The narrative surrounding rioting is fairly consistent: it’s unacceptable, discredits your movement and is never a legitimate tool for change. I didn’t have any issues with this sentiment; being anti-violence...
Caring is the hardest part.
Which is ironic, given the outstanding consequences of the alternative.
When I think about the things I care about most—or that trigger the most guilt—I think about...
“I have a new mantra,” I explained to my friend as we walked out of A period US Government in the first week of school. “At the beginning of the school year, I always tell myself that I have to start...
Dear reader,
In 1977, we launched a record of ourselves into space.
The Voyager spacecraft carried a 12-inch, gold-plated phonograph record which would travel beyond our solar system. It would...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• September 27, 2021
Dear reader,
I would like to preface this by saying that I have never taken a statistics course.
I think, unknowingly, I’ve always been fascinated by numbers (no matter my distaste for math. Arithmetic...
Dear Reader,
Over the summer, at the peak of the BLM movement, I distinctly remember one post being circulated that read something along the lines of “If you’re not into politics, then you’re...
As a current high school senior, I’ve since begun the arduous process of filling out college applications. Perhaps one of the most difficult questions for me to answer isn’t a writing prompt, but rather...
Dear Reader,
A wise animated rat by the name of Remy once said, "[Humans] don't just survive; they discover; they create.” Well, this column is my attempt to create something (emphasis on “attempt”)...
According to the acclaimed astrology app Co-Star, I’m having “trouble with my spirituality.” And, considering that I joined Co-Star mainly to make a point, that’s probably true.
Astrology has...
Dear Reader,
I find it wildly ironic when a celebrity gives an interview in which they scorn the concept of “celebrity.”
In the classic era of “Old Hollywood,” “celebrity” was, if not...
Dear Reader,
There’s this one store in the San Ramon City Center that I’ve told all of my friends about. It’s this impossibly stylish clothing store, owned by an ex-supermodel, with...
Dear Reader,
Sometimes I feel like I’m locked in a room of fun-house mirrors and the only way I can stop dissecting myself is if I close my eyes. I loom out in front of myself in odd proportions...
