“ShePAUSD.basically took it upon herself to start a Title IX review committee in order to directly address the issues that we were bringing up at the board meet ings and to create a direct link between students and adminis trators,” Pistaferri said.
stu ,” Ladomirak said. “It’s also possible to do with an employee, and so I think we’re trying to gure out what’s going to be the most e ec tive way to serve this role for our district.” Seah said she supports an employee-hire because she thinks it would be more e ective in maintaining the student-district connection.
“I thought, why are they letting go of this person who’s worked really hard, at least from my perspective, to serve students?” Seah said. “It’s possible she could have done something else, but because the reason wasn’t publicized, I could jump to my conclusions.”
Although Vishakan worked mostly for the district, students could meet with her as well. e 2020-2021 Vice President of Gunn’s Know Your Nine club and 2021 graduate Isabella Pistaferri said she and other students worked with Vishakan to cre ate stronger Title IX resources within
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Despite student behavior that caused the game to end early, the football team defeated Gunn 41-0 Friday night. Senior wide receiver and cornerback Josh Kaplan said, “Since Gunn is our rival, that motivated us to push harder and not let them get anything against us.”
“Hopefully, the (new) general counsel puts Title IX issues at the forefront of what they want to deal with in school and keeps that direct link between students and the school district with the Title IX review committee,” Pistaferri said. “I really want there to be actual change and student input, but advocacy is tir ing. You can’t lean on students to do everything for Ladomirakyou.” said the hiring process is an ongoing conversation and the Board will keep Vishakan’s work in mind when choosing its new general counsel.
Cronin also said the plan is one step closer to xing the ongoing problem of skyrocketing college tuition.
“In my prior life, I worked as an attorney for a public agency group, and (being) part of a larger law rm had access to labor attorneys and real estate attorneys and all the other stu that would come up beyond just the generalist
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Blackburn also said the plan may encourage students to only consider college as a path towards success.
“I think a lot of students feel like they have to (take the traditional college route), which is often the more expensive way,” Blackburn said.
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However, Economics teacher Grant Blackburn said Biden’s plan doesn’t x the actual problem.
Seah, who also worked with Vishakan, said Vishakan was an outlet for students’ Title IX concerns.“Alot of Title IX informa tion is very legalistic that can be really hard to understand,” Seah said. “So, we were interested in making the Title IX system more accessible. We would talk to her about our concerns, and she would tell us a little bit more about her experience working as the general counsel.”
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After dismissing its previous general coun sel "without cause" during its Aug. 4 closed session meeting, the board of eduction is in the process of hiring a new person for this posi tion.Board member Jesse Ladomirak said Kom ey Vishakan, hired in 2020, was the district’s rst in-house attorney who provided legal assistance to the Board and Superinten dent.“Prior to bringing the general counsel role in-house as an employee, the district had tons of lawyers providing advice in di erent areas, but there (had) never been the role of general counsel,” Ladomi rakLadomiraksaid. said has heard community concerns about Vishakan’s termina tion, and while she said she understands the pushback, for privacy reasons the Board can't why employees are“Wedismissed.see(frustration) in Palo Alto Online comments — frustrated that the district is stonewalling, but there are legal protections that are in place for both victims and alleged perpetrators, ” Ladomirak said. “We can’t talk about it. I get that it feels like there’s some conspiracy, but 99% of the time, decisions are made for mundane reasons that really aren't all thatButexciting.”forPaly Student Board Representative Johannah Seah, the lack of transparency about this decision and loss of Vishakan, who Seah said was a valuable asset, is devastating.
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At the Board’s Aug. 23 meeting, members discussed hiring a new general counsel, and Ladomirak said one factor they are considering is whether to hire a PAUSD employee or an attorney from an outside law rm.
To ease Americans’ student loan debt, Presi dent Joe Biden announced the Student Loan Forgiveness program on Aug. 24. Biden said the program will cancel $10,000 in debt for those who earn less than $125,000 a year and $20,000 for those who
“I think it o ers a much more manageable way to pay down your student debt once you graduate,” Cronin said.Cronin also said the plan could help people have more secu
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“Loan forgiveness could have the potential to really change peoples’ lives,” Elder said. “Doors (could) open for students who do not have resources otherwise.”
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English teacher Katie Elder said she can relate to the di culties of having staggering student loans after college, and she said the forgiveness plan could create new opportunities for young adults.
“It’s not (only) trying to correct a historical problem, but it’s also trying to set up a system that was awed and make it less awed,” Cronin said. “It’s still not per fect, but I think it’s headed in the right direction.”
In fact, Blackburn said Biden’s plan may back re by making colleges more expensive and harder to attend.
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“We learned lots of things,” Ladomirak said. “We’re trying to use this moment of transition to make sure that when we do it again, it’s as e ective as Vishakanpossible.”didnotrespond to an email request for an interview. any He
“If they were hired into the district, I (would) have a hard time believing they’re going to be very available to student input or be very connected to students at all,” Seah said. “Even when you’re an employee, you’re still disconnected from students in some sense, but because you’re part of the PAUSD district, you understand who you’re working with a bit more.”However, Pistaferri said her biggest concern with a new counsel is their knowledge of Title IX regulations.
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for.“Teachers are still receiving their contrac tual amount of prep time, so there is no action to take at this time,” Baldwin said.
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After almost 10 years of utilizing grade-level counselor assignments, guid ance counselors are now assigned based on students’ last names.
“A lot of the time, we are under a microscope as a school here in Palo Alto,” Olah said. “Auditors have looked at our schedule at least twice in the past few years.”Teri Baldwin, Executive Board President of the Palo Alto Educators Association, said the teachers’ union was not involved in the decision to implement the Study Hall system and that many teachers weren’t informed of the decision until the rst teacher meeting of the year, two days before classes started.
Counselor James Hamilton said he thinks the alpha-sort system will be widely bene cial.
“I had 504 plan meetings with my counselor, which was pretty important because they understand my history and went to those meetings in the past,” Seah said. “So if they were still my counselor, it would have been a lot easier.”
“I honestly think the best part about Spirit Week is the amount of camaraderie you have,” Liu said. “And just hang ing out with your friends; it feels like you belong in the school.”
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Assistant Principal Michelle Stein gart, the administrator who oversees the guidance department, said the discussion around reworking the system started several years ago.
Due to past instances of disrespectful behavior at spirit rallies, ASB plans to enact stricter rules and introduce new activities during Spirit Week, which occurs Sept. 26 through Sept. 30. “ is year, we’re having a lot of talk about ground rules,” Spirit Commissioner and senior Evie Kramer said. “If we catch you with an egg in your hand at (a) rally, your entire class will be eliminated. at’s an example, and I’m not saying that’s what’s (going to) happen, but I think we do need to deal with that (kind of Kramerbehavior).”saidASB and administration are also looking to prevent egg wars after juniors threw eggs during last year’s spirit rally.
“I know going to a big rally isn’t everybody’s cup of tea,” Kramer said. “But it’s only fun if you participate and get out what you put in.”
Based on rules from administrators, talking is not allowed in Study Hall and students can not use their phones or leave the room to nd another teacher. However, based on the rst few weeks of Study Hall, students say each teacher enforces these rules di Assistanterently.
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Under this system, students without Ad visory that week attend study hall with one of their triad teachers and have a 50-minute period of independent work time.
Steingart said she hopes having multi ple counselors per grade will also improve rapport between counselors, teachers and students.ecounselors will be able to retain relationships and understanding of class procedures and how best to support students in each of those grade levels for every year,” Steingart said.
Senior Johannah Seah said she under stands the appeal of the new system but said it is inconvenient for students with a 504 plan or an IEP.
“(Previously), the period was 50 extra, free minutes tacked onto lunch, so it really became 90 total minutes of unstructured time,” Olah said. “While a lot of our students hung out in the quad or the library during that time, there were incidents of vandalism, stealing or skip
So far, students have expressed mixed views on the decision. Junior Austin Krawcyzk said he sees no valuable purpose to Study Hall if students cannot choose their teacher or collaborate with others by meeting up in the same class.
ASB Spirit Commissioner Evie Kramer sits with friends during lunch time. “We’re looking to have a mural or some sort of art collaborative — a quieter type of activity that people can bond in,” Kramer said about this year’s Spirit Week.
“(ASB) was expecting a lot from us when (we) don’t really have a lot of the supplies in order to make these extravagant costumes,” Liu said. “ ey could have been more broad so more people could partici pate.”However, Kramer said the nalized themes are based on democratic voting.
“It’s this evolving process that played itself out over the years and became an issue once we sat back and took a look at our school speci cally,” OlahWhilesaid.working to make Gunn and Paly’s systems more similar, Olah said adding study hall was a logical decision when taking into account the school’s main priority –– the safety and discipline of its students.
Olah said the other issue Study Hall solves is the school’s lack of instructional minutes, the amount of time students are in a faceto-face classroom setting during the school year. e state of California requires 64,800 minutes, with a recommended bu er of 500 minutes.“Ifyou have half of the school not in class, then that technically doesn’t count for in structional minutes,” Olah said. “With our old schedule, we would lose all of our bu er, and be 400 minutes short after that, which is not a smallOlahamount.”saidif state auditors assess Paly’s schedule and nd it is not meeting the required instruc tional minutes, the school could be forced to add more days to the year, delaying summer break.
“It is super awful for the community and not something we wants to be attached to at all,” Kramer said. “And espe cially not at our rallies — that was super inappropriate.”
“Sometimes, it’s harder to get work done at home, and being at school can be a good mo tivator,” Wu-Chin said. “Hopefully, the system
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While the timing of the counselor change was inconvenient, Seah does think the bene ts will outweigh the challenges. e issue will phase out,” Seah said. en once everyone has the same coun selor for all four years, I think the system will do more good.”
“I believe some (PAEA) members found out by accessing their schedules during the summer while others heard at the sta meet ing on their rst day of work,” Baldwin said.
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“ e responsibilities change from year to year, so there are things that you really get buried with as a junior and senior counselor,” Hamilton said. “Spreading (re sponsibilities) out creates a more equitable workload for us.”
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“If people felt that strongly about it, they should have voted that way,” Kramer said. “ ere was a survey put out so people could have Regardless,voted.”Liu said he enjoys spending time with his peers during Spirit Week.
Whileed.”ASB plans to keep the classic rally games, Kramer said they are also looking to intro duce new concepts.
Kramer said she hopes this year’s Spirit Week will be more inclusive to ensure everyone has fun and wants to participate.
“I have worked with my students for three years, so I think you form a strong relationship over that period of time,” Hamilton said.
ably the most prepared class rightButnow.”Liu said preparing for Spirit Week in a limited amount of time is stressful, especially with speci c themes.
