Every other weekend for most of my childhood, you could catch my dad and me at the Stanford women’s basketball game, sitting somewhere on the upper levels with a frozen pink lemonade between us. My household names of the 2010s included Kiana Williams, Haley Jones, Alanna Smith and the Hull twins. I...
It’s a classic image: fans on one side of the stadium screaming for their school while the other side chants for theirs. The players are deep in the game, both sides hoping to emerge as the champion and bring the coveted title to their side of town.
Although the local rivalry between Gunn and Paly...
According to NPR, pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., a title it has held for the last five years. Palo Alto’s pickleball community is growing alongside others worldwide, with round-robin tournaments and hit-arounds at local parks and country clubs.
Senior Reed Flinchbaugh, an avid...
Travis Scott: ‘UTOPIA’
Rapper Travis Scott released his highly anticipated fourth studio album, “UTOPIA,” on July 28. Over the album’s 19 tracks, Scott guides listeners through a musical journey exploring the subjectiveness of a perfect world. With impeccable production and a star-studded...
June 16, 2015 — sitting criss cross applesauce, I stared so intensely at the TV that my eyes felt as if they were going square. Standing in front of me was the winning team of the 2015 NBA championship: the Golden State Warriors. Little did I know, I’d be in a rerun of “Groundhog Day” for the...
Home to many of the music industry’s greatest stars, such as Grateful Dead and Tupac Shakur, the Bay Area is a hotspot for live music. Concert attendance jumped after the pandemic, with LiveNation estimating a 24% increase from 2021 to 2022 nationwide. With young people leading the charge, social media...
Since the age of 7, water polo has been a pillar of junior Nina Albers’ life. Over the past 10 years, she has experienced the ups and downs that come with putting her all into a sport: Sweet victories strengthen her love for playing, and tough losses feel like rock bottom. Wins and losses aside, however,...
For as long as she can remember, junior Alexa Nanevicz has celebrated Polish heritage during the holidays, making traditional Polish dishes with her family. Every Christmas Eve, the Nanevicz family works together to prepare a meal to share. “Usually my parents will organize it and have my brother [and...
Long breaks from school are great opportunities to focus your energies on pursuits that you’re too busy for during the
semester. How could you possibly learn how to knit when you have a long essay question or a vocab go-around to prepare for? Thus, this winter break, take time to learn a new hobby,...
High school sweethearts: the beauty of young love, the picture of romance and the topic of too many coming of age films. High school couples often bring to mind images of holding hands in the halls, homecoming and Prom proposals or even sharing a smooch outside of class. What does not come to mind, however,...
Cast-iron plant
The large, glossy leaves of Aspidistra elatior give it the aesthetic of a Spanish-tiled courtyard on a Pinterest board. Yet, its subtle beauty and simplicity conceals its indestructibility.
Aspidistra elatior, also known as the cast-iron plant, was first introduced to Europe from...
