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By Ananya, News Team Contributor There it is, you can see it now. The glorious light at the end of the tunnel. It’s May, which means it’s the last month of school! Summertime will come again! But until that sweet release, here are some things we all experience during the last month of toil (before it starts all over again). Read more...

By Kanchan, Newsteam Contributor “Thank you, come again!” Apu smiles. The faux-Indian accent rings in my ears even after The Simpsons cuts to the next scene, leaving the brightly-lit Kwik-E-Mart in the distance. It’s been two years since I’ve heard that infamous dialogue from Apu, a Simpson’s classic voiced by Jewish-American Hank Azaria. Apu embodies so many of the stereotypes that the South-Asian community Read more...

By Anastasiya, Newsteam Contributor Nearly 80 years ago a girl and her family lived in isolation in an attic due to unexpected political conditions. This girl is Anne Frank, she kept a diary of her feelings and daily blessing and fears. She lived many years ago without the entertainment of smartphones, television, youtube, zoom calls, yet today we look at Read more...

    From Lucie, Newsteam Contributor With the Coronavirus spreading rapidly across the U.S., we are forced to remain inside our homes. Since we’ll be staying inside for the next few weeks, this can often lead to boredom. However, with the help of technology, you can visit some of the most famous museums all from the safety of your couch. Read more...

From Kanchan, Newsteam Contributor Pleasanton is home to some picturesque natural scenery, as well as some of the Tri-Valley’s most memorable cultural markers. But with a global pandemic opening its fearsome jaws, all of these landmarks are respecting the rules of our Bay Area quarantine. But for those of you who still wish to explore the city, you can now Read more...

By Kanchan, News Team Contributor 3 a.m. The sound of a rebooting Macbook Pro echoes in the distance, punctuated by the incessant clatter of a hundred keyboards. Someone sighs into a sleeping bag while instinctively reaching for another Pepsi. A charger is rammed into a USB port. The whole auditorium is suspended in an uneasy half-silence, but I don’t seem Read more...

From Margaret, News Team Contributor England is a country whose name has become synonymous with riveting and impressive history throughout the years that is capable of filling up innumerable volume and gave rise to our wonderful motherland. Furthermore, England’s impression on American society runs even deeper, as it facilitated the idea of freedom in every aspect and other fundamental principles Read more...

By Kanchan Naik Days, nights, seasons, years. The natural clock ticks against the earth, every passing moment slipping out of our fingers. This manipulated, misused version of the earth that we have grown accustomed to holds nothing but a sense of inevitability — an echo of the centuries of mistakes we have made as a civilization. There is no more Read more...

In the attempts to prepare students for the real workplace atmosphere schools started to implement group projects and tests. As a high school student with extensive experience in honors classes, I know the good and bad side of the group work. While group testing can help students gain a deeper understanding of the material, it presents skewed scores due to Read more...

  The City of Pleasanton rests on the shoulders of many dedicated and diverse community members. Many of them often go uncredited for the positivity and creative spirit that they bring to Pleasanton on a day to day basis. On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to speak with one of them. Ms. Teresa Parham, the Senior Teen Librarian, shared her Read more...