Although teacher advisors are largely una ected by this change, other teachers now have less prep time compared to last year. However, Baldwin said study hall is not considered a class teachers need to prepare
I was walking my dog around Hoover park (after Spirit Week), there were so many eggshells just lying everywhere,” Liu said. “I noticed a lot of other people, especially adults with just younger kids, were dissatis
In order to comply with state-mandated instructional minutes, and in an attempt to reduce unstructured student time, Paly admin istrators have implemented a new study hall system during Advisory.
“It feels like it’s just students sitting in a classroom, so it is the most unproductive way to ll time in school,” Krawcyzk said.
Kramer also said she hopes to include the entire student body in spirit week activities by not limiting participation to rallies.“We’re looking to have a mural or some sort of collab orative art — a quieter type of activity that people can bond in,” Kramer Althoughsaid.Spirit Week is a month earlier due to less sun light later in the year, Sopho more Class President Julian Hong said his class is deter mined to win this year. is year, we have brought in a lot of outside help,” Hong said. “We have artists and people from robotics (who) are helping. I would say we’re prob
Steingart said the change addresses parents’ concerns about consistency and building a relationship with a counselor through grade “Sometimes,levels.families have two or three students here in di erent grade levels and are having to interact with di erent school counselors,” Steingart said. “And while we do our best to keep practices aligned, every school counselor has their own spin on Steingartthings.” said the change also balances the counselors’ workload. While lower grade level counselors cover responsibili ties like course selection, upper grade level counselors also deal with standardized testing, college preparation and postgraduationSteingartplans.said varying class sizes also created an unequal distribution of coun selor“Ourresponsibilities.seniorclassis currently around 550 students, and our freshman class is around 470 students,” Steingart said. “So you have one counselor who’s working with 80 more students than another coun selor, which is a big di erence.”
“We’re trying to keep some of the traditional (games) like tug of war,” Kramer said. “We’re really pushing for an indoor rally. But we haven’t gotten ad min approval because of safety concerns, so we can’t promise it.”
And Hamilton said the feedback from families and counselors has been mostly positive.However, Hamilton also said he is worried for students who already have a connection with their counselor being forced to deal with this change.
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Principal Erik Olah said he met with the Gunn scheduling commit tee prior to the start of the school year to see how they keep track of students dur ing SELF, Gunn’s version of Paly’s Advisory program.
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Junior Jonathan Liu said he also wants tighter restrictions and ground rules after seeing the aftermath and reactions to last year’s egg wars.
But junior Spencer Wu-Chin said though he would rather have a longer lunch period, it’s an opportunity to be more productive.
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However, Tanaka said the large con struction project can potentially create transportation inconveniences for resi dents, but he also said the city has devel oped plans for mitigating some of these challenges.“We’vehad several projects that were pretty big and have been built, (but there have been) transportation plans put in place for the construction to mitigate the disruptions that we have,” Tanaka said.
“After three years of being dor mant, it’s good to reunite with our artist Garcia,friends.”whooften works alone in her studio, appreciates the interactiveness of art shows.
A junior meth user said that’s how he sets up his pur is junior only agreed to be interviewed if his name was not used because of the il legal nature of what he does.
“We have provided Narcan to a number of colleges and universities already, ‘’ Par wiz said. “But this year, we’re going to be hitting all the high schools, middle schools and elementary schools so they will have Narcan available and the training needed.” ough meth use remains a problem in the district, Parwiz said the e orts of law agencies, SCOOPP and re ghters appear to have a positive result.
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In addition to the Creekside Inn, the project will replace the Cibo Restaurant & Bar and the Driftwood Market with an apartment complex along 3400 El Camino Real.City council member Greg Tanaka said the city council approved the proposal to meet the California Housing Act, a plan to build 6,086 housing units in Palo Alto by 2031.“is is one of those things that is trying to streamline development projects so that local cities like Palo Alto cannot be restrictive on how we zone in terms of preventing projects from happening,” Tanaka said. “ e idea behind it is to cre ate more Representativeshousing.” of Cibo Restaurant, Creekside Inn and Driftwood Deli all didn’t respond to interview requests for this story.eCreekside
“In general, we want professionals (in) our city,” Tanaka said. “By having more housing available, more younger profes sionals can move into Palo Alto because one thing that’s happening to Palo Alto is (it tends) to be very expensive.”
Dowell said the preventative measures for Monkeypox are the same as those used for COVID-19 and other illnesses.
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Over 60% of drug-related deaths in the county last year involved meth with 44.2% of them due to meth alone, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examin er-Coroner’s o ce.
Mira Parwiz, a coalition lead in the SCOOPP, said multiple reasons exist for the prominence of meth in the county.
“Usually (the sellers are) people with prescriptions or just people you know,” he said. “You ey add you back. Text them, ‘I need this much of this’ and they say, ‘OK, meet me here.’ (You) come in, give them the ey give it to you and leave,
“What prompted me to start would nitely be the lack of energy I was experiencing with other medications,” he said. “ I started using it because it provides hours of long everlasting focus and energy. ere’s really nothing like it.” ough meth may provide temporary energy for the user, Parwiz said that doesn’t out weigh the
are reopening after being closed during“I’mCOVID-19.gladthatit’s starting up again because people need to exhibit their work and feel the social contact,” Garcia said.
And Garcia said she espe cially likes this festival.
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In addition to spreading awareness, Parwiz said the SCOOPP is also working to supply Narcan to as many schools in the county as possible.
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“My favorite part about running the event is seeing everybody from the community come back and be outside and enjoying not just the artists, vendors, food and atmosphere, but also just enjoying each other,” Weidanz said.
“Anytime I wasn’t on it, there was a complete lack of energy,” he said. “I was so tired. I could not move or do anything ex cept for things like going to the bathroom (and) eating. It created anxiety, frustra tion (and) anger. Just all your bad feelings multiplied to the max.”
“It’s transmitted by touch, so I don’t think it will spread too much,” Zhang said. “Because it’s not that severe, I wouldn’t put too much thought into it.”Dowell also said school health au thorities aren’t expecting any large spread within“We’reschools.notanticipating any large spread on school campuses or anything like that,” Dowell said. “ at hasn’t been seen yet.”
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Weidanz added that it was great to see so many people at tend the “We’reevent.very pleased with the artists that have come back,” Weidanz said. “And we’re very pleased with the turnout both Saturday and Sunday.”
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Although the junior said he started using meth to help him stay focused while studying, other factors motivated his use of the drug as well.
In recent weeks, in response to the rise in meth use in the county, District At torney Rosen has issued strong warnings against meth and other drugs, while Par wiz said the SCOOPP has taken measures of its own to slow drug-related deaths in Santa Clara County.
After the results of Stanford research data found the Monkeypox virus in Palo Alto’s wastewater, city o cials say they are monitoring the situation to contain and prevent the virus’s spread.
In response, District Attorney Je Rosen and the Santa Clara Opioid Over
e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the symptoms of Monkey pox include rashes, fever, coughing, swol
“I know a couple of agencies who have reported that they have used (Narcan) and saved lives, so we are making an impact,” Parwiz said. “I don’t know how big, but we have de nitely made an impact.”
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Ernest Lee, a resident who lives near the proposed project, said even though construction creates inconveniences, it is necessary.“It’sunderstandable that there’s going to be construction for a while,” Lee said. “In terms of the basics of building more housing, even it’s relatively high density at that kind of location, I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad idea.”
A representative from FireSmith Copper, one of 200 small artists who traveled to Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, showcases the company’s custom copper artwork to a potential customer. “I missed working in an environment where you’re talking about (art) all the time,” artist Amy Garcia said.
As the drug becomes increasingly popular for people 18 through 28, the death rate for methamphet amine has risen in Santa Clara County by 13% in the last year.
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“It’s so popular because of the ease of it: the use, how they make it and how eas ily it’s accessible to them,” Parwiz said. “It is something that people can often make in their kitchen sink, so it’s that easy for Parwiz also said social media has increased the accessibility of the drug by allowing teens and young adults to contact dealers online.
tion Project have worked to combat the surge in meth use by providing Narcan — a drug that prevents overdoses — to law enforcement and rst responders.
And Dowel said Monkeypox is far less contagious than COVID-19 and can only be transmitted through intimate contact. Unlike COVID-19, it is not airborne which makes the disease much harder to contract.Because of this, junior Maxwell Zhang said he doubts he will need to take extra precautions to protect himself.
“We’re taking this to social media, we’re doing campaigns, we’re doing outreach to high schools also,” Parwiz said.
health, but physical health,’’ Parwiz said. “It will take away from your ability to concentrate, study and continue with your daily life. All of those things get shattered when these drugs take over your life.”
Inn project would create 382 apartment units, and 19 of the apart ments would be o ered to residents classi ed in the “very low” income category.
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“It is readily available through social media, so you have teenag ers who could go on Instagram them and get it,” Parwiz said.
“When I get out here and show my work, it’s like, ‘Hey, what’s your favorite? What do you like about my work?’ You get good feedback,” Garcia said. “I missed working in an envi ronment where you’re talking about (art) all the time.”
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“Our normal prevention measures that we’ve been using for COVID-19 or regular illnesses like the u are really important,” Dowell said. “So hand wash ing, or if you’re sick, staying home.”
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Nine-time Emmy-nominat ed artist Amy Garcia, who has exhibited her work in art shows all over California, said she is relieved shows like this festival
“ is is a great little town, and this is a great little art show,” Garcia said. “It’s good to be back.”
However, PAUSD Health Services Coordinator Rosemarie Dowell said she does not think a Monkeypox pandemic will“Ashappen.ofright now, the spread in the general community is very low,” Dowell said. “Everybody in public health is just watching and monitoring.”
dinating all the artists, vendors and sponsors and advertising the event. He also said the city hopes to build o the festival’s momentum to organize future community-friendly events. “ e main thing is that we continue to have events that help all of our businesses — both the vendors that are here and the vendors that are on University Avenue and the side streets,” Weidanz said.
While some critics of the project have said that number is too small, Tanaka said the project will help create additional ac cessible housing by allowing more people to move to the city.
len lymph nodes, muscle and back aches andInexhaustion.datareleased by the California Department of Public Health, the highest number of cases reported in the state in one day was on Aug. 1.
Since then, the spread of the virus has decreased considerably. On Aug. 26, the number of new cases was two.Regardless of the spread of the virus, students like junior Rohit Seshadri say they aren’t afraid. Seshadri said he thinks the virus will not a ect his shownumbersrightcare.I“AndSeshadribecomeit’slife.day-to-day“Idon’tthinkgoingtobigger,”said.ifitdid,wouldneverImean,nowthedon’tanything.”
