Column: Proposal to split California will do more harm than good
Local venture capitalist Tim Draper's proposal to split California into three separate states will appear on the California ballot in November, after gaining more than 600,0000 signatures.
Reflections on Parkland: Change is the new normal
Having covered the gun-control walkouts in March I was one of many student journalists who eagerly piled into Media Arts Center room 105 Wednesday afternoon for a video interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student reporters. Their coverage of the tragic Valentine’s Day shooting gained national attention and the wake of the MSD student body’s activism reached all of us in the form of walkouts and marches. The Paly Voice hosted the call, which was streamed through Periscope, while representatives from other Palo Alto High School publications attended. These are the things that I learned from that conversation.
‘Call Me by Your Name’ demonstrates art of filmmaking
Charming 17th century stone villas, sweltering summer heat and the luscious greenery of the countryside “somewhere in northern Italy”; such a scene is only fit for the most beautiful of summer romances. Luca Guadagnino’s "Call Me by Your Name," based on the novel by André Aciman, encapsulates that very fantasy.
Malcolm X is being forgotten
“Integrity”. That was the word inspirational speaker Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, used to describe her father while speaking at the Muslim Community Association... Read More
Could the Parkland school shooting be the final straw?
The response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a disturbed man murdered 17 people, feels different. This surge in student-led activism is something new; something that could mark the end of the cynical passivity that has become the mindset of so many, and should serve as a call to action.
In light of the Parkland shooting
In the United States you are as likely to be killed by a gun as you are to be killed in a car accident. In South Korea, you are just as likely to be killed by a gun as being crushed between two objects. In Japan, the comparison is made with being killed by lightning and in New Zealand, with falling off of a ladder, according to the New York Times.
![Junior David Foster, a coordinator for the community outreach subcommittee of the Palo Alto High School Innovative Schedule Committee, opens a Google spreadsheet with potential schedule plans. The group recently identified a certain schedule framework that it plans to use but has yet to decide upon a complete schedule recommendation. “We will hopefully reach consensus on a final schedule in the meeting [two] Tuesdays from now,” Foster said. “Until then, nothing is decided as we’re pushing on the pros and cons of different schedule tweaks.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/David-Foster-on-Computer-at-ISC-Meeting.jpg)
An alternating schedule would harm extracurriculars
Recently, the Innovative Schedule Committee (ISC)—a collaborative group consisting of both students and staff—announced that it had narrowed its long search for a new schedule system and is strongly considering a certain type: one that has no C-days. Though the elimination of C-days may be cause for celebration for many students, we must not ignore the potential implications of switching to an alternating-type schedule.
Five things we like and don’t like, featuring the return of the Roaring 20s
The winter sports season is in full swing and business is booming 1920s style for Paly athletics. Take a journey down the rabbit-hole and read... Read More
Shutting down gradebooks during Winter Break helps shut down stress
Many students claim that it is more stressful to not know their grades, and that this stress impedes them from having fun. Have we become so intrinsically tied to our grades that we cannot go one moment without thinking about them? Maybe we have, and maybe that's why this policy should exist: to break that toxic bond.
Infinite stress without Infinite Campus: Hidden grades over break do more harm than good
Even before last semester's final exams ended, students who hovered over the Infinite Campus reload button awaiting their grades received no closure over their recent test scores.
Editorial: Thankful for ASB, administration for Spirit Week progress
There is one week Palo Alto High School students always look forward to: Spirit Week. Renowned for its emphasis on class bonding and exciting rallies,... Read More
Column: The induction of a freshman soccer team
Soccer is the most popular sport in the entire world. The team sport which is played with no hands is adored and watched in various countries around the world and its popularity continues to rise.