In early April, governor of California Jerry Brown signed legislation to push for a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour. While McDonalds is one of my better options after graduating from MHS, does a rising minimum wage really help me? Do Americans need a higher federal and statewide minimumContinue Reading

A bill in California was recently passed that would increase the minimum wage to $15 dollars a hour by 2022. This will be accomplished by slowly increasing the minimum wage every year, starting with $10.50 by 2017. The new policy is beneficial to every American, economically and socially. It canContinue Reading

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

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

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