Following a two-year hiatus, the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts returned on Aug. 27 and 28 to University Avenue with a variety of visual and perfor mance artistry, food and live music.Charlie Weidanz, CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, said he was glad to welcome ev eryone back to the 39th festival.
“I realized I was having more and more students ask if they were down the hall,” Garcia said. “One student mentioned she had an incident where she bled through and was embarrassed to have to walk all the way through the quad, so I just decided to keep them in Beforestock.”theMenstrual Equity for All Act was signed into law, the Associated Student Body worked on a plan to provide free men strual products in restrooms.
In October 2021, the district took over the initiative, and when legislators passed the Act, the district’s implementation plans were already in action.
Mathew Signorello-Katz, the 2021-2022 Senior Class President, said he advocated for stocking menstrual products in rest rooms before the bill was passed. However, he said when he proposed the idea of in stalling free menstrual product dispensers in restrooms during an ASB meeting in 2021, the ASB adviser said this was a facilitiesrelated issue the district was better suited to handle.“Itwas extraordinarily frustrating,” Signorello-Katz said. “It just goes to show how something as simple as (supplying menstrual products in restrooms) can, in a district like this, have so many implications.”
Signorello-Katz said the signing of the assembly bill in October 2021 transferred the expectation of stocking free products in restrooms from ASB to the district, but the district did not handle it as promised.
Last week, administration placed notices in various Paly restrooms an nouncing the school would start pro viding free menstrual products in restrooms in compliance with California’s Menstrual Equity for All Act.
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But in a Schoology survey sent out by e Campanile on Aug. 23, only 10% of 170 Paly students said they could consis tently access menstrual products in campus restrooms.Admin originally took the initiative to comply with the act before it went into ef fect by ordering dispensers 10 months ago. And while a December 2021 Anthro Maga zine article reported the implementation process to be well underway, it was delayed
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e Menstrual Equity for All Act, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in Oct. 2021, requires California public second ary schools to stock “an adequate supply of free menstrual products” in all women’s and gender-neutral restrooms, as well as at least one men’s restroom. e act also says schools must ensure these products remain “available and accessible” at all times and announce their availability through a public notice before the start of the 2022–2023 school year.
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One week later, Director of Maintenance, Operations & Transportation Chuck Mc Donnell sent an email update to secondary school principals, secretaries and custodians about a menstrual product rollout plan. e email said the district warehouse would “order necessary product holders and send the product to school sites,” and custodians school sites were to “restock bathrooms as theyPriorempty.”tothis announcement, and after the act was passed, the custodial depart ment made supplying menstrual products restrooms a priority, custodian Albert HidalgoCustodianssaid. laid products out on small ta bles because even though menstrual product dispensers have been in Paly restrooms for nearly 50 years, they have remained virtually empty because custodians do not have the right key to stock them, Hidalgo said. However, after the installation of signs the restrooms at the start of the school year, which directed students to nd free feminine hygiene products in the health ce, library and athletics o ce, custodians stopped supplying products in restrooms
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Before e Campanile started report ing on this story, blue signs in restrooms directed students to nd free feminine hygiene products in the health o ce, library and athletics o ce.
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During the same interview with e Campanile, Berkson called a district employee and told them, “the law says (menstrual products) have to be available bathrooms, but we don’t have (working) dispensers in bathrooms anymore.”
She said, “We hope our student body will understand the importance and signi cance of the Menstrual Equity for All Act and support our e orts.”
Baskets for menstrual products placed in womens, gender neutral, and select mens restrooms
Landol also said a lack of discrete access to menstrual products could be dangerous for male-passing female-to-male transgen der“Ifstudents.(atrans male) passes (as) a guy, it could raise a lot of awkward questions and conversations that you really don’t want to partake in,” Landol said. “As well as pos sibly outing that person as trans.”
Monta Vista High School’s principal, Ben Clausnitzer, sent an email to his sta three days before school started this year, in forming students that Monta Vista installed dispensers with free tampons and pads in restrooms. e dispensers have a touch-free disposal system and are in all womens and gender-neutral restrooms as well as three mensMVHSrestrooms.junior Taryn Lam said the Fremont Union High School District did a great job rolling out these new resources and was satis ed with the implementation was handled.“ey implemented (the dispensers) during this summer,” she said. “We left (school), and they didn’t have it, and then we came back and they had it.”
So while PAUSD continues the process of distributing menstrual products to all sec ondary schools, seemingly slower than other districts, Dowell said she hopes students remain positive.
But Berkson said on Aug. 24, 2022 that although he was in contact with district cials about facilities-related issues related the act, he had not received any informa tion following up about its implementation.
A 2021 Verde Magazine article said administrators ordered six new menstrual product dispensers for restrooms in No vember 2021, and an Anthro Magazine article published three weeks later quoted Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson saying the school’s supply of menstrual products would arrive soon.
person or even just be seen grabbing them by another person.”
ough Paly has seen delays in comply ing with the Menstrual Equity Act, neigh boring schools seem to have gured it out.
Although the district has taken steps to stock menstrual products in campus bath rooms to comply with state law, Berkson said placing products in central locations did o er an e ective solution to help prevent vandalism.“Because (the menstrual products are) free, (the signs are) a way of controlling that people aren’t just grabbing a bunch and ushing them down the toilet,” Berk son said. “It just makes sense to have them around campus in centralized locations.”
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is practice is detrimental to students’ sleep schedules and can result in students not fully mas tering the material because they are only studying to pass a test and not to learn.
Part of the board’s rationale was students should not be overbur dened with homework and instead have the freedom to choose the assignments they want to complete.However, many students and teachers alike never asked for these changes. In addi tion, many do not fully understand the policy.
ere should be checks and balances in the classrooms, such as standard grading guidelines that all teachers must adhere to ensure that all students have an equal chance of succeeding in their classes.
To make the policy work, some changes need to beEverymade.teacher should be required to follow a single grading standard.
In order to reduce the workload placed on students and the amount of time they spend on homework each night, the board of educa tion directed all PAUSD schools to revise their homework policies last year.
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In addition, more communication needs to occur between administration, teachers and students so we can voice our opinions in regards to decisions that directly a ect us.
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refuse to acknowledge climate change’s disas trous e ects. By passing this bill and signing into e ect some of the most momentous, groundbreaking advancements, our legislators are nally addressing the biggest long-term crisis plaguing humanity.
In doing this, students will have more free time to pursue their other passions.
ese inconsistencies create more stress than homeworkHomeworkdoes.should motivate students to break down di cult topics into manageable chunks that are repeated over a reasonable amount of However,time.teachers often do not have enough time in class to help students practice new concepts, which makes students responsible for studying at home.
History teacher Jack Bungarden, for instance, said he was under the false impression that teachers were not allowed to make any home workMisunderstandingsgraded. and confusing policy language has lead to discrepancies in how the district policy is implemented. In fact, some teachers still penalize late work and pile on loads of homework, blatantly disregarding the guidelines.Anadditional problem with the policy is that it doesn’t address policy discrepancies of teach ers who teach the same class.
than another, two students who put the same amount of e ort in the class might get di er ent grades because they have di erent teachers.
For example, important decisions such as the alteration of the school’s homework policy should have been announced to the whole school beforehand, and policy makers should have sought more direct, spec and teacher feedback.
rough transparent discourse from all sides, it should be possible to nd a common solution that helps students learn the material and that re ects our collective desires, all while provid
According to the White House, we are positioned to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By 2030, homes, busi nesses and communities will be powered by 950 million solar panels. e bill will also advance clean energy projects for 42 million rural inhabitants, create millions of well-paying jobs and protect two million acres of national forests. Yet, the In ation Reduction Act barely scratches the surface of all the tasks we need
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to accomplish, from discouraging fossil fuel use to addressing housing a ordability. All caveats aside, this bill is the rst federal e ort to achieve an environmentally idyllic America. Still, this billion-dollar expenditure de serves recognition as it signals a change in our lawmakers’ attitudes. We have a long way to go, but we have now proved we are ready to begin the journey toward an economically and en vironmentally thriving country. America may nally be moving in the right
e problem with removing graded home work is that it removes the incen tive to keep up a strong study routine.Instead, without grades to mo tivate them, students are likely to procrastinate and fall into the trap of pulling all-nighters in order to cram before tests.
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Now, late penalties are discouraged, summer work is optional and teachers have the power to decide whether homework is graded.
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After a seemingly tumultuous few years, in which greedy politicians and their backwardminded decisions have smothered our hopes for our country, this bill shoots out of the hopeless abyss, signaling we should put a little more faith in our government.
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is bill will revolutionize our relationship with climate change for the better.
Instead of a blanket homework policy that is inconsistently enforced, it would be better if the district focused on making grading policies and expectations uniform across all classes and teachers of a class.
In this way, students have a fair chance of learning the curriculum under the same condi tions as their classmates.
Of course, it is hard to do so given that, over the past few years, America has proved itself nearly indistinguishable from a tele vised government satire. Presidential election ascos, feminist advances being rescinded and a truckload more have a ected trust in the government.ButtheU.S. government has never passed a bill of this scale. For years, we have watched our nation su er at the hands of those who
If one AP English Language and Composi tion teacher, for example, grades easier or harder
Most people cite government job training programs as a way to allevi ate However,this. the harsh truth is the workers who will be replaced by robots are largely impoverished
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Even Hollywood has noted this. I recently saw the new movie “Top Gun: Maverick” with a friend, and while I’m afraid most of the symbol ism and plot points were lost on me,
media platforms for news and instead rely on veri able news sources as methods of being politically aware.
Engage in meaningful conversa tions centered around the voices of those most vulnerable. Go to congres sional town halls and propose policy recommendations. Vote for county, con gressional or presidential candidates who believe in your core values. Read reliable news sources that cover pressing issues from multiple lenses.
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Twenty- ve million people in Afghanistan face extreme hunger, but humanitarian organizations, like the United Nations Human Rights Agency, who seek to combat the issue, lack proper funding. A year ago, when the media’s spotlight still shone blindingly over the country’s collapse, funding might not have been an issue.GoFundMe and Instagram stories helped the Taliban takeover garner media attention and temporary nancial support for those af fected until users’ focus shifted to the Next Big Issue and the wave of social media infographics petered out of peoples’ stories.
So how can they simply be ex pected to take these new jobs?
Advocacy and activism are continuous pursuits; they do not end once the media spotlight shifts to another atrocity. Post ing about an issue once will not directly ignite tangible change. It is about time we understand the world around us and its issues, not the ones de ned by the thin lens of social media.
we’d be spared this entire narrative, because AI will indeed create more jobs than it occupies as a result of more economic ability to invest in creative freedom.
