If a person were to walk into a Macy’s, TJ Maxx or Target looking for a white, button-down shirt, they would certainly find what they came for. Still, while they might walk back to their car with the right item, they will have lost something great—the reward of obtaining an item after a strenuous...
Gone are the days of sentence diagramming, organically structured essays and high school term papers. Students who know about the subjunctive mood, present continuous tense or nominative case likely learned them from studying foreign languages or grammar books. This trend in education to leave grammar...
Gunn, and the Palo Alto Unified School District as a whole, is renowned for its high levels of academic achievement and accomplished alumni. Often, however, Gunn’s academic reputation diverts focus from some of its faults. If a student were to walk around Gunn’s campus after brunch or lunch on an...
During the 2016 presidential election, operators of the pizza parlor Comet Ping Pong began receiving threats from right-wing activists who erroneously believed the shop was the center of a pedophile sex ring involving presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other liberal political elites. On Dec....
Restaurants across the country are rapidly expanding their menus to include plant-based substitutes for meat products in order to meet growing customer demand. This upsurge in popularity is due to increasing concerns about the effects of meat consumption on animal welfare and the environment. As many...
Although purchasing from small businesses is often heralded as the most communal and ethical way to shop, large businesses have perks that are consistently overlooked. With thousands of stores scattered throughout the world, these businesses are usually where most people obtain everyday items. Due to...
As a lifelong Bay Area resident, I have grown up equally daunted and thrilled by the prospect of attending an elite college. In kindergarten, I made one of my closest friends by ambitiously proclaiming that we would go to Harvard together. Although I lost a bit of my audacity in high school, gaining...
The term “privilege” has become ubiquitous in modern-day discourse: In 2019, an FBI investigation titled Operation Varsity Blues revealed how 33 parents of college applicants had paid $25 million dollars between 2011 and 2018 to bribe college officials. Earlier this year, the death of Tyre...
Zoe Leontis, Social Media Editor
• February 13, 2023
In classic ’90s romantic comedies, typical “meet-cutes” include encountering someone in a cafe, dropping books in a hallway in front of the love interest or literally running into them on the street. Today, establishing first contact with a potential partner can be as simple as swiping right on...
