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Senior Clarissa Tadros gets wrapped after her blood is drawn.

CSF Hosts biannual Blood Drive

By Emily Choi and Alfonso Pitco III December 14, 2018

S tudents and staff came in and out of the Student Center at the end of November, donating blood for the biannual Stanford Blood Drive hosted by California Scholarship Federation. In order to participate,...

The Impatient Patient: To care or not to care, that is the question

By Renee Wang December 7, 2018

While we lounged after our Thanksgiving meals and went starry-eyed from too-good-to-pass-up Black Friday deals, the fourth National Climate Assessment revealed a more dismal reality:  greenhouse gas emissions...

Pictured with her family in her home city of Buenos Aires, Balás loves to spread her love for her country and native language.
Photo courtesy of Gabriela Balás.

Balás describes her journey to the classroom

By Kate Gabrielson November 28, 2018

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Spanish teacher Gabriela Balás moved to the Bay Area after college, and underwent a career change in the process. Currently in her first year teaching Spanish at HHS,...

The Denome’s Advocate: Democrats, an unruly mob? If only…

By Thomas Denome October 18, 2018

Continuing with the American tradition of attempting to paint political opponents as insane and unreasonable, Republicans have a new platform to win the 2018 midterm elections: depicting the Democratic...

Key Club officers plan events to help community

By Pranavi Abburi October 5, 2018

T he first grading period has ended and Key Club officials are excited for the new school year, as they have many fun events planned for the future. Key Club is an independent international community...

Being Right: The political hitjob on Brett Kavanaugh

By Lyndon Lee A September 28, 2018

As the midterms on Nov. 6 approach, Senate Republicans are doing their best to push through the confirmation vote of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee appointed by President Trump to replace Justice...

The Denome’s Advocate: An anarchist’s perspective on gun control

September 10, 2018

E very summer, I leave school and come back far more radical than when I left, without fail. Two summers ago, I identified as a progressive and one summer ago I identified as a democratic socialist....

The Hart of the Matter: The importance of a woman’s voice

May 25, 2018

This is my very last column of the year, so please indulge me as I make it slightly more personal than my other articles. Each Hart of the Matter has I wrote about was close to my heart and important to...

The Impatient Patient: Reduced, heightened expectations pressure minority students

By Renee Wang April 27, 2018

Racial stereotypes have been proven to invoke reduced expectations and heightened pressures for students in affected groups. Not only that, but these racial stereotypes also contribute to the achievement...

Girl Talk Episode 2: Body Hair

Girl Talk Episode 2: Body Hair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJcZzYmRmg

English teacher Steve Lavelle mistakes the word ‘tea’ as a verb. Illustration by Avalon Allen.

Slang Word of the Month: ‘Tea’

By Tamar Gilad April 5, 2018

'Tea.’ A three letter word that was once just a simple hot cup of water with herbs, is now a commonly known slang word referring to gossip. According to Merriam Webster, the word’s popularity...

Soundbites: ASB Social Manager BOTC Commentary

March 9, 2018

https://youtu.be/fkk8X7-__5c

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