For reference, previous replace ment movements a ected no more than 7-8% of the total population of any given country.
ese cycles reinforce the idea that collec tively, we must look past Twitter or other social
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But, the simple truth remains: each newly automated system is the loss of a job once occupied by a person working to feed their family, perhaps the only job the person was quali ed to work.
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However, despite the attention, Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis has worsened, throwing its economy and human rights advancements into ames.e Taliban takeover is not the only issue that had its 15 minutes of fame on social media. Police brutality, antisemitism, the military regime in Myanmar, school shootings and countless more are victims of these “activism cycles,” where users on online platforms swarm to discuss urgent issues, but only until there is a more captivating one.
pening is because unskilled workers don’t matter to society: the small frac tion of unskilled, impoverished work ers su ering cannot possibly compare to the vast amounts of prosperity automation makes possible.
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Palo Alto, in many ways, repre sents the pinnacle of human achieve ment. Situated in the heart of Silicon Valley, host to a myriad of major tech companies including Google, Face book, and Tesla, this region has long served as one of the world’s great innovation hubs.
Yet while we bene t from these advances, we must also understand there is a hidden cost to the fashion able, ashy, tech-centric lives so many of usEachenjoy.digital kiosk and automated toll booth represents a job lost to automated technology.
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By following social media’s quick cycles of frenzied attention when an issue trends, we do nothing to understand nor meaningfully address theInstead,issue. it is imperative that everyone be civically engaged since these skills are vital to the health of society. Falling prey to activism cycles that focus on deeply-rooted problems for short periods of time shifts society into a dangerous contraption that is ignorant and sets issues a ame.
And as residents of this center for technological advancement, we’re surrounded by automated digital
Social media activism is not enough
e path ahead for this individual is bleak at best; without a job and with credentials that don’t match those needed for high-tech jobs, they will likely remain unemployed, and their family will likely go hungry.
And regardless of what you hear in the news about democratic back sliding in this country, I am con dent we are not yet doomed to a dystopian future with robots serving the elite while everyone else starves, because this time, the numbers may nally be on the workers’ side.
labor. And it’s speci cally the lowskill, low-wage workers that are being pushed out the door.
And remember, our country is democratic in nature. If 25% of the American people are unsatis ed, this will have some e ect, regardless of any potential attempts to silence
Also, not having products stocked in bathrooms violates the spirit of the
While global supply chain issues have caused delays in the delivery of many products, a 10-month delay without an imminent solution means, at the very least, administrators should communicate to the student body their plan to comply with state law and a timeline for the plan’s roll out.Additionally, Secretary Pamela Garcia told e Campanile that she started buying menstrual products out of her own pocket a few years ago after students told her the schoolprovided products were uncomfort able and often out of stock.
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To make up for a lack of instructional minutes, reduce vandalism at Town and Country and ensure the well-being of students, administrators have implemented a study hall period on Fridays for students who don’t have Advisory for the week.
is lack of consistency across classes creates uncertainty for students and can disrupt the completion of assignments that require collaboration.
Allowing students to choose which teacher they would like to go to during study hall would allow them to take charge of their learning and seek the educational support they need.
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e Campanile recognizes this concern and asks students to be respectful of the free products, taking only the necessary amount.
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However,year.according to a Schoolo gy survey sent out by e Campanile on Aug. 23, of 170 respondents, less than 10% of students said they were able to consistently access menstrual products in restrooms on campus.
Instead of having an extended lunch, the grades who do not have Advisory are assigned to a classroom with two teach ers, adjacent to their Advisory. Attendance for study hall is mandatory.While e Campanile understands study hall is necessary to meet the state’s instructional minute requirements and make it less likely that students skip seventh period, we urge ad ministrators to give students more choice in how they spend this time.
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e Campanile also encourages administrators to be more conscious of when and how they implement decisions that di rectly a ect students and teachers and give both groups more time to process and adjust to such changes.
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While it may be inconvenient and expensive, and while some students may not use the products as intended, that doesn’t give the district the right to not follow state
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At the start of the 2022-2023 school year, administration directed custodians to install signs in rest rooms around campus, informing people they could nd free feminine hygiene products in the Health Of ce, library and Athletics O ce.
ough allowing students to move between classrooms may pose liability risks, procedures such as increased com munication between teachers and attendance checks at each classroom students go to would reduce these concerns.
Because of these signs, custodians have also stopped stocking products in bathroom dispensers.
In addition, since students are likely not assigned to one of their classroom teachers for study hall, they can’t receive the support they may need to understand class material and complete group assignments with students who are likely not in their study hall.
To combat these discrepancies, admin istrators should give teachers the exibility to allow students to collaborate and interact during study hall, thus helping students learn from each other and strengthen their teamwork, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Yet, many teachers said they are not satis ed with how study hall was implemented because of the lack of notice from administra tors.Most teachers found out about study hall during a meeting on their rst day of school, preventing those assigned to supervise study hall the opportunity to su ciently plan for this reduction to their prep time.
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e Campanile urges administra tors to follow state law and ensure menstrual products remain accessible in restrooms at all times. We also call on PAUSD o cials to support the school’s e ort to do so.
We also urge administrators to provide teachers with clearer expectations and more advance notice for these kinds of decisions.
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While e Campanile understands the reason for implementing study hall, we think administrators should expand the bene ts students receive from this mandatory sched uled time by giving them more control over what they can do and which teachers they can see.
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Moreover, giving students the exibility to move between classes during study hall, similar to Tutorial which was in e ect during the 2019-2020 school year, would help students get help in more than one class.
stateRosemarielaw. Dowell, e Health Services Coordinator for PAUSD, told e Campanile stocking prod ucts in other campus buildings is a temporary way to meet state require ments.But no administrator interviewed had information about when men strual products will be stocked in bathrooms.AndAssistant Principal Jerry Berkson told e Campanile having products in centralized locations across campus is more e cient than in baskets in restrooms, where they were last Berksonyear.said the current system prevents people from grabbing too many products or ushing them down the toilet, creating costly plumbing issues.
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Both Assistant Principal Erik Olah and Executive Board President of the Palo Alto Educators Association Teri Baldwin told e Campanile the implementation of study hall falls within teachers’ contractual agreements.
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Yet, the law’s purpose is to “increase the availability and a ord ability of menstrual products for all individuals with limited access,” and products are most accessible in campus restrooms, not in a central locationInstead of removing menstrual products from bathrooms, admin istrators should consider alternative distribution methods that will protect producteseaccessibility.methodsshould also ensure responsible use. For example, dis
pensers are an e ective way to control the number of products released.
To better meet the new state man date, e Campanile urges PAUSD to consistently stock menstrual prod ucts in campus restrooms, rather than directing students to other campus buildings, to ensure accessibility as well as comfort and safety.
ough products are supplied on campus, not having them in the bathrooms where students need them the most, often during emergencies, creates inconvenience and causes students to miss class time.
To the administration's credit, Berkson did say new menstrual product dispensers were ordered 10 months ago and have not arrived.
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“Most people take about ve to six years to sail across the Atlan tic and about $300,000,” Currier said. “We took about $25,000, but then we made it all back by selling the boat. And we did it in seven months.”UntilJune 27, the day of his departure, Currier said he was not certain he was going to embark on the“Atjourney.nopoint did I tell myself, ‘I’m going to do this,’” Currier said. “Even the day before, I didn’t think I was going to go.” Currier said this was due to the sheer amount of equipment that needed to be properly functioning.
“It’s escapist. It’s chill, ” omas said. “It’s easy-going reading … I love books like that.” e escapist and chill vibe resonates with readers like Corrigan who said the plots of Hoover’s books create an immersive envi ronment.estorylines are the most interesting to me,” Corrigan said. “ ey keep me very intrigued, and I never want to put the book
omas said she was initially unsure about bringing the books into the library, speci cally Hoover’s most popular book “It Ends With Us” which contains graphic depictions of do mestic abuse and gender roles, and she said she disagrees with the way such mature content is represented in the book.
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“Mysailors.dadsailed across the Atlan tic when he was in his 20s, and my grandfather also sailed across the Atlantic twice,” Currier said.
e slightest shift in the wind would shift the direction of Currier’s automatic steering system, which required that he adjust his sails at least once per hour.
“ e guy whom we bought the boat from was this wonderful man named Sandy Benza, and he was a 90-year-old sailmaker,” Currier said. “He had made this boat and he wanted to sail it in a race to Ber muda. But his wife was like, ‘Dude, you’re 90. You’re not going to do this.’ So he sold the boat (to us).”
But Currier said he only experi
As a result, Currier said he slept in increments of 90 minutes. Currier said his daily routine on the boat was simple: routine checks, then solitaire. And when Currier wasn’t rehydrat ing or eating a freeze-dried meal, he was reading Greek philosophy.
sailing in Redwood City,” Currier said. “Just taking lessons and go ing from zero, and then I was just watching YouTube videos. You can learn a lot from YouTube.”
“It was anksgiving break,” Currier said. “I was like, ‘What do I want to do this summer?’ Me and my older brother and my dad were just thinking and brainstorming on a car ride in New Hampshire.”
Currier took lessons at Spinnaker Sailing, where he practiced sailing on 25-foot boats for eight hour periods around the San Francisco Bay.
Currier said that was when he began to consider the idea of sailing across the Atlantic.
Currier said. “I would have even rather had someone who I dislike because then at least I’d have something to be angry at, you know?”While Currier doesn’t plan on solo sailing again soon, he said he is grateful to his parents for giving him the opportunity to take risks. e only risk was me getting injured,” Currier said. “I had a whole
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“What I really want to say to par ents is that (they) need to have more chill,” Currier said. “I wish I could try to address that and say that risks are really healthy.”
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However, sailing alone in the middle of the Atlantic was no easy task.
Hoover is a self-published writer. Her books are sold independently through web stores like Amazon, which can bene t new authors. However, librarian Sima omas said an author who self-publishes often makes her wary.“I was concerned when I saw that Colleen Hoover was self-published because you can’t tell if she is a good writer,” omas said. “She didn’t have to get past the doors of getting an agent or getting published.”
“I discovered that on Instagram reels and on TikTok, there’s BookTok,” omas said. “I discovered the two things separately and then realized that that was really fueling the popularity and the widespread knowledge of Colleen Hoover.”
“Every time I go to the East Coast, my mom’s father, who has been a sailor his whole life, had a 30-foot boat that I sailed on brie y,” Currier said. “I hated it. It was sunny, and it was wet, and it was bad.”
Currier said he started prepar ing in January. For seven months, he worked intensely for the trip, spend ing 25 to 30 hours a week training.
