Mills Jazz Band; Folsom Jazz Festival

By Tiffany Xu, Staff Writer On January 29th, the Mills Jazz Band participated in the Folsom Jazz Festival, winning first place. The Folsom Jazz Festival is an annual event within the state where middle and high school jazz bands come…

Should We Return to Online School or Stay In-Person

Staff Writer: Julia Xia With the sudden return to in-person classes, many students and teachers are wondering which style of learning is better: online school or in-person school. Many people choose online because it’s the safer of the two. Though…

You Don’t Need a Valentine’s to be Happy

By Brendan Phimsoutham, Staff Writer As February settles into the new year, people begin to wander aimlessly in their thoughts over the next upcoming holiday: Valentine’s Day. Every February 14th of the year, anyone aware of the general idea believes,…

Male Gaze VS Female Gaze

Staff Writer: Julia Xia Throughout media in movies, TV shows, music, and more, there are certain scenes that are specifically made to cater to either a male or female audience. Whether it’s the outfits that specific actors are put in,…

New Year Study Tips

By Tiffany Xu, Staff Writer As it’s now a new year, it’s time to start this semester right. One good way to improve this year is to improve your studying. This will start 2022 on the right track, and to…

“Be Sensitive, Be Brave” Workshops

By: Katelyn Chang and Chloe Ho; Editor-in-Chief and Staff Writer Hard work is what many Chinese people value most. Pushing yourself to do better, even in areas that you may be weak in, will most certainly result in success. There’s…

Types of Love Languages

By: Samantha Chen; Staff Writer Love is a complicated and interesting emotion between two people. It can be expressed and perceived in many different ways. Common ways of expressing love can be categorized into 5 groups: quality time, physical touch,…

Mills Student Athletes on COVID-19 Testing

By: Chloe Ho; Staff Writer Everyday, the faculty lounge is open for COVID testing. It’s an efficient in-and-out process, partially thanks to the new appointment system, save for the long wait for testing. For most students, this is a voluntary…

Superbowl LVI

By Hanson Han, Staff Writer Here at Mills, many of us are invested in sports. Whether we are in fantasy leagues, or actually watching the games, there is little debate that the Super Bowl is one of the most important…

NFTs: What are they really?

By: Chloe Ho; Staff Writer The majority of us know NFTs as those one-of-a-kind tacky bored ape portraits that have circulated around the internet. They sell for all of this money just for people to screenshot, “Save Image As”, and…