While students have adapted to distance learning, it is still difficult to recreate the crucial class discussions and social interaction that on-campus learning afforded. Poor internet connection and power shutdowns are often easy targets to blame for distance learning’s problems, but students are also responsible for misusing one of theContinue Reading
By Ryan Teoh The pandemic has hit everyone hard, students especially. Distance learning and the pandemic do not allow people to socialize well with their friends and classmates. Personally, I know many classmates and friends who really miss being able to go out and have fun with their friends. BikingContinue Reading
By Kyle Lam The City of Milpitas has capped the delivery fee that food delivery services such as UberEats, GrubHub, Postmates, and Doordash can charge in order to follow the precedent set by the cities of San Francisco, Santa Cruz, which did the same in April 2020, along with nineContinue Reading
By Trinh Tran Senior S’ven Morley founded several initiatives to support frontline workers and contribute to the fight against COVID-19 in conjunction with the Milpitas Xtreme Robotics Club, Morley said in a Zoom interview. The first initiative involved Twitch, Morley said. Twitch is a live streaming platform where viewers canContinue Reading
By Vania Castro As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, many are pushed to work from home to provide for their families. However, frontline and essential workers continue to risk their lives to protect others. At MHS, there are some students with family members who do just that. OneContinue Reading
By Vaishnavi Josyula Many students find their passion through school and the people around them. Senior Avinash Subramanian found his passion for music from his father and SpongeBob SquarePants and grew to perform at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. He has been learning music since he was four,Continue Reading
By Vania Castro Rating: 5/5 TWICE, the famous K-pop girl group, recently released “Eyes Wide Open,” their second full album, just four months after their ninth mini-album, “MORE & MORE.” Their newest release includes 13 tracks of varying genres and employs a more mature concept compared to their previous mini-album,Continue Reading
By Kathleen Huynh Rating: 4/5 “Grand Army,” a Netflix original series, was released on Oct. 16, 2020. The show is loosely based on Katie Cappiello’s ‘Slut: The Play’ and follows five Brooklyn teens as they struggle to keep afloat amidst the drama in their lives. Heavy topics are touched uponContinue Reading
By Vanessa Hu Rating: 5/5 The band Glass Animals performed their “Live in the Internet” concert on Oct. 15, but instead of performing to a crowd of fans at a concert venue, they sang only in front of cameras. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person concerts are no longer anContinue Reading
By Brandyn Huynh Despite not being officially recognized as a sport by the NCAA (Division I Football Subdivision), the MHS Cheer Team broke those standards by officially making its debut as a sport this year. The team converted to practice over Zoom rather than hosting in-person meetings. “Before the pandemic,Continue Reading
By Rajvee Patel Since the beginning of the pandemic, students’ educational experiences have changed dramatically. Students are not receiving the same quality of instruction as they normally would during in-person school. This situation has required students and staff to adapt to the many changes brought by the pandemic. Teachers haveContinue Reading
By Priya Thoren The 2020 presidential election in November has come and gone for U.S. citizens, but not without some hurdles. Technology is the base for almost everything these days, and one of the most prominent aspects of technology in our lives today is social media. Social media and politicsContinue Reading