photo] A peppy cheerleader, a band geek and a pretentious journalist walk into high school…

By Emilie Enser
November 8, 2020
“Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know?” That’s what the 1998 animated “Mulan” should be asking Disney’s new live-action rendition of the classic tale. With main actress Yifei Liu’s terrible acting skills and a failed attempt to turn “Mulan” into a Disney princess movie, Disney’s newest production does not deliver.


‘Mulan’ — more than just a Disney princess story

By Rose Liu, Staff Writer
September 13, 2020
LGBTQ+ folk often have to hide who they are on the inside, and we often see that identity doesn’t match what’s on the outside. As an Asian American, it’s rare that we are seen as LGBTQ+ folk and instead are seen as singular facets, made of race or sexuality but people are more complex than that.

[Photo] The confusing intersectionality of the queer Asian identity

By Kay Patel
August 29, 2020
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By Garv Virginkar and Rose Liu
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