Prashi Dali: Success through perseverance
Like most sports, water polo requires strong teamwork, but Prashi Dali shines as a team player with her ability to score in tough situations and to work well with her teammates on the Washington High School Varsity Water Polo team…
Day of The Dead celebrations at Washington
Halloween season is approaching, which means that the Washington High School community is getting ready to celebrate, while adding their own cultural twists to it. Ms. Danner Vera, a Spanish teacher at Washington High School, celebrates Día de los Muertos…
The future of entertainment: Movie theaters vs. streaming platforms
In recent years streaming has become an increasingly popular way of consuming entertainment. Platforms such as Netflix, HBO max, Disney+, Hulu, and many more have made watching movies from your own home very easy. As a result, going to movie theaters is becoming less and less of a common practice…
Inside an artist’s mind: Francisco Prado
Have you ever thought about what goes through an artist’s mind when they are creating art? An artist can have many different reasons why they make art…
The “blindness” of colleges going test-blind
Recently, a California Superior Court judge decided that all UC and CSU universities in California must go test-blind.
Cycling to school: Discouraged and neglected
Recently, Fremont has increasingly focused on the safety of our pedestrians and cyclists. This past year, a sweeping change has come to this suburban city in the form of bike infrastructure, such as elevated bike lanes on Walnut Blvd…
Washington needs to get rid of inauthentic clubs
Shuffling through my WHS planner, I am puzzled by the three and a half pages occupied by a ridiculously long list of over 50 clubs. Most definitely, a lot of these clubs are absolutely useless!
Are horror movies becoming too cliché?
October: The air becomes colder, the clouds shroud the sky in a dark hue, and the best of all? Halloween is here! This is the day everyone dresses up as their favorite creatures and characters and kids enjoy going door to door receiving candy…
The pandemic’s lasting effect on Halloween
With the end of 2021 and the start of the third year in a pandemic, many have been put through emotional turmoil. Now,…