Local Candidates on La Quinta
By: Julia Xia, Opinions Editor Last September, San Mateo County bought the La Quinta Hotel, a locally owned business, with the plan to turn it into permanent housing for unhoused Californians. One year later, this plan to convert La Quinta…
Weighing the Real Value of Out-of-State Colleges
By: Julia Xia, Opinions Editor Deciding where to go to college is one of the most significant choices any student will make in their time as a high schooler. It is the next step in furthering your education, and you…
Division In Vision: Students Need Apple’s Latest Vision Pros
By: Julia Xia, Features Editor Have you ever been bullied for your glasses, called “four eyes” and other harmful terms because of them? Had larger, stupid-looking, upperclassmen rip your glasses off your face then stomp on them, shattering their little…
The Privacy Paradox; Controversy Behind Propping Open School Restroom Doors
By: Julia Xia, Features Editor In October of this year, students at Mills discovered that all the gendered restroom doors were propped open with a wooden door stop. This action, taken by the administration, caused mass confusion among students as…
Our SMUHSD Student Board Representatives
By: Julia Xia, Features Editor Every month, our school district holds a board meeting at the district office in San Mateo. The goal is to always discuss plans to improve the overall functionality of the school district. However, student perspectives…
New Clubs At Mills High School
By: Julia Xia, Features Editor Thursday, September 7, was the annual club fair during lunch. The fair aimed to advertise the new or returning clubs here at Mills. One of the new clubs at Mills is the Linguistics Club, created…
TikTok Ticking Away Your Time
By: Julia Xia, Staff Writer In 2019, the lip-syncing app Musical.ly died and was replaced with the app we know and love, TikTok; but is it love we feel, or obsession? When the app first launched, people were captivated by…
Does Platonic Love Matter as Much as Romantic Love?
By: Julia Xia, Staff Writer As Valentine’s Day approaches, people begin to focus on their romantic relationships; what gifts to buy their partner, how to make them happier, and so on. In general, people would say that, in their life,…
Overlooked Sports At Mills
By: Julia Xia, Staff Writer The sports section of the Mills newspaper focuses exclusively on the sports played at school. While this is to be expected, the fact is that many students play sports outside of school, yet they don’t…
Mills’ Newest Club: Card Express Club
By: Julia Xia, Staff Writer Mills High School is one of many schools in the San Mateo School District that offers a wide range of student-run clubs for kids to join and create memories. While many of the clubs at…