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The Student News Site of Menlo School

The Coat of Arms

Junior Lily Kautai and Senior Aaliyah Sanders contend in a spirit activity, specifically an arm-wrestling tournament during lunch. Photo courtesy of Kevin Chan

Menlo Needs More Inter-Grade Mixing

Aaron Widjaja, Assistant Opinions Editor
February 12, 2024

Have you ever noticed that many Menlo traditions give seniors superiority over other classes when it comes to the aesthetics of t-shirt designs, spirit...

Staff illustration: Andrea Li

Why Reading Is Important

Andrea Li, Print Editor
January 24, 2024

Telephone poles and people were the two main obstacles in my younger self’s quest to read as many books as possible — mainly because they were always...

Staff illustration: Amber More

Students Must Rethink Tutorial Time Usage

Alyssa McAdams, Opinions Editor
January 23, 2024

It’s 10:01 a.m., and you’ve just made it through your most boring class of the day. You know you should head to your math tutorial, but as you’re...

Freshman Cole Milotich goes for the rebound during his freshman boys basketball practice after school. Many winter sports, such as boys basketball, had practices and even games this Thanksgiving break. Staff photo: Aaron Widjaja

Menlo Should Not Hold Practices or Games During Breaks

Aaron Widjaja, Assistant Opinions Editor
January 21, 2024

Menlo’s athletic program’s mission is to provide students “the opportunity to develop mind, body and character.” If we want to develop ourselves...

Staff photo and illustration: Alyssa McAdams and Tatum Herrin

For Our Sake and Your Own, Stay Off The Senior Quad

Tatum Herrin, Editor in Chief
January 15, 2024

I know it’s hard to imagine, but there was once a time when I myself was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed junior. Before that I was a sophomore, and before...

Staff illustration: Amber More

Political Polarization Threatens Democracy

Jacob Reich, Social Media Director
December 27, 2023

Not so long ago, Americans got their news huddled around the TV, watching nightly broadcasts. Hosts like Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw...

Illustration by Jonah Block

Biden Should Not Run in 2024

Jacob Reich, Social Media Director
November 16, 2023

President Joe Biden should not run in the 2024 Presidential Election. Biden is old, frail and incompetent. In 2015, the oldest president the U.S. ever...

Review: Menlo Drama Outdoes Itself With Production of “Something Rotten”

Caroline Clack, Video Editor
November 5, 2023

Menlo Drama has outdone itself once again with its production of the 2015 Broadway smash-hit musical “Something Rotten”, which opened last Friday night....

Freshmen Parker Richardson, Merrick Ward, Rafe Weiden (left to right) and Benji Rubin (far right) listen to a con-
versation between Ethics teacher Jack Bowen and freshman Charles Mura (second from right) about the ethicality of ‘flopping’ while playing soccer. “I’d learned a little about [ethics] while in Menlo Middle, but the seminar class was really cool because I got to learn about the topic in a different way,” Rubin said. Staff photo: Alyssa McAdams

Freshman Rotation Is Menlo’s Most Underappreciated Required Course

Alyssa McAdams, Opinions Editor
October 25, 2023

Virtually every Menlo student has participated in freshman seminar, a required semester-long course for ninth graders in which students rotate through...

Staff illustration: Amber More

Students Review Barbie, Oppenheimer

Caroline Clack and Jake Abrams
October 23, 2023

Barbie - reviewed by Caroline Clack, Video Editor Barbie was inescapable throughout the summer. Mattel’s pink Barbie logo was around every corner ––...

Staff illustration: Amber More

Class-Wide Communication Must Be Made More Inclusive and Accessible

Alyssa McAdams, Opinions Editor
October 19, 2023

While Menlo School seniors must face the harrowing journey of college applications, they also get to enjoy beloved traditions and exciting social events...

Ana Banchs Rodriguez, a current senior, looks at the DSAT website to get new information regarding the new format. The DSAT is set to launch in the United States during the spring of 2024, with the majority of students taking the SAT for the first time in the spring of their junior year. Photo Courtesy of Karen Xin.

The SAT Turns 100 in 2023. Here’s Why It’s Time the Test Becomes Fully Digital

Aaron Widjaja, Assistant Opinions Editor
October 16, 2023

The Scholastic Aptitude Test, a standardized test widely used for college admission in the U.S., is soon to transform completely. The most recent official...

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