*Note from The Union: Due to the master files for this Letter to the Editor being forcefully removed by unknown sources, we are unable to fully depict the following Letter to the Editor. This version of the letter is retyped from the original print newspaper edition. We apologize for anyContinue Reading
By: Eric de Guzman If you are an MHS student, teacher, or administrator, you are without a doubt familiar with the infamous commute: the majority of family cars in Milpitas congested into one Escuela Parkway and the surrounding area in the morning and afternoons. It is a sorry situation lovedContinue Reading
By: Maansi Maskai It is a well known fact that students at MHS must complete a minimum of 20 hours of community service in order to graduate. However, with the frequent changes in community service coordinators resulting in changes in style of operation, students are often left confused about theContinue Reading
By: Eric de Guzman This October, many MHS students took the SAT, the standardized test that you take only to impress colleges, with Milpitas High finally offering the test. Something I’ve noticed since last year is that some students take preparation for the SAT too far. Namely, the Friday beforeContinue Reading
By: Nathan Thai People cheat. News flash, right? Every year, gossip circulates about duplicity on the PSAT/NMSQT and SAT. What usually plays out is in the days following the test, a handful of students gossip about accounts of cheaters: minor offenses (trading tests and calculators, leaking or taking advantage ofContinue Reading
By: Luke Ren To Senior Open, or to not Senior Open, that is the question. Balancing whether or not colleges would approve of one taking a slot out of their academic schedule and getting extra sleep is a difficult task for many seniors that have already completed the majority ofContinue Reading
By: Melissa Nunes Most restaurants, fast food places, packaged food, and even online recipes provide easily accessible nutrition information, so why should it be any different at our school? In case you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, nutrition information is found the little chart on the back of almostContinue Reading
Dear Editor, At a White House event, the president shuts down a transgender undocumented immigrant asking him questions, saying “Shame on you… You’re in my house,” to which the audience cheers and the activist is escorted outside of the White House. When a CBS reporter asks the president a questionContinue Reading
By: Maira Ramos College application season is here and in full swing for many seniors at MHS. For freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, there’s an ample amount of time to brainstorm post-high school plans. The MHS administration has provided students with a new college and career readiness tool called Naviance toContinue Reading
By: Charlene Yang Nowadays, almost everyone listens to music on electronic devices, whether it be phones, music players, or computers. Everywhere you look you’ll see people with their earbuds jammed in their ears. But of course, it’s only been recently that online streaming platforms have become a popular way toContinue Reading
By: Nathan Thai The shape of music has changed over the past 50 years, from the now vintage vinyl record to the once ubiquitous compact disc, which has so far seen no need for a physical successor—because the newest form of transmitting sound is completely digital: online streaming. From itsContinue Reading
By: Jonathan Tran There is a right and wrong time to use phones, whether at home, school, or work. MHS, similar to any high school, exhibits numerous downsides of extraneous phone use by its students. However, students should not be taught to cut phones out of their school lives entirely,Continue Reading