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The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
Homestead High School's student newspaper

The Epitaph
All content by Desmond Kamas

The Garlick Press: Unemployment among conservationalists

By Kira Garlick
May 4, 2018

The Hart of the Matter: Gender disparity affects all

By Lily Hartenstein
May 2, 2018

The Hart of the Matter: Domestic violence and female homelessness heavily connected

By Lily Hartenstein
April 11, 2018

The Garlick Press: Does ‘flexible’ vegetarianism have a lasting impact?

By Kira Garlick
April 11, 2018

Khanna hosts youth focused town hall on gun control

By Lily Hartenstein
March 15, 2018

Hart of the Matter: The power of hair, or the lack thereof

By Lily Hartenstein
February 28, 2018

‘Black Panther’ soundtrack lives up to same hype as film

By Lily Hartenstein
February 15, 2018

The Hart of the Matter: Women in athletics deserve better representation

By Lily Hartenstein
February 14, 2018
Brownfields can be any area with pollutants or toxins, such as abandoned factory buildings, dumping sites, and quarries

Garlick Press: Bay Area Superfund sites need super attention

By Kira Garlick
February 4, 2018
The Hart of the Matter: Marching towards progress

The Hart of the Matter: Marching towards progress

By Lily Hartenstein
January 17, 2018
Illustration by Lily Hartenstein

The Hart of the Matter: Gender disparity in ADHD diagnosis and treatment

By Lily Hartenstein
December 6, 2017

The Garlick Press: Plants in the classroom

By Kira Garlick
December 4, 2017

The Hart of the Matter: The Boyfriend Loophole

By Lily Hartenstein
November 29, 2017
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[Photo] HHS recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Thomas Denome
November 20, 2017

The Garlick Press: New food waste bins

By Kira Garlick
November 8, 2017

The Hart of the Matter: A woman’s word versus a man’s word

By Lily Hartenstein
November 8, 2017
Students contemplate what tests to take in the countdown to college admissions.

[Photo] Choosing between the SAT and ACT

By Eileen Chih
November 6, 2017

The Hart of the Matter: Complacency encourages bigotry

By Lily Hartenstein
October 25, 2017

The Garlick Press: Politics and Puerto Rico

By Kira Garlick
October 11, 2017
Looking back, students can weigh the pros and cons of their course selection decisions

[Photo] Students reflect on course selection

By Allison Moore
October 11, 2017

The Hart of the Matter: Women being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia is not enough

By Lily Hartenstein
October 11, 2017
The Hart of the Matter: Feminism as a trend

The Hart of the Matter: Feminism as a trend

By Lily Hartenstein
September 27, 2017

The Garlick Press: Natural disaster prevention is better than procrastination

By Kira Garlick
September 20, 2017
The Hart of the Matter: White women must be held accountable for racism

The Hart of the Matter: White women must be held accountable for racism

By Lily Hartenstein
September 13, 2017
The moon covers the sun as totality nears in solar eclipse

From my POV: The Great American Eclipse

By Kira Garlick
August 22, 2017
The news has been clogged up with exaggerated stories of how Trump is defunding the EPA.

The Garlick Press: Trump polluting the news

By Kira Garlick
May 25, 2017
‘The Life of a Mustang’ will premiere on Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. in the HHS Cafeteria. Image courtesy of Johnny Kobori

The Life of a Mustang, on screen

By Lily Hartenstein
May 10, 2017
Teens with autism think differently than other people

The Garlick Press: Teens with Autism

By Kira Garlick
May 4, 2017
A half-eaten rotten banana is among one of the many old food items librarians have found

Food in the library a growing issue

By Lily Hartenstein
May 2, 2017
"13 Reasons Why" is aimed at teens, but rated TV-MA. Photo courtesy of Netflix.