Despite his record-breaking achievement of navigating across the sea solo, Currier said virtually noth
Junior Cal Currier peers over the hull of e Argo, the white 30-footlong sailboat he has called home for the summer. Under the cloudless sky, hundreds of purple translucent bubbles dot the sea — Portuguese man o’war jelly sh, which tells him he’s getting closer to his destination. is summer, Currier voyaged solo across the Atlantic Ocean, a 4000-mile trip that took him from Massachusetts to Portugal.
While omas said self-publishing could be a great avenue for new authors, it can also be a way to avoid going through the typical path that creates a reputable writer.
He arrived at his destination on July 25, becoming the youngest person to single-handedly sail westto-east across the Atlantic. Although Currier said he had practically no sailing experience until January — six months before his trip — the activity runs in his blood: he is descended from a family of transat lantic
with readers on social media, Corrigan said it’s the romance aspect of Hoover’s books that got people talking via social media.
e plan was that I was going to turn back because I had never gone o shore alone,” Currier said. “(It’s a) very di erent game because there are huge swells. So I said I’ll try it out, and after day two or day three, if I don’t like it, I’ll turn around.”
“It felt really regressive in the way it por trayed gender and gender roles within relation ships,” omas said. “I felt like the abuse was glori ed, that the abuser was given a lot of mitigation.”
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“It turns out that it was ne and there was no problem,” Currier said. “I kept going, and at no point was there any reason why I needed to turn back, so I didn’t.”
It was only when Currier was trying to nd an activity to keep him busy during the summer that sailing became an option.
“I needed to make sure I was up as much of the time as possible,” Currier said. “It requires this 24/7 really low-level kind of conscious ness. You need to be aware of every thing, but you never actually need to be doing anything.”
down.”omas believes Hoover’s popularity is largely due to social media. Around the same time students came into the library look ing for books by Hoover, omas discovered BookTok, a part of TikTok that recommends, reviews and reads all kinds of books.
Romance author Colleen Hoover gained popularity this year on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Now, millions of people around the world have read her novels including “It Ends With Us,” “Ugly Love” and “All Your Perfects.”
“I don’t even remember who came up with the idea,” Currier said. “I kind of just grabbed ahold of it and made it my own.”
But even without a publisher, Hoover’s popularity has grown. omas said she noticed Hoover’s popularity when, since the begin ning of last year, students started asking if the library carried her books.
After completing the journey, Currier said he sold the boat to re gain the money he lost in the process of preparing to set sail.
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“Personally, I kept seeing videos about Colleen Hoover on my TikTok and Instagram feed about girls raving about these books,” Corrigan said. “I had to see what the fuss was about, and now I’m hooked.”
“ e day before I was scheduled to leave, the engine wasn’t ready and the (marine radio) wasn’t ready,” Currier said. “But that night, I xed it, and then I was ready to leave the nextEvenmorning.”afterhe departed, Currier said he did not plan on making the full journey.
Currier said he eventually got his own boat from an old sailmaker.
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Junior Cal Currier prepares for his voyage across the Atlantic in his boat, e Argo. is summer he became the youngest person to sail the Atlantic solo from west to east. “I don’t even remember who came up with the idea,” Currier said. “I kind of just grabbed ahold of it.”
While omas may disagree with how the characters in Hoover’s books are represented, she said she still understands their success.
very speci c mo ments very well, so you can always imagine what is happening,” Corrigan said.
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Rothbaum agreed and said dur ing the time of ancient civilizations, mythology could be a symbol of hope.
Rothbaum is one of many students drawn into mythology through Rior dan’s books, which have enhanced her understanding of the subject.
“Stories are archetypal,” omas said. “And I think understanding the
readers to visualize gods being relat able to humans, even if they are from an aspirational creation.“(In) every major civiliza tion that had a religion or a reli gious base, many of the deity g ures were human in nature and had very civilization.”the––oftheitywequalityisseemssaid.qualities,”humanPark“Itreallylikethereanaspirationaltoit,likewantourdegurestobebestversionsthepeopletoembodyqualitiesofParksaidmy
What Panagos said people do not realize is that the chocolate they are about to taste is some of the purest and most original the world has to o er. ey’re terrorized before I give them the 100%,” Panagos said. “Most people have it in their mind that dark chocolate might be good, healthy, but bitter. If you taste the 100%, it’s like a triple espresso with no bitterness.”
Panagos said Corallo’s chocolate is created to be made by using as few ingredients as possible.
“To me, Isis forcing Ra to step down so Osiris could be king is an example of devotion so strong but also so blind, it greatly in uences others’ lives, but not necessarily for the better,” Rothbaum said. “From Isis’s view, that loyalty might not have been blind at all. It’s curious to think about, from each perspective, the morals of who believed who else was right or wrong. You wonder if it was based o cause coups were very common in some parts (of the (world).”
“If you get 100% chocolate from our trees, which we use a minimalistic approach to during the making, a couple of hours later you have 100% which you can go back and manipulate,” Panagos said.Corallo owns two plantations. Terreiro Velho, on Principe, grows cacao, liberica co ee and pepper. Nova Moca, located on São Tomé, grows co ee.
removing branches, of Forastero Amelonado trees to the grinding of roasted beans.
Panagos said these farmers bring the chocolate to life.“At the end of the day, the quality of the chocolate starts from the work on the plantation,” PanagosPanagossaid.has been working for 20 years in the chocolate industry. For Panagos, chocolate is not only about the experience, but the storytelling that comes with it.
“It’s frustrating because celebrities are role models for many people and are set ting bad examples on how we should treat our planet.” Hakeman said.
Despite advocating for climate change and branding themselves environmental ists, Hakeman said celebrities often do more harm than good when it comes to the environment.Whilethe average person might produce about seven metric tons of CO2 annually, celebrities produce more than 3,300 metric tons from their private jets Hakemanalone.said that celeb rities should be held more accountable for their daily resource consumption.
AP Environmental Sci ence teacher Alicia Szebert said not thinking about actions has consequences. Szebert said it’s di cult for people to change if an issue, like climate change, doesn’t directly a ect them.
“If you happen to get the bitter chocolate, blame the bean,” Panagos said. “We suspect it is the prod uct of genetically modi ed trees.”
“It was fascinating to think there was this whole thing of fantasy, heroes, magic and really cool bada — (mythological) female gures in the ‘90s,” Park said. “ But it really was the possibility of another world that still connects to our world but is very di erent (that makes mythology so fascinating). And I think that’s very shared amongst most people who like fantasy and Rothbaummythology.”alsosaidthe most interesting thing about mythology is its world building.
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“ e idea of this world that is so di erent from the one that we live in, and in a lot of ways quite the same — that’s what makes fantasy worlds so interesting to fantasy lovers,” Roth baum said. “It’s that there’s this world that has so many things di erent, and yet it has enough in common that we can relate to certain parts of it.”
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“We’re completely biodynamic and practice sus tainable agriculture,” Panagos said. “We have about 300 families that directly or indirectly bene t from what we Panagosdo.”said Corallo works with small teams of farmers who travel through the rainforests and plantations to examine every cacao tree.
Panagos said the Corallo family product is so special because the cacao bean’s distinct genetic code gives the chocolate its own sense of personal ity and Claudiocharacter.Corallo, founder and creator of Alegio Chocolate, is a Florentine agronomist, a scientist who studies plants, with 40 years of experience in producing co ee and chocolate.
Corallo said he cultivates his Fair Trade and labor-free chocolate by hand, using authentic ingredients.AlegioChocolate takes a sustainable approach to chocolate, all the way from the pruning, or the
“We don’t use more than three ingredients in the chocolate -- cacao, a very minimal amount of sugar, ginger, orange, or salt and pepper.”
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Panagos said Corallo has grown co ee and cacao beans in Africa and Latin America and lives in São
On Taylor Swift’s latest albums, nature makes up a major part of the cover art. Recorded in the spring of 2020, the cover of “Folklore” nds Swift standing in a foggy forest. On “Evermore,” recorded in the fall of 2020, Swift once again stands in a forest, as a faint fall sun set blankets the sky in the distance.While Swift’s album cov ers and songs seem to insinu ate her love of nature, they are not going to reverse the e ects of climate change nor reverse her recent contribu tions to the already-warming planet.Yard, A UK sustainability marketing agency provided ight data of celebrities with the worst private jet CO2 emissions, and Swift tops the list.Other celebrities, accord ing to Yard, including Kylie Jenner and Drake have taken private jet trips as short as 20 minutes.Senior Gabriela Hake man is both founder of the Plant-Based Club and a member of the Eco Club. She said celebrities are using their power and wealth to pollute the world at an unprecedent ed rate compared to regular people.ey’re not connected to what’s going on with climate change because they feel like their actions don’t have con sequences because they are celebrities,” Hakeman said.
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When then second-grader Jade Rothbaum rst ipped through a book on Ancient Egypt, she became instantly intrigued by the stories of Egyptian mythology. e magic systems and complex characters within each myth captivated her. One of her favorite myths involved Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic and healing, over throwing Ra, the god of the sun, so that her husband could become the new king of the gods.
Panagos said if people have tasted bitter choco late, the problem is not in the chocolate itself.
e best thing, Szebert said, is for people to think about how their actions a ect theSzebertworld. said, “If everybody did that, we would be able to maintain a healthy ecosystem and healthy environment for a longer amount of time.”
thology helped create a sense of order and explanation for things that an cient civilizations didn’t know about, something humanity tends to nd comfort in. She also said she liked watching shows based on mythology when she was younger.
“I feel it’s irresponsible and irrational to use a plane for such short distances where the time is only 30 minutes,” Carlsen said.
“It was often idealized, but a lot of historians also think that ancient mythol ogy was based o of real stories that thingsplainastoriesofrealisticwayssaid.ated,”thenhappenedactuallyandexaggerRothbaum“ere’salthatsmall,partthem.Someserveaspurposetoexwhysomearethe
e trees are also the only ones on the continent that are not genetically modi ed.
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Now a freshman, Rothbaum contin ues to be fascinated by mythology. Books with mythological parallels like the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan have only continued to inspire her to research more about the fascinating topic and fuel her understanding.“Iactuallykind of admire Riordan because a lot of authors make up a ridiculous amount of the mythology while Riordan is quite accurate in most things,” Rothbaum said.
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downtownGABRIELLAGULMAN/THECAMPANILE Panos Panagos helps a customer choose organic and sustainably grown chocolates in Alegio Chocolate, located at 552 Bryant St in downtown Palo Alto. “At the end of the day, the quality of the chocolate starts from the work on the plantations,” Panagos said.
