The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Meet Octagon’s new 2017-2018 officer team

Meet Octagon’s new 2017-2018 officer team

Krishna Sunder May 29, 2017

Octagon is unlike any other volunteering club on campus. At least that’s what Vice President Eric Tang thinks, citing the club’s tightly-knit community as setting it apart from the multitude of...

Immigration

Immigration

Krishna Sunder March 11, 2017

Image courtesy of New York magazine.

“Calexit” movement gains momentum

Krishna Sunder March 3, 2017

Secession isn’t new to the U.S. From Virginia’s calls to secession in 1798 to the South during the Civil War, movements for state secession have risen since the creation of the Union. But it wasn’t...

After the storm: the current state of Californias drought

After the storm: the current state of California’s drought

Krishna Sunder January 17, 2017

Additional reporting by Nate Stevens rown is the new green.” At least that’s what Governor Jerry Brown used as his campaign slogan in 2014, referring to his new platform of anti-drought policies....

Tis the Season

‘Tis the Season

Krishna Sunder December 15, 2016

Applying Yourself

Applying Yourself

Krishna Sunder December 10, 2016

Web design by Krishna Sunder igh school students have spent over seven hundred days in high school, etching rows of letters onto a transcript, be it a pattern of straight A’s or curved C’s or a...

Things I wish people would stop telling me

Things I wish people would stop telling me

Krishna Sunder December 5, 2016

“Can I go to the bathroom?” “I don’t know, can you?” Everyone has that one comment that drives them insane. But behind every trite cliché is a unique method by which it gets under our...

Assemblywoman Nora Campos (left) attacks State Senator Jim Beall (right) after being questioned about her oil company supporters.

Why students don’t have a voice in politics

Krishna Sunder November 1, 2016

n October 20, 2016, I attended Cupertino Teen Commission’s Pizza and Politics event, a gathering where students could meet with panels of local politicians and ask them questions about developments...

Excuses

Excuses

Krishna Sunder September 16, 2016

Ranging anywhere from “my dog ate my homework” to “I have a family reunion today,” excuses are a large part of how people sometimes cope with social and academic situations. In this package, we...

Soylent: New smoothie offers an alternative to food

Soylent: New smoothie offers an alternative to food

Krishna Sunder August 30, 2016
Meal replacement beverage challenges the role of food in modern life
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