SRVUSD implements pilot program for multi-gender multi-stall bathrooms in district high schools
Armaan Rashid, Amanda Su, Anumita Jain, Elisa Fang, Megan Tsang, and Vikram Balasubramanian
June 8, 2018
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On May 22, at a district board meeting, a pilot program for the conversion of one multi-stall bathroom at each high school to an all-gender restroom was approved with a 4–1 vote; at DV, the downstairs 2000 bathroom was converted during the last week of the 2017-18 school year. Assistant Superintendent...
Student-led organizations continue to fight for change
Amruta Baradwaj, Activities Director
May 27, 2018
Filed under Community News, News
The fight for gun control grows ever stronger, with more students demonstrating their leadership abilities by forming clubs and organizations to advocate for reform. Students for Social Change, based in Pleasanton, is one of these groups. SSC aims to encourage students who feel as though they don’t...
The Rise of ASMR reveals something telling about modern culture
Oce Bohra, Staff Writer
May 27, 2018
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The internet has been the breeding ground for a variety of strange trends, with perhaps one of the most infamous being ASMR, which has skyrocketed into popular culture. ASMR, which stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is characterized as a tingling sensation in the head, neck, or spine coupled...
Another memeingful club created at Dougherty
Steven Deng, Staff Writer
May 27, 2018
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Amidst a jumble of volunteering, science and math clubs at Dougherty, the new Meme Culture and Internet Safety Club will be charting a new path into Dougherty at the start of the 2018-2019 school year. Founded by sophomores Andrew Cheng, Shady Henry, Nirmal Ayyagari, John Pluth, Zackery McCrann,...
A new perspective: how transfer students acclimated to Dougherty
Sarah Kim, Maitri Parikh, and Harshita Neralla
May 27, 2018
Filed under Community News, News, Profiles
The school year is drawing quickly to a close for all Dougherty Valley students, but for Max Gaasvik, Kaushika Uppu and Ishika Rakesh, the last day at school will probably hold a little more significance than the first day of summer break. The students — three out of a few dozen that transferred to...
DV joins Common Sense program
Sraavya Sambara, News Copy Editor
May 27, 2018
Filed under Community News, News
Contributions by Claire Zhang, Staff Writer In response to the growing popularity and dangers of the Internet and social media, Dougherty Valley High School has applied and been approved to become a Common Sense School, an honor given by the Common Sense Media organization to recognize schools who show...
Illuminating the process of a stadium lightbulb replacement
Ronit Kumar, Sports Editor
May 27, 2018
Filed under Community News, News
Imagine how the light bulbs in the stadium light posts are lighted. It would be a very perilous task for an individual to climb up an approximately 70 feet tall light post and replace the fused bulb. The stadium light posts are so high that it takes a good amount of manpower to replace the bulbs....
An in-depth view of the vaping epidemic
Amanda Su, Elisa Fang, and Anumita Jain
May 27, 2018
Filed under Community News, Investigations, News, Showcase, Student Life
*Names have been changed to protect identities. It was 10:43 a.m. on May 16, around the end of brunch. The AP English Language and Composition exam was taking place in the Auxiliary Gym. I [Amanda Su] was waiting outside of Officer Katie Williams’ office, hoping to conduct an interview with her...
Day of Silence highlights GSA’s persistent defense of LGBTQ+ students
Daniel Shen, Opinions Copy Editor
May 18, 2018
Filed under Community News, News, Showcase, Student Life, Web Exclusive
Over 300 students demonstrated their empathy for LGBTQ+ students during Day of Silence on Friday, Apr. 27 at Dougherty Valley High School as they voluntarily put duct tape over their mouths and refused to speak, a representative gesture of the social censorship that this minority faces on a daily basis.
A Few Tips for Your AP Exams
Daniel Shen, Opinions Copy Editor
May 4, 2018
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Even though there’s only 19 days left in the DV school year, so much has yet to happen — prom, spring concerts, the end-of-the-year rally, Powderpuff, finals, my birthday, and, of course, AP exams. Over the course of two weeks (May 7-11 and May 14-18), just under 3,000 individual AP tests of the...
Facebook collects and exposes consumer data without consent
Arshia Mehta and Anouki Panthagani
April 28, 2018
Filed under International, News
In today’s technology-based age, someone sitting behind a computer on the other side of the world may know more about you than your neighbor. Privacy violations surrounding social media users can easily be traced back to one main culprit — the social media platforms themselves. And in fact, a...
Driverless buses “drive” tech innovation into San Ramon
Ronit Kumar, Sports Editor
April 28, 2018
Filed under Community News, News
In early March, Bishop Ranch and Contra Costa County Transportation Authority granted permission for California’s first driverless bus to be tested on the streets of San Ramon in an attempt to reduce the expenses of the city transportation. The driverless bus, also known as an autonomous vehicle,...