“You don’t eat chocolate. You taste chocolate,” Panagos said. “It is the real thing, the real challenge –– it’s just magic.”
Panos Panagos, the owner of Alegio Chocolate, opens his shop in downtown Palo Alto every day at noon. As customers enter, Panagos welcomes them by handing over a menu of his chocolate selections. en he proceeds to ask his customers a simple question.“Would you like to try 100% chocolate?”
One thing that Pangos said makes his chocolate unique is the cacao trees his company uses. which come from African islands and were the rst ones planted in Africa. e trees were rediscovered after being untouched for a century by owner Claudio Corallo’s family.
Tomé and Príncipe, a small island nation o the west coast of Central Africa, located on the equator in the Gulf of Guinea.
While sophomore Isabelle Carlsen said Taylor Swift is the reason she began playing the guitar and writing poetry, she said she also recognizes Swift’s personal neglect when it comes to climate change.
“If you’re taking a pri vate jet for things that you don’t need, you’re exploiting resources and it is wasteful,” Szebert said.
Librarian Sima omas said she thinks recognizing mythology is use ful in any kind of literature class.
Panagos also said while many companies enforce unethical practices in producing their chocolate, his customers can count on the fact that Alegio Chocolate is cultivated by people who respect the land and its workers.
When I wasn’t in themyclassroom,friends
While some students were ex change students from Asia and Eu rope, others grew up in the Midwest or the South; I was one of only two students from California.
AP Art History teacher Susan La Fetra said appreciating art helps people make connections with the past along with other cultures.
I like to think of it as a middle ground between school and vacation.
However, even I understood that this was a large investment in my education.WhenI decided to commit to an acceptance and enroll in the pro gram, I was given the great respon sibility of making the program’s tuition worth it.
Chung said she has also stepthatamuseumsworkChungmeaningspecial,ChinaBaythroughoutmuseumsnumerousvisitedotherlocatedtheAreaandeventhatholdpersonaltoher.saideachofartintheseconveysspecicmessageallowshertobackintotime and appreciate or learn about di erent cultures.
people (are) viewing their world and also how that material translates into the story of their worldviews at the time, whether that’s religious or in terms of cultural beliefs,” she said.
is middle ground between academic and social immer sion is what my parents in vested in when they sent me across the country. I don’t know if my experience was worth the cost, but then again, cost is not the only way of measuring value, especially when it comes to experience.Afterall, any investment, physical or not, is ultimately made for the experience; we buy a product hoping it will provide us with an exciting experience, immerse ourselves in movies and books for the emotionaltheyroller-coasterbringand go to
I was grateful for my parents’ sup port in my college application prepa ration and agreed that it would be a great opportunity to understand the responsibilities of college life that I couldn’t imagine any other way.
La Fetra also said the meaning of art transcends all cultures.
“Looking at art is a form of com munication that is universal amongst all cultures,” La Fetra said. “And it’s important to understand other people and connect with other cultures.”
Shirley, the art director, agrees and said peoples’ perceptions of museums can di er depending on their age and beliefs.“Itis di cult, especially when you’re younger, to want to go through
As a high school student, I have had limited experience with manag ing nances and little understanding of expenses.
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As junior Esther Chung ap proaches the steps of the Metro politan Museum of Art in New York City, she can’t help but notice the excitement coming from visitors awaiting to enter the largest museum in theiscountry.pastsummer, Chung said she visited multiple museums in New York City, including the Metropolitan and the Museum of Modern Art.
an entire museum of thousands and thousands of pieces,” she said. “But I think just being in that environment also feels like you’re stepping back in time and it’s a really cool experience.”
We followed a similar routine at night, nding a new restaurant and drifting towards the park afterward.
“When I look at Chinese callig raphy in a painting, and I still don’t completely comprehend it, to me it still holds a lot of meaning,” Chung said. “I think it’s the hidden messages within each work of art that has a story behind it.”
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I realized then that we were investors in the experience.
So, I ended up in a six-week program that earned me four credits, all for $15,000.
Junior Sonia Dwivedi, who has visited the Louvre, MET and the Museum of Natural History in New York, said museums o er historical knowledge with the context behind
Each of us had applied to the program with the intent of learn ing, but the academic aspect of the program was worth only half of what we were paying for.
In the summer program, I studied consumerism.Mypeersand I spent hours dis cussing the words of Karl Marx and Emile Zola, prominent researchers of consumer behavior in the 19th Century.Other times, we observed modern-day consumer spaces, tak ing note of architectural designs of stores or employee behavior.
Pre-college programs o er advantages
However, as I settled into my environment and as the weeks of the program progressed, I developed a stable routine and enjoyed my experience.ejetlag that once devoured me nally crept away, and I got used to my early morning walks, during which I was originally blinded by the bright sun and overwhelmed by the summer humidity of the east coast.Each year, America’s elite univer sities take in millions of dollars from thousands of families who send their children to pre-college education programs.
But if I immerse myself in a purely academic environ ment, I wouldn’t discover what life is like in a new place: we might as well just learn the same material in the comfort of our
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Because of this diversity, I learned about collaboration in its full e ect.
n the second semester of my junior year, my parents suggested that I look into pre-college sum mer“It’llprograms.beagreat way to get a taste of what college is like,” they said.
In competitive academic environ ments, these programs have become a normal investment.
Our shared living space forced us to become close friends within the span of a week, we discovered a new found freedom over our lives and the responsibility that came with it.
But are they worth the money, or are we all just victims of the college admissions rat race?
and I spent our days walking around and discovering the never-ending wonders of our surrounding city.
Shirley, a museum art designer who said she didn’t want to give her last name, said it’s important to understand an audience’s background in order to cater to their values and experiences.“It’simportant to understand these di erent perspectives through which
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Visitors at the Legion of Honor art museum in San Francisco look at “Water Lilies” by Claude Monet. “Looking at art is a form of communica tion that is universal amongst all cultures,” AP Art History teacher Susan La Fetra said.
e experience of meeting new people, observing a new environ ment, and discovering self-identity was the other half.
I was tired of the frequent re sponse of “I was just thinking that!” or “I totally agree.”
In my summer program, being in a diverse classroom meant that everyone had di erent opinions and knowledge depending on their pasts.
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I wanted a contradiction. I wanted someone to disagree with me and bring forth a new perspective.
Yes, I could go on a six-week vacation in a foreign country to discover a new environment, but without the responsibilities of daily life, I would never be able to truly apply myself to the new environment.
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Each person brought something di erent to the discussion table, and sometimes their remarks were so alien to me that they left me speech less.I credit these students for giving me hundreds of new things to learn.
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Prior to the course, I was con icted by my high school learning environment.Schoolalways reinforced the importance of collaboration and emotional intelligence, but how good was collaboration if my peers and I were so like-minded?
paintings in addition to cultural con nections.“Ilove how art museums teach individuals about events in history,” Dwivedi said. “I also appreciate mod ern art because they are commentar ies on contemporary society which can be very Dwivedi,educational.”whotookAP Art His tory last year, said the class eld trips to local art museums, including the Cantor Arts Center located on the Stanford campus, in uenced her to look at art from this new perspec tive.“I went to the Cantor for my Art History eld trip class last year, and it was interesting to see the paint ings that we had learned about in class,” Dwivedi said. “My experience in the class gave me exposure to a variety of art in which I learned how to analyze visual and contextual evidence to determine the function or purpose.”
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of many women during her era, who were expected to follow strict social guidelines and stay in the domestic sphere. But the time she spent in a rehabilitation center and the found ing of the Betty Ford Drug and Alcohol Addiction Center represent her hope for the future.
By the end of the series, she is once more an independent woman with a job and aspirations, represent ing the growing number of working women in the 1980s and 1990s.
Roosevelt is portrayed as a seri ous, stately gure who may very well have occupied the Oval O ce had she been born in a di erent time. Ford’s candor, good nature and up beat personality, visually represented by brightly colored dresses and jack ets, contrast sharply with the austere, stern nature of the U.S. government in the 1970s. Obama’s position as both a nancially independent, employed woman and a caring mother, juxtaposed by her wardrobe of formal business suits and cozy pajamas, provides fresh commentary on the changing role of women in the contemporary world.
On a ight back from Toronto this past summer, I noticed e First Lady: Episode 2” recommended to me on the info tainment system. Air Canada had apparently neglected to provide the rst episode, but with the APUSH exam still fresh in my mind, the TV show captured my attention. I was hooked.Andafter binge-watching all 10 episodes over the summer, I was disappointed to nd that a sequel had already been canceled because of lukewarm audience reception. e series, frankly, is criminally under rated.Ahistorical drama, “ e First Lady” follows the lives of three of America’s most unique presidential wives: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama. Despite the confusing meshing of three separate narratives, the distinct personali ties and roles of each First Lady is masterfully preserved through their dialogue and apparel.
So don’t let the occasional tsunami of historical knowledge or the show’s 41% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes dissuade you from watching “ e First Lady.” Perhaps, if more people watch it, the produc ers might even change their minds about a sequel, because the intimate way this series approaches the lives of the most scrutinized women in the United States is unparalleled and more rst ladies deserve to have their story told in this engaging, touching manner.Andthanks, Air Canada, for at least having one episode of the series available to your passengers.
again reminds us how far women’s rights have come since the mid-20th century.Ford’s ashbacks during her men tal breakdowns heavily feature her former jobs as a department store manager and an auxiliary dancer un der famed director Martha Graham, perfectly expressing her frustration with her life as a homemaker sur rounded by conservative congres sional wives, all of whom have no working experience, are satis ed with their lives as housewives and abhor one of her favorite books, “ e FeminineDuringMystique.”oneintense argument with her husband, Ford exclaims, “I have stuck by you, I have done ev erything I was supposed to do! And what do I have to show for it?” Her outburst encapsulates the frustration
While the show does a decent job introducing the three First Ladies, important supporting characters are often thrown in unceremoniously, undermining their importance to the plot’s narrative. Once, I asked myself, “How is this random woman important enough to host meet ings?” before consulting Google and realizing she was Michelle Obama’s Chief of Sta
of important characters and events – Frances Perkins, Donald Rumsfeld and North Carolina Amendment 1 to name a few – are thrown at viewers without much context at all, leaving some reeling from historical knowledge shock.
