ICE Raids in the Bay Area
By: Bianca Pando, Entertainment editor On January 20th of 2025, the 47th president of the United States, President Trump, was inaugurated into office. Seven days later, Trump launched nationwide immigration raids organized by the Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE), creating…
Mills to Remove AP Courses Prerequisites Requirement for Select Classes
By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer The above image is used within the Creative Commons Attribution license. Photo by: User: Eginmotion96 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Y-SA 3.0 (see here) Most of the Advanced Placement (AP) classes here at Mills…
City of Stars: Winter Formal
By: Abigail Chai, Center Spread Editor Despite students’ begrudged return to school every year following a two-week break from the many assignments and tests of the fall, there is one occasion that most students can anticipate upon coming back: the…
SMUHSD Ban on Sale of Plastic Bottles Petition
By: Jada Pan, Staff Writer The sale of plastic water bottles in the cafeteria and lunch carts may soon be a thing of the past, not just at Mills but across San Mateo High School District schools. A student-led petition…
Bird Flu Fear: Is It Serious and Something to Worry About?
By: Noah Ung, Staff Writer Recent media coverage has caused some concerns about bird flu, making some wonder if it’s a major threat. Headlines may be dramatic, but the truth is that the risk to most people is pretty low….
Panda Express @ Gateway
By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer Chipotle, Habit, Tiger Tea, Starbucks. Establishments, well, established, in close proximity to Mills. These businesses can always count on high schoolers tired after a hard day of work to spend some of their cold…
What is Lemon8 and why is it banned?
Elijah Cabatic, Staff Writer With all of the controversy over its older brother Tik Tok, ByteDances other social media site, Lemon8 has often fallen below the headlines. Many flocked to it in light of the potential Tik Tok ban, but…
False Alarms: Vaping in School Bathrooms Trigger Frequent Fire Evacuations, Raise Concerns of Admin and Students
By: Tianyou Lee, Staff Writer On Jan. 14 at 11:02 a.m., Ronan Gensel (10) should’ve been in the middle of a lesson about drug concentrations in his third period biotechnology class. Instead, he and the rest of Mills’ students were…
Lessons from LA: How Can Millbrae Citizens Brace for the Next Big Disaster?
By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer The Los Angeles fires have brought awareness to many natural disasters happening in our world. Having that mild Bay Area earthquake early morning on Jan. 10 brings the scary thought of how our community would…
Bye-Bye TikTok: Students React to TikTok Ban, End of an Era
By: Matthew Du, Staff Writer Picture this: after a long day, you sit down and load up TikTok to relax only to discover that the app has been banned by the government. The app you love and have been using…