’13 Reasons Why’ is soulful, clichéd

By Desmond Kamas
April 11, 2017
Carrying my garbage for a week allowed reflection of my lifestyle

Weekly Challenge: Carry my waste

By Kira Garlick
April 7, 2017

The Garlick Press: Boring is brilliant

By Kira Garlick
April 5, 2017
The suspect was safely secured by the Sunnyvale police. Photo courtesy of Edgar Vega.

Domestic violence scare puts campus in Run, Hide, Defend

By Thomas Denome, Lily Hartenstein, Aishwarya Jayadeep, and Elinda Xiao
April 4, 2017
Released March 10th, ‘Yours Unconditionally’ is Tennis’ fourth studio album.

[Photo] Underground duo Tennis destroys expectations

By Claire Torii
March 30, 2017

The Elegy Episode 5: Caffeine Awareness Week

By Lily Hartenstein and Kira Garlick
March 29, 2017
APES students get a tour of SMaRT facility

From my POV: Down in the dumps

By Kira Garlick
March 25, 2017
Author Paul Volponi visited HHS to speak about racism in the youth incarceration system.

Paul Volponi discusses his work

By Lily Hartenstein
March 9, 2017
The Garlick Press: Owning Nothing

The Garlick Press: Owning Nothing

By Kira Garlick
March 9, 2017

The Elegy Episode 4: AP Classes

By Kira Garlick and Lily Hartenstein
February 28, 2017
For Valentine's Day, friends are encouraged to platonically ask each other to Sadie’s

Sadie’s: not just for the ladies

By Lily Hartenstein
February 14, 2017
BEING THRIFTY WITH your food is a lifelong skill

Eating on a budget

By Kira Garlick
February 5, 2017
TWO SIDES OF the mind must be exercised, though don't let your creativity be neglected.

The Garlick Press: Teens must play too

By Kira Garlick
February 5, 2017
Neither DeVos nor her family have ever attended a public school, an educational majority of which she will be in charge.

[Photo] Gabbin’: DeVos, DeWrong Choice

By Gabriella Mrozowski, Columnist
February 2, 2017
Throughout her 18 years of teaching, Giatis said she’s always been called Jenny by both staff and students.

Decade of teaching comes to a close this semester

By Desmond Kamas
December 30, 2016
Krew performing their upbeat dance in all white.

The Blacklight Rally made people glow crazy

By Skylar Cunniff
December 4, 2016
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[Photo] The Garlick Press: The curse of affluenza

December 1, 2016
Illustration by Elena Kamas

The Garlick Press: Can we get rid of our plastic forks?

By Kira Garlick
November 11, 2016
“[Model UN] is such a great combination of all the things that make speaking clubs great, like speech and debate, FBLA. They have different components of speaking, but this really encompasses everything about what it means to be a professional in the real world,” Yannik Omictin said

Model UN reaches new heights

By Desmond Kamas
October 17, 2016

Episode 3: Homecoming

By Kira Garlick and
October 20, 2016
Students leave newspapers unread on the newsstand

The Garlick Press: Should the Epitaph go paperless?

By Kira Garlick
October 13, 2016
Why we've become numb

Why we’ve become numb

By Kira Garlick and Elinda Xiao
September 12, 2016
Author Evelyn Skye's first book explores an alternate history of Russia with magic. Photo courtesy of Balzer + Bray.

A new kind of historical fiction

By Desmond Kamas
June 1, 2016

My POV: Living off the grid

By Kira Garlick
May 13, 2016
Photo courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

A Change of Heart

By Desmond Kamas
May 10, 2016
It’s not a waste of time to recycle

It’s not a waste of time to recycle

By Kira Garlick
April 27, 2016
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[Photo] From my POV: Growing up under a dictator

By Mila Sviderskaya
April 27, 2016
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Grimes when she was still a true indie pop singer. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

Losing your shine: An angry hipster rant

By Kira Garlick
April 15, 2016
Walking to cure cancer

Walking to cure cancer

By Kira Garlick
March 27, 2016
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Winter Percussion Guard Show

By Kira Garlick
March 16, 2016
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