Log onto Facebook at any given time and you’ll almost always see a few people posting their Ask.fm account links, prompting their peers to ask them questions through the anonymous social media site. It experienced an explosion of popularity among teenagers, with over 20 million users as of November...

The social media website Ask.fm has recently sparked controversy across the country, especially in high schools. Ask.fm is a popular social networking site with over 60 million registered users. The website allows individuals to ask other users questions either anonymously or as an identified user. Though...

The Opinion of The Oracle: Costly application process puts low-income at disadvantage Just over a decade ago, the college application process was a very different system. Hopeful seniors once submitted applications by traditional mail, in envelopes full of physical copies of application forms, printed-out...

The frequency of fire alarms has been inordinately high in the past year and has accelerated sharply since the start of the 2013 academic calendar. The phrase campus-wide “fire alarm Friday” was coined after multiple consecutive Fridays included a fire alarm. While it may seem like a minor inconvenience,...

Although the civil war in Syria is unfolding seven-and-a-half thousand miles across the world, it is nearly impossible to ignore the controversy within the United States. Countless articles, news reports, radio shows and other media forms have voiced their opinions, arguing whether America has a duty...

We had just graduated from UC Berkeley in May when we received news that somehow both of us had received job offers for federal agencies in Washington, D.C.  My roommate began her position at Health and Human Services a month ago, and I had just started at the Federal Trade Commission two weeks ago....

Early Homecoming week, I heard that several dress code violations had been issued to girls. Some people also commented that the dress code was being strictly enforced, and I wanted to see if this applied to guys as well. So, I dressed in minimal clothing from Wednesday through Friday. The dress code...

“Slut,” “ho” and “whore” are three completely inappropriate, degrading and misogynistic hate words used to describe the way females act and dress. As much as they should be, these words aren’t seen as “off limits.” Instead, they are used with surprising regularity. It’s human nature...

Written by: Esther Kozakevich I didn’t really know what to expect going into the first dance of freshman year. I didn’t have any older siblings or friends, so my knowledge of high school at the time consisted of a mix of “The Breakfast Club” and “Mean Girls.” You could say I was not prepared...

Pro: Written By: Lisa Hao Streaking has been a popular tradition in Palo Alto for longer than most can remember. For some students, their high school experience wouldn’t be the same without the occasional nude body sprinting across the quad. However, Palo Alto High School’s principal Kim Dioro...