El Estoque

A new age: the impacts of graduating on an election year

Kristin Chang • May 18, 2016

Exploring the impacts of graduating during an election year

Students react to Facebook’s new reactions

Kristin Chang • March 10, 2016

New feature both hinders and enhances students’ interactions on Facebook

Black History Month: African American students reflect on life in Cupertino

Kristin Chang • February 23, 2016

Black students discuss racial climate at MVHS and beyond.

Trial by fire

Kristin Chang • February 5, 2016

CRUST: White BASE: Olive oil SAUCE: Hot Buffalo TOPPINGS: Jalapeños, olives, spicy chicken, cherry tomatoes, pepper flakes onfession: I don’t like pizza. I know this is blasphemous, especially...

Restaurant Roulette: Fontana’s Italian Restaurant

Kristin Chang • January 31, 2016

Twice a month, El Estoque goes to restaurants around Cupertino and takes a chance by asking the waiter to personally choose the menu items for us. This week, we continued the alphabetical theme with a...

Movie review: “Spotlight” tells success story without mythologizing the press

Kristin Chang • November 28, 2015

“Spotlight” is a superb, truth-telling film that questions institutional power

Students discuss the politics and biases of Facebook’s French flag filter

Kristin Chang • November 23, 2015

The widespread use of profile picture filters to raise political awareness raise questions about bias and intent

Sunday Projects: Model airplane flying in the Bay Area

Kristin Chang • November 23, 2015

Model airplane flyers at Rancho San Antonio recall memories of failure and success

Faces of faith: Life as a Muslim student

Kristin Chang • October 23, 2015

Originally printed with the headline Faces of Faith on the Oct. 23. She could not tell if the red pooling around the wreckage was blood or paint. Again and again, junior Aniqua Azad watched footage...