After four years of surviving the ups and downs that inevitably come with every high school experience, many grains of wisdom are accumulated. Here are some tidbits of wisdom from my own experiences at MHS. Take it as you will. 1. Find your passions, and build upon them. When itContinue Reading
A few months ago, after a girl was sexually assaulted at a dance we went to, some guy from our school said to us, “What if she just accidentally led him on?” We were utterly disgusted at how he excused the perpetrator’s behavior by placing theContinue Reading
With the influx of Trojan access cards in February, students do not seem to be experiencing the same hype which administration made of it. The purpose of these tokens of appreciation was intended to be an incentive for higher state testing scores; however, the incentives do not seem to be aligned with theContinue Reading
The purpose of Trojan access cards is to reward students for their performance on state testing such as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), which is implemented in 18 different states including our home California. Students are given a card based on their performance on the tests and they have rewards suchContinue Reading
In elementary school, we were taught Drug Abuse Resistance Education – don’t do drugs, kids! Ironically, as high school students, we have lost our conscience and are committing blatant acts of drug consumption. Drug use in MHS this year has been more prominent than ever. Despite school policies, a minorityContinue Reading
The saying “truth is stranger than fiction” means that the reality of some situations is harder to believe than what is imagined. To the NFL, an idiom has never held so much weight. In 2002, Dr. Bennet Omalu began to publicize the correlation between serious head trauma and playing football.Continue Reading
Let’s be frank: Hollywood is racist. It’s also vehemently misogynistic, and all sorts of “-phobics.” Mainstream media has consistently disappointed minority viewers with its glaring diversity issue. There are rarely any roles available for minority actors, and from the few that do exist, many are simply half-assed attempts at diversityContinue Reading
The Forest, a horror film released on January 8, 2016, tells the story of an American woman named Sara (played by Natalie Dormer) whose twin sister Jess (also played by Dormer) disappears to Japan. Sara goes on an investigation to find Jess and is led to the Aokigahara, a forest at the base of Mount FujiContinue Reading
As a student who has attended school in the Silicon Valley for a majority of her life, I have been able to observe how technology has crept its way into everyday schoolwork. Throughout my elementary school and middle school years, with exceptions to weekly class visits to the school’s computerContinue Reading
Black Friday is the quintessential shopping event of the holiday season. Long lines, ridiculous opening hours and mobs of aggressive shoppers who haven’t had their morning cups of coffee are all common to this major shopping event. The holidays have become the season for retailers to advertise their “biggest saleContinue Reading
We, The Union, believe the absence of an Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science is somewhat ironic given our geographic location. Despite being placed in the famous technologically-advanced Silicon Valley, we do not offer students the opportunity to enroll in an AP Computer Science class during the actual school period. InContinue Reading
Halloween is in a couple of days and after shopping online at Party City for some costumes, I realized how sexist they were. Yes, Halloween costumes from Party City are sexist. Compare the boy costumes to the same girl version of the costumes at Party City and you will seeContinue Reading