Meet Cute’s: Stories of How Couples Have Met for the First Time
By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer The month of February the season of love has arrived. As love is in the air, many of our fellow vikings have found their match. With memories and memories between the two, let’s take a…
Love in the Bay: A High Schooler’s Guide to Valentine’s Day
By: Noah Ung, Staff-Writer As Valentine’s Day nears, Mills High School buzzes with excitement—and maybe a little stress. Candy grams fill classrooms, pink and red decorations brighten the halls, and students wonder how the day will unfold. But beyond the…
Galentine’s Day: 5 Ways to Pamper Yourself With Your Friends
By: Mikayla Ho, Staff Writer Imagine wandering down halls, seeing couples embracing and looking at each other with googly eyes, yuck how boring! Who needs a Valentine when you can celebrate with your girl(friends). As Leslie Knope from Parks and…
Origins of Groundhog Day
By: Emily Wu, Staff Writer Every year on February 2, up to 40,000 people travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to watch if a groundhog will see its shadow. Punxsutawney Phil is the famous groundhog who emerges from his burrow to predict…
Love or Just A Situationship? Clocking the new standard for relationships and the new dating culture
What is a situationship? It’s a word that has been increasingly used on social media and maybe even your own friend group. It describes a romantic relationship between two people with no clear labels; translation: two people who are afraid…
A Delicious Chocolate Délice for the Day of Love
By: Jada Pan, Staff Writer From heart-shaped boxes of chocolates to homemade chocolates on Valentine’s Day, chocolate and the day of love go hand-in-hand as a symbol of love and affection. This “chocolate délice” takes the tradition further, a classic…
Enter: The Dragon
By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer After a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mills Dragon Team is back and taking on their biggest challenge yet: the Lunar New Year Parade on the 15th of February. They’ve recently…
Celebrating the Year of the Snake and Chinese New Year Traditions
By: Emily Wu, Staff Writer As we approach the end of January, we are also approaching Chinese New Year. A celebration that can be traced back thousands of years in history, the holiday is known for family reunions, superstitions, and…
The Tradition of the Second Semester of Senior Year
By: Warren Shiu, Staff Writer For many students, when the second semester of their senior year comes around, a wave of senioritis washes in. From skipping class to turning in less work, these small acts of laziness start to come…
Global New Year’s Superstitions to Ring in Good Luck
By: Jada Pan, Staff Writer On New Year’s Eve as the countdown starts, millions of us in America await the iconic ball drop in Times Square and display of fireworks. While these televised celebrations are broadcast around the world, many…