CULTURE
Double Sided Thrillers
From tackling issues of race and social class to poverty and mental health, directors reveal deeper societal messages within recent movies such as "Joker," "Us "and "Parasite. ”
Off the Beaten Path
Life after high school may seem like a one track road to a traditional four year college, but in reality, it is a journey with infinite diverging pathways waiting to be discovered.
Everybody Needs a Best Buddy
Best Buddies, an international non-profit, provides opportunities and friendships for people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their four pillars are one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living. At Paly, the Best Buddies club focuses on friendships that have changed many lives for students. Friendships, unforgettable memories and opportunities are all formed both in and out of the classroom.
Low & Slow
From gracing local neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area to emerging on the streets of Japan, the striking cars and tight community of lowrider culture have evolved from traditional Latino roots to bring people together from around the world.
Life Through a Lens
Focusing on real life rather than fabricated stories, documentaries offer audiences a new means of sharing information and facilitating discussion.
Out With the Old
A new form of sexual violence prevention education in PAUSD.
Redefining the Crown
By focusing on women empowerment and inclusion rather than looks, the pageant industry is taking steps in the right direction.
Stop the Fame
As the stigma around school shooters continues to grow, the media has a choice to either fuel this growing fire of atrocities by over-analyzing the perpetrator, or extinguish the glamorization of these mass shooters.
You Wish You Were a Senior
Decades later, the senior class continues to follow the footsteps of previous years: wearing camouflage attire on various school days in a final display of unity.
Sex, Drugs and Gen Z
HBO’s newest drama presents a dismal outlook on the life of up-and-coming Gen Z teens, wrapped up in a neon-tinted bow.
Only Human
Confining, ignorant and harmful, the “model minority” myth continues to affect an entire demographic of diverse individuals.