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Review: ‘ e First Lady’ empowers women with stories from White House
While Roosevelt’s story is heav ily dominated by condescending men who focus on the unquali ed stereotype of her gender and there fore view her as unquali ed to do anything, Obama’s personal narrative hardly features gender as an issue at all, except for Trump’s election in 2016. e transition between Roo sevelt and Obama’s narratives thus provides a testament to the progress women have made over the past 100 years.But it’s Betty Ford’s story, chronologically sandwiched between Roosevelt and Obama’s, that proves the most gut-wrenching of all. Ford’s life, from her abusive rst husband to her addictions to prescription medi cation and alcohol, represents the sacri ces American women made during the mid-20th century and
In addition, the show sometimes tosses viewers into complex histori cal scenes, requiring so much histori cal understanding that even the most diligent APUSH student will cry (I had to consult Wikipedia more than once).Lots
Ultimately, though, the main narrative of the series is feminism and the ght for womens’ rights. e combined stories of the three women create a unique chronicle of the role of women in the U.S.
Granted, though, the show is not perfect, and I do understand much of the criticism. e meshing of three distinct stories into one TV series can be occasionally confusing, especially considering the frequent ashbacks, even with the help of a timeline to transition between the eras.
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Senior Kai Bussey said the team was unhappy about the student sec tion’s“Asbehavior.ateam,we are kind of an noyed at the fans,” Bussey said. “ ey don’t seem to recognize it’s (the seniors’) last season, so every game, every minute counts. When they take that away from us, it’s kind of frustrating.”SeniorJosh Kaplan agreed and said this game impacted him person ally as a newer player.
volleyball senior Jess Watanabe said. “I kind of just do my training during both seasons because I don’t really have any time o .”
guys were like, ‘We can’t hear you.’”
But Crane also said she enjoyed the energy of both student sections during the game leading up to the incident.“Ikind of liked that we were going back and forth because we couldn’t hear you guys (from the Gunn side),” Crane said. “I think both sides were pretty loud; it was just the distance, but we couldn’t hear you when you
that happen at a football game before,” she said.
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Junior and quarterback Declan Packer evades defenders and launches a pass down eld while on the run near the Gunn sideline. “We did pretty good,” Packer said. “We shut them out and locked up on defense.”
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Morgen eld added his passion for track drives him to this workout schedule in the o -season.
A Gunn freshman who would only be interviewed if her justmanOK,”friendly,cool,thenofship.ingconcernsalwaysrivalrythebutincidentknowsaidweren’tnameusedshedidn’thowthestarted,thenatureofPaly-Gunnwouldhavesuchregardsportsman“Ifitwasoutbadintentions,itwasnotbutifitwasthenthefreshsaid.“Wealwayshave
a rivalry with Paly, and it’s just gonna be like Kaplanthat.”said the rivalry was what drove the team in Friday night’s blowout“Sincewin.Gunn is our rival, that motivated us to push harder and not let them get anything against us,” KaplanHeadsaid.coach David DeGeronimo said the most impressive aspect of the night was the team’s defense prevent
“At the end with around ve minutes left, a good three-quarters of the Paly student section started running across the eld onto the Gunn side,” Assistant Principal Erik Olah said. “When you have fans that are not following protocols for the game and get out of control, you stop things and you wait for the fans to calm down and go back. But the fans didn’t, so the game was just shut down from there.”
“ e tradition is here; the history is here,” he said. “It’s great to be back and reconnect. It’s been the most fun.”
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“Our system is new,” he said. “It’s a totally new o ense. We’re still learning the language, so once everybody knows what to do, we’ll execute better and better every week. And that’s our job, to get better every week.”DeGeronimo said learning the new system has been the team’s big gest“It’schallenge.inthe rst year where you need to get that buy-in,” DeGeron imo said. “I think that’ll progress as the season progresses and as our guys learn the new system.”
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The varsity football team defeated Gunn 41-0 in the schools’ rst football matchup since 2012, but the game was cut short due to sports manship and safety concerns.
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While many high school students see summer as an opportunity to relax and spend time on fun activities, varsity track runner Grant Morgen eld spent six days a week this summer train ing in preparation for the provideseasonjunior,season.comingForMorgeneld,aopracticesauniqueopportunitytoengagewiththesportheloveswithoutworryingaboutcompetition.
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“It’s kind of light, and it’s enjoy able,” Morgen eld said. “ ere’s no real stress behind it. I think training really bene ts me and everything else I do.”Morgen eld is one of many elite athletes who nd themselves spending a large portion of summer training for their sport in order to compete at the highest level in high school and potentially college as well. While track athletes can train away from races during the summer, other sports like volleyball have competi tions year-round and require constant participation.“Idon’treally think I have an o season because once the Paly season is over, I have a club season,” varsity
Yet, Watanabe said even in the short window when she is not playing competitively, she still strives to practice her skills and improve.
ing Gunn’s o ense from gaining a rst“Linebackersdown. were saying they just weren’t getting past the D-line,” De Geronimo said. “We were ready for Gunn, and we were excited to play Gunn. We haven’t done it in nine years, so our kids were red up, and I think they came out and showed that.”DeGeronimo said the team still has room to improve, though.
In his rst year back as a head coach, DeGeronimo said he is glad to have returned.
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“I don’t really have a time where I’m not doing anything, other than a few weeks over the sum mer,” Watanabe said. “But even then, I’m either going to camps or clinics or trying out di erent clubs”Although o -season training is encouraged by coaches, Morgen eld said most athletes are tasked with creating their own regimen to follow.
“ e coaches don’t necessarily give me a struc ture to build o of, so a lot of it is on my own or with a couple other teammates,” Morgen eld said. “But it’s strongly recommended that we keepDespitetraining.”the emphasis placed on o -season training, Watanabe said student athletes need to nd a balance between rest, recovery and train ing.“Obviously, there’s the physical aspect of it, but it’s really mentally exhausting when you’re only thinking about one thing for basically the whole year,” Watanabe said. “So I prioritize rest ing and watching Net ix or something like that.”
To prevent burnout during the o season, Morgen eld said he varies the intensity of his workouts.“Typically, I alternate between easier and harder days,” Morgen eld said. “On easier days, I just go out and run 45 minutes to an hour, and then on harder days I might implement some faster speed stu .”
“I really enjoy running, so it’s kind of an opportunity to get outside and get moving around in the summer,” Morgen eld said.
And for Watanabe, summer training helps keep her from getting bored.“Ifeel like once you’re really passionate about a sport, you don’t know if you like it because you’re good at it or because you actually really like the sport,” Watanabe said. “So for me, I feel like if I were to not play vol leyball, then I don’t really know what I’d be doing, so I guess I enjoy training in that Regardlessaspect.”of motivation, Morgen eld said o -season training is crucial for im provement, and he hopes their year-round training will provide him with an edge during competition season.“Ithink I’ve de nitely improved a little bit,” Morgen eld said. “I’m really excited to get out there this season. I think I have some really good goals for myself.”
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“Since I just started this year, I’m not getting a lot of plays, and I was expecting to be put on the eld in those last ve minutes,” Ka plan said. “So for me, I was honestly dev astated when I found out that the game had ended neverbecauseandoverwhelmedallyincident.osheFaeGunnearly.”seniorCranesaidwascaughtguardbythe“Iwasactualittlebitconfusedwe’veactuallyhad
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painkillers), I think I would have de nitely made the team,” the junior said.
“We really have to work on the mental approach,” he said. “(In golf), it is important to maintain a positive ap proach, so that you don’t talk yourself into bad shots.”
Li, who has been on the team since her freshman year, also said this season will present some challenges as the graduating senior class made up most of last year’s team.“One of the possible challenges I feel like we will face in the up coming season is probably staying competitive in our league since we lost some of our top players,” Li said.Coach Andy Harader, who has had experience coaching Paly tennis teams for 26 years, said Paly is in the most competitive high school tennis league in Northern California. During his time coaching at
And, a junior who used to play tennis said they think athletes taking painkillers is a dis advantage to athletes who don’t. is person, who agreed to be interviewed only if their name weren’t used because of fear of repercus sions, said they were cut from the their tennis team due to injury.
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In order to help the team improve performance dur ing matches, Driscoll said he helps players create coping mechanisms for anxiety such as regulating breathing patterns, repetition of still exercises and nding at least one good thing about a play rather that focusing on the negatives.“Itisimportant that the girls play with con dence and do not doubt themselves during games,” Driscoll said.Having a strong connection among teammates can also help with building a strong positive mindset. Fresh man Kensie Palo said the team has this connection. She said, “ e thing I like most about playing golf at Paly are my teammates.”
But looking beyond their win in the rst league match of the season, Li said she feels the most excited to work to help the team connect with each other through bonding activities, including but not limited to team lunches or dinners and dressing up during school on game days.
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e girls tennis team anticipates a season lled with competitive success, but more importantly, strong team bonds, junior co-caption Erin Li said.
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Crane said sometimes student athletes also fear their coach will cut them if they are injured, causing them stress that they will not be able to play, which can lead to the use of painkillers as well.
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“It stops me from feeling the pain when it happens, so I can continue playing at the mo ment,” he said. “(It’s) also kind of a placebo so I know I can play better.”
With a ve-year undefeated streak in CCS, the girls varsity golf team hopes to regain the sectional title again thisCoachyear. Doyle Knight said most of the original players who helped the team win CCS in 2019 have graduated, so he aims to rebuild the team starting with the freshman and“(sophomores.enewrecruits) are kind of like our future,” KnightWhilesaid.the newer players may lack the experience that the upperclassmen have, Knight said his main goal is to get the team ready for the league tournament.
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Erin Li shu es her feet to predict where the ball will go as she prepares for the team’s debut this season. “One of the possible challenges I feel like we will face in the upcoming season is probably staying competitive in league,” Li said.
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Part of preparing includes working on the players’ mental health, assistant coach Ron Driscoll said.
Paly, Harader led one of his teams all the way to League Championships and he hopes that he will have a chance to do it again this “Championshipsyear.happen around November … but everyone is competitive and very driven, so I don’t have to do much to motivate them, which is great,” Harader said.
e team’s rst league match was at home on Aug. 25 against Aragon High School. Paly won, beating Aragon 6-1.
With professional athlete alumni like Davante Adams, Joc Pederson and Jeremy Lin, Paly student athletes can have a lot to live up to. And as these athletes push themselves, some say they turn to painkillers to lift their game to the next level and help them chase their aspirations. However, these illegally bought painkillers can actually aggravate injuries and even lead to addiction.Athletic Director Jennifer Crane said she thinks athletes might take these painkillers because they love competing and look only at the short-term bene ts.
“If we qualify for the tournament, we should have a really good chance of getting to CCS,” Knight said.
“ ey can do something that they love,” Crane said. “It brings them satisfaction, and maybe they’re not even thinking about the long-term e ects because it’s just in that mo ment, ‘I want to play this game, and this is how I’m going to get there.’”
Crane said. “You can have a coach that’s super understanding, and the athletes can still have some kind of pressure or need to ful ll their role for their coach and their teammates.”
