Popular video chat website Omegle shut down on Nov. 8 after a young woman filed a lawsuit against them, according to the article “Video chat site Omegle shuts down after 14 years — and an abuse victim’s lawsuit” by National Public Radio. Unsolicited exposure to other users was a commonContinue Reading
Terra Nova High School on Oct. 27, the girls’ locker rooms were left in a mess, with trash left all over the floor and the bathrooms being left in a dirty condition, physical education (PE) teacher Celina Reyes said. Although there have been messes left behind after certain matches, theContinue Reading
Shortly after Oct. 7, the Starbucks Workers United union tweeted, “Solidarity with Palestine” along with a picture of a bulldozer tearing down a border fence during Hamas’s attack on Israel on X, according to the New York Post. In a statement on Starbucks’ website on Oct. 17, a representative ofContinue Reading
Leadership is hosting the Cocoa & Cram event in the school library from 3:30-5 p.m. from Dec. 11-15 to create a focused environment for students to study for upcoming final exams, Activities Director Deana Querubin said. The event also includes free chocolate, provided by leadership, for students who are presentContinue Reading
Leadership hosted the Jack Emery Winter Festival from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8. The festival was meant to bring the community together and raise money for the Jack Emery Food Drive, Activities Director Deana Querubin said. The festival hosted vendors, roller skating on the tennis courts, a bouncy castleContinue Reading
The Wellness Center officially opened on Thursday in room J17 with a ribbon cutting ceremony, according to Board Communications Specialist Scott Forstner. In attendance were members of the MUSD board, Santa Clara County School District employees, and MHS administrators and teachers. Funding for the various wellness centers that are integratedContinue Reading
MHS went into lockdown for about 10 minutes on Friday after the Milpitas Police Department (MPD) received a tip at 12:28 p.m. about a juvenile near Augustine Park with a gun, according to an MPD Instagram post. The gun was a replica and contained a blade, the post said. MPDContinue Reading
MHS will receive about $398,000 in arts funding from California Proposition 28, which grants arts funding to public schools, Principal and Chief Innovator Greg Wohlman said. The school was recently cleared to use the funding by the California Department of Education, he added. Arts teachers are currently discussing potential usesContinue Reading
Senior Satvika Iyer spoke virtually at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Science Summit on Sep. 21 about the importance of the arts and humanities in scientific progress, she said.At the summit, which was held live in Manhattan, New York, Iyer described environmental advocacy projects she has been working onContinue Reading
The Milpitas Library now hosts a Library of Things, where patrons can borrow a wide range of items and return them after three weeks. The program is brand new and hasn’t been promoted yet, project leader and community librarian Kelly McKean said. The Library of Things, a vertical stand locatedContinue Reading
A threat posted via social media alluded to a potential act of violence at MHS, causing fear and absences among students, according to Sergeant Peter Tachis of the Milpitas Police Department. The post, sent out in the evening on Oct. 23, depicted multiple guns lying on a mattress and aContinue Reading