Other Countries and Their Adopted Holidays
Leo Schroeder, Staff writer Other Countries and Their Adopted Holidays With the holiday season coming into full swing, we are starting to see many different festivities come into bloom, some of the most popular being Christmas, Hanukkah, and New…
Let’s, Um, Maybe Talk about Professional Skills?
By Anjuli Niyogi and Amanda O’Dea We learn a lot of different things in high school. There’s biology, chemistry, US History, even Calculus for those daring enough to take it. But there is one thing not lectured in school, one…
What Administration is Doing to Stop Vaping
By: Kianna Cheuk, Staff Writer Is there a vaping problem here at Mills? To be frank I’m not sure myself. I’m not exposed to this type of “extracurricular” activity here at Mills, but it does seem prominent in our small…
Social Media’s Impact on Mental Health
In this day and age social media plays an important role in the lives of not only teenagers, but a significant amount of the adult population as well. Social media is a place where all people have equal opportunities to…
Do Walkouts Make a Difference?
By: Abigail Sun & Jack Peng Staff Writers Con: With the recent Sexual Assault walkout at Mills High School and students’ responses to it, it may seem like the walkouts do not make a difference. However, walkouts have proven to be…
Tracked: Location Sharing Within Families
By: Leanna Yu, Culture Editor In this current tech-savvy generation, parents have discovered a new way to “track” their kids, by using the device that most teenagers cannot go anywhere without: their phone. With new apps available to be installed,…
What Millbrae Needs: A Student’s Perspective
By: Victoria Lin, Justin Dunbar and Stephanie Wong, Staff Writers As November elections for Millbrae City Council are quickly approaching, it’s important to remember for candidates to remember that it takes more than just charisma and stage presence to win votes….
Gavin Newsom for Governor
By: Giselle Kuang, Leo Schroeder and Tyson Tran, Staff Writers Gavin Newsom is running for the position of California Governor. Newsom served as mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011 and is currently finishing his second term as Lieutenant…
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…
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.