Memories of Mills Mania 2018 – Photo Gallery
By: Jessica Lin, Sports Editor and Chief of Media Looking Through the Lens of The Thunderbolt Click “Read More” to access the photo gallery!
Summer Relationships
By: Jessica Lin, Sports Editor and Chief of Media Adolescence is characterized by a period of identity exploration. Whether that be gender identity, sexual identity, academic identity or other forms of exploration, teenagers are struggling through the mud on their…
How To Start The Year Off Right
By: Leanna Yu, Culture Editor It’s that time of the year again, Vikings! Now that fall has rolled around the corner, homecoming games, rallies, and dances are in check, and the Halloween spirit is in the air, the school year…
Mills High School: Celebrating 60 Years in the Making
By Anjuli Niyogi, Opinions Editor Mills has created compassionate leaders and lifelong friendships, but more importantly, Mills has prepared generations of bright, progressive individuals with more to come. Sixty years later and we are continuing this legacy. Mills is famous…
Sports Op: Year Round Baseball Is Destroying Youth Baseball Players’ Careers
by Justin Dunbar, Website Manager “The more you play, the better you’ll be”. This is one of the worst myths in baseball. Players overwork themselves by playing year-round baseball, hoping that by doing so, it will give them a competitive edge…
Make a Difference with YOUR Vote
Imagine for a second you’re back in November 2016, going back to school finally feels normal again, we’ve figured out our routines, and we’re beginning to plan for the rest of the school year; but, for many, nothing compares to the presidential election that’s about to occur. For high schoolers, this was the first election that we were able to follow and discuss with parents, teachers, and peers, and as most of us are aware, the election was a tough one to follow. Through email scandals, Access Hollywood Tapes, and incivility between candidates, we were there for all of it, and, yet for teenagers, we were unable to voice our opinions through the voting process. Whether you were ecstatic about the election of Donald Trump or wished that Hillary Clinton got the presidential seat, the result of that election acted as a wakeup call to the fact that elections have consequences. This time, however, the majority of teens will be able to vote in 2020, but sadly those who can vote… won’t.