“Athletes really value their coaches and their coaches’ opinions, so there’s always some kind of added stressor in those kinds of situations.”
A junior on the boys volleyball team who agreed to be interviewed only if his name wasn’t used because what he is doing is illegal said painkillers also help him with the mental aspect of his sport because the painkillers block pain signals from reaching the brain and numb him to his injuries.
“After I did get the injury, one, I performed a lot worse, and two, when I told the coach, he just told me to go home,” the student said.
Junior Lisa Chen watches her shot as she anticipates nishing the course at par. “We really have to work on the mental approach,” assistant coach Ron Driscoll said.
Regardless of the justi cation an athlete uses, Crane said they need to know that, depending on how often an athlete takes pain killers, there will be long-term e ects.
“In order to heal, we need time, and we need rest,” Crane said. “When we just kill the pain with a painkiller in that
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moment, we’re not allowing our body the time it needs to recover and rest, so that injury might get worse.”
“As the team’s captain, I feel eager to help the team stay as close to one another as possible as friends even throughout every competitive match,” Li said. “I am most excited about cheering for my teammates and friends on the court.”
e anonymous junior said that when they told the coach they had gotten injured during tryouts, they were instantly sent home without any chance of making the team.
ing a di erence maybe in three weeks,” Chan said. “I can do workouts more frequently without feeling sore.”
“We just need to carry our energy throughout the season and not give up,” she said
Davidson said he agrees that the new team members are adjusting well to the workload.
“We’ve got a lot of talent that is returning,” Davidson said. “ ey have been working out pretty strong over the summer.”
Junior Grace Gormley said she is excited to compete against new opponents and try for CCS, said she said she also hopes to create a fun team dynamic that will make the sport enjoyable for the season.
“It’s de nitely a hard adjustment,” Studdert said. “But everyone seems to be doing pretty well, and the coaches have been slowly putting them into full swing.”
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of protein in foods,” KofmanKofmansaid.also said, “People want to see the gains sooner than later. Most people aren’t needing to use supplements like creatine as they are not involved in high-intensity inter mittent activities during training and competi tion such as water polo (and) wrestling. e second is that they see their friends or their peers taking it, and they want to take it, so they aren’t left Creatineout.”supplements come in many forms including powder, tablets and energy bars and are available through many online supplement stores, pharmacies and grocery stores. Kofman said creatine’s wide availability and the supple
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Senior Hillary Studdert said she and her teammates have trained hard over the summer to prepare.
“Water polo in high school is very di erent from club,” Gormley said. “So, while they have a lot of game experience and loads of talent, it’s going to be kind of a big jump for them to get used to varsity water polo.”
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“It’s unusual to have freshmen play, but the team is bal anced and the chemistry is really great,” Rowell said. “We all just want to play our best water polo at the end of the year and be as competitive as we can be.”
“ ey’re coming along, learning the routine and the regi men and getting used to the volume of work that we’re doing,” DavidsonHowever,said.Davidson said the challenge is keeping members on the team.
With the addition of a number of freshmen, the girls water polo team is determined to beat old records and reach new heights, Coach Rodrick Rowell said.
With the new players accounted for, a rigorous schedule and an optimistic mindset, Gormley said the team feels ready to conquer local opponents, qualify for playo s and make it to CCS.“We’re going to face a lot of fun opponents this year,” Gormley said. “But we’re also going to progress our game, get better as a team and just have a lot of fun.”
Davidson said the team has declined to just over 100 run ners compared to the 120 to 130 members it had averaged in preceding years. Nevertheless, Davidson said he is optimistic about the talent of the team this year.
Davidson said he sees the returning team members as an indication that the team will do well this season.
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Despite a decrease in participants, the cross country team has started its upcoming season enthusiastically and hopes to continue its success after winning the CCS championship last year, coach Michael Davidson said.
Senior Kelvin Moresi races at the Lowell Invitational on Sept. 10. “We’ve been blessed over the last few years to have a lot of strong talent, especially at the boys level,” coach Michael Davidson said. “However, we always need girls; we’re always shy on the volume.”
Henderson also said she plans to strengthen the team’s community by helping the freshmen acclimate to high school life beyond the pool deck.
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“Most of it was pretty individual,” Studdert said. “Towards the end of the summer, we had group runs led by one of the coaches a few times a week, but most of it was just the indi vidual work people put in.”
Junior Mary Henderson said she hopes to channel the team’s spirit and competitive energy into making the playo s and then advancing past the rst round of CCS.
In addition, Kofman said athletes should en sure they get enough rest and give themselves time to recover to avoid injuries and negative e ects.
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“It just kind of remains to be seen what the new quality is going to be because we have kids who come in as freshmen, and then kind of disappear after that,” Davidson said.
Studdert said, “It’ll be a good opportunity to see where the team is at and just show how hard everyone’s been working over the summer, as well as room for improvement over the season as workouts get harder.”
“I want us to have a really positive season and just have fun out there playing the best games,” she said.
“ ese are all tested so you know that can be taken,” Kofman said. “ to theSeniorbody.”Caleb Chan, a former basketball player who lifts weights he regularly takes creatine to enhance his
“We’ve been blessed over the last few years to have a lot of strong talent, especially at the boys level,” Davidson said. “However, we always need girls; we’re always shy on the vol ume.”e team participated in its rst meet on Sept. 10 at Golden Gate Park, where Studdert said she hoped to gauge where the team’s performance stands for now.
Studdert also said she is enthusiastic about the team’s train ing.“A traditional week of training is six days of practice, and usually around three workouts and Sundays o ,” Studdert said. “And then as we get further into the season, we’ll have around one meet a Studdertweek.”alsosaid it is di cult to become accustomed to the rigor of the training.
“We’re trying to involve them and support them in their new adventures, whether that be helping them with math homework or explaining something that they don’t understand in the game, especially since they’re on varsity now,” Hender sonGormleysaid. sad helping the freshmen adjust to a more chal lenging form of water polo is also part of the team agenda.
NIDHI THUMMALAPALLI/THE CAMPANILE e girls water polo team meets in a huddle. “ e team is balanced, and the chemistry is really great,” Coach Rodrick Rowell said.
Gaither agrees and said the medication helped her self-
Dr. Lee said the most notorious side e ect of isotretinoin is what is called aatteratogen.meansif you were someone who could get pregnant, and you were on the medicine when you got pregnant, there’s a signi cant risk that your baby could have a birth defect of some sort,” Lee said.
“I was extremely selfconscious about my skin and didn’t want to leave my house without something to cover my skin up … My acne got to a point where I just didn’t really like looking in the mirror,” Gaither said.Accutane is taken via a pill and takes about six weeks for results to show. Despite the concern over side e ects, North said going on the medication was a good decision for her, and her acne has shown signi cant positive change.“Accutane is to tally worth the process,” North said. “I would 100% recommend it to anyone whose acne has made an impact on how they feel about themself or their appearance.”
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Junior AP Environmental Science student Kaitlyn Abbasi said considering California experiences recurring droughts and other natural disasters such as res, the state needs to prepare itself for such an event.“It’s scary to think about, especially knowing it could be as destructive as an earthquake and de nitely leave a big impact on communities and ag riculture,” Abbasi said. “If this happens, it could be a wake-up call that we need to try harder to lessen the impact of climate change.”
“My mom owns property in Huntington Beach, and she sold her property because she knows that in the next 30 years, it’s going to be underwater,” Szebert said. “ ey’re already dealing with their power lines being ooded along with other issues.”
However, Lee said despite e orts to combat climate change, future climate disasters cannot be avoided.Leesaid it’s important to stay careful and prepare as much as possible against any pos sible future climate events.
“I (dealt) with back pain, dry skin and more stress on my heart when doing cardio,” Gaither said.
ere was one study that said, ironically, patients who take (isotretinoin) are in better mental health because they feel better about their acne,” Lee said.
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Daniel Swain, a cli mate scientist at UCLA and a researcher for the study, said the mega ood could potentially turn California’s lowlands into a vast inland sea, impact ing millions. e ooding could persist for consecu tiveSwainweeks.described a mega ood as a severe event across a broad re gion that has the potential to bring catastrophic impacts to society in the a ected areas.
is increases heavy rain events, and makes ash oods more frequent. e extreme rain fall and ood events have the ability to cause catastrophic damage to California’s geography, ecosystems and population.
over-the-counter creams because nothing seemed to be working,” she said.And while the medication is e ective in treating acne for many,
overproduction of sebum caused by adolescent hormones. Gaither said she started using isotretinoin because no other medication would work for her skin.
the wake-up call is going to happen until it’s too late,” Szebert said.
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Accutane can provide skin care solution for acne, boosts self-esteem
Lee said people in Palo Alto should be more mindful of the environment and do more
But this strong medication is also popular with many teens who experience any form of acne.
Junior Sophia Lee said it’s frustrating to see politicians and communities not taking action to protect the environment from severe climate disasters that will likely become more com mon.“Especially in California, the state that provides almost 14 percent of the nation’s produce and agriculture, I don’t see why people are not doing everything they can to protect the environment,” Lee said.
And while worsening mental health can be a side e ect of using the medication, Lee said severe acne can create the same e ect.
Senior Rachel North said she has been using Accutane for about four months and seen lasting results.
However, while many are thinking ahead, Szebert said the danger is people will not change their lifestyle in time.
to protect the Earth now to prevent natural disasters.“Especially in Palo Alto, where people have enough money to spare to make their lives more energy e cient, (they should consider) driving electric (cars), installing solar panels and conserving water,” Lee said.
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Although the mega ood could hit most parts of California, the study said the area
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“Even if we cut all carbon emissions this second, I know that six feet of sea level rise is given, on top of an increase in ooding,” Lee said. “We need to start preparing for these kinds of disasters.”
dry skin, birth defects if someone becomes pregnant while using the medication and joint issues.
And Gaither said she had several of these side e ects.
e government has to step in and create the changes for people because I don’t think
A new study conducted by Science Advanc es, a multidisciplinary journal that publishes research in all areas of science, said in the next four decades, a mega ood in California could bring at least eight feet of water to certain parts of the state. Scientists involved in the study also predict the chances of a mega ood have doubled due to climate change, even as California enters its worst drought in decades.
most a ected would be the Central Valley, including cities such as Sacramento, Fresno, Stockton, Modesto and Bakers eld. ese areas are more susceptible to damage especially during the spring because of the snow that melts from the High Sierra.
e ood has the potential to be the most expensive geophysical disaster to date, poten tially causing $1 trillion in losses — ve times the cost of Hurricane Katrina, the study said.
Climate change increases the amount of rain the atmosphere can hold which causes more water to fall as rain.
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