Gotta collect ’em all: the passion behind collecting
As senior Rory Akin opens his closet, he’s not met with a typical array of clothes or dusty boxes. Instead, he sees his array of periodic elements — ranging from copper to radioactive uranium — all...
View ArticleDesigner Dupes
As sophomore Stella Guo walks down the aisles of her favorite thrift store, a designer Hermes bag catches her eye — or at least what looks like one. Upon closer glance, however, she notices the bag’s...
View ArticleStudent jobs teach responsibility
On a sunny Sunday morning, sophomore Cole Kristofferson rolls up to My Gym — but not for leg day or chest day. It’s Kristofferson’s workday at the children’s activities center in Midtown Palo Alto. At...
View ArticleReality Rush
Returning home from a long day of school, sophomore Anjali Dahncke eyes the TV remote on her couch with relief, excited to unwind with the latest episode of one of her favorite reality TV shows,...
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People From Paly: Joan Baez
Gallery • 14 Photos Paly grad Joan Baez performs at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall during the Free Speech Movement in 1966. “I know I’ve always been the happiest when I’ve been wearing both hats: doing...
View ArticleBack from the Great BEEyond
As he examined the unknown species from Palo Alto, Martin Hauser, the senior environmental scientists supervisor of California, sat in shock at his rare discovery. The tiny insect was indeed a “Plebeia...
View ArticlePeople from Paly: Kalena Masching’s journey from ‘Shallow Alto’ to empowerment
Kalena Masching’s life is a nonlinear path. After graduating from Paly in 2004, Masching has worked in retail and real estate while playing the bass in her band, the Doll Parts, and recreational...
View ArticleSenior elimination fosters connections, new format improves efficiency, fun
You’re out!” These words have been uttered hundreds of times in the past few weeks by victorious senior elimination hunters standing over their fallen targets, who had no more lives, no more second...
View ArticleFemale idols in zero gravity make history, sparking global debate among...
Six celebrity women made history aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. On April 14 they became the first all-female, non-solo civilian crew to experience zero gravity. The 11-minute suborbital...
View ArticleStreet-art mural attempts to unite campus
Brilliant green paint filled the wall each day for months as senior Ivan Sandler meticulously pieced together a mural with the writing “Sko Vikes.” Designed with Paly green block letters and cartoonish...
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