By: Kirk Tran Imagine a horde of shambling, drooling, brain-dead students roaming the open-air campus at our beloved MHS. Zombie epidemic? Nay. It’s just the everyday consequence of the proliferation of the allegedly “smart” phone. If my readers can’t tell—no doubt due to the pernicious influence of the aforementioned “smart”Continue Reading
Dear Editor, A spectre is haunting America. We live in an age of tolerated discrimination; an age where regressive ideas are deemed progressive; an age where opinions are valued for not being based on facts or logic but feelings. No, I’m not referring to the ignorant conservatives that popular cultureContinue Reading
*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: Kirk Tran When summer begins, many young scholars at MHS tend to completely liberate themselves from the prison known as high school and spend those precious months fooling around. There are, however, many students who decide that attending school over the summer–and not remedial school, mind you–is entirely worthContinue Reading
By: Anthony Nguyen “Hey how many college classes are you taking over the summer?” “What time are you lining up at Mission tomorrow?” We have all been asked questions like this before, and the reality is, students are abusing community college classes in order to inflate their GPA’s. The systemContinue Reading
By: Andrew Ha Reusable water bottles are a popular item among many students, yet the school has done nothing to cater to the students’ interest. With the increasing popularity of water bottles like Hydro Flask, students have been drinking a lot more water in school–which is good for hydration andContinue Reading
By: Andrew Ha At the 90th Academy Awards, or simply the Oscars, the typical fanfares were underway as many celebrities graced the red carpet and prepared themselves for an evening filled with cinema’s best films of the year. From Call Me By Your Name’s heartrending reminder of love and lossContinue Reading
Author: Ariana Khateeb With the growing popularity of online payment services such as PayPal and Venmo, the need and demand for physical money has diminished. Businesses have now steered toward accepting Apple Pay and other mobile payment options. The MHS school bank currently can only accept cash as a formContinue Reading
Author: Luke Ren It might just be that I am a spoiled Californian, or it might just be that I am overreacting, but we have a serious drainage problem at MHS. The number of times I have accidentally stepped in an atrocious, petrifying puddle of terror simply because of theContinue Reading
Author: Loan-Anh Pham Asians in the entertainment industry are slowly breaking through the glass ceilings, but this is only the beginning of a movement. 2017 has been a fairly successful year; Vietnamese-American actress Kelly Marie Tran landed the role of Rose Tico, a Resistance mechanic, for powerhouse film Star Wars:Continue Reading
The Trojans are a pretty terrible mascot when you think about it. The symbol has unpleasant connotations, to say the least. When people think about the Gilroy Mustangs, they think about the mustang, the American wild horse, a perfect representation of strength, grace, and freedom. Plus, Mustangs are a typeContinue Reading
October 11th is National Coming Out Day. At MHS, the walls can be seen adorned with rainbow-colored posters. People line up at lunch to get a sticker, avidly proclaiming themselves as an ally, gay, bisexual, or other identities, and students paint their hands the colors of the gay pride flagContinue Reading