Prom Attendees Required to Wear Life Jackets

By: Kalyssa Chu, Staff Writer Get ready to suit up—the Mills Prom Committee has announced that all prom attendees will be required to wear life jackets while aboard the venue. This year’s “City Nights on the Bay” prom takes place…

Fired Up: Mills Ceramics

By: Janelle Pantilon, Features Editor Ceramics is a booming class at Mills. From projects year around to learning the ins and outs of pottery with muddy clay under your fingernails, it is a highly anticipated course. Ceramics is one of…

Bonus Coverage: Mills React to NBA All-Star Weekend

By: Matthew Du; Staff Writer The above image is used for informational purposes under fair use. All rights and credits are retained by the NBA (Sources: NBA.com (archived version), Fair use) From February 14th to the 16th, the annual NBA…

Knock, Knock–Why Are the School Doors Always Locked?

By: Amelia Naughten, News Editor As someone who spends a lot of time after school for extracurriculars, I’ve always thought of the campus door policy as an inconvenience. After 6 p.m., it’s a constant onslaught of “please open the door”…

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…

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…

Spring Team Managers

By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer The spring sports season has arrived! Many of our spring teams have an awaited season ahead of them. An important part of the teams are our very own team managers. Let’s talk to some of…

Blind Boxes for Days: Recent Rave

By: Meagan So, Staff Writer The popularity of Smiskis, Sonny Angels, Labubu, Mofusand and blind boxes are rocketing, with everyone raving about these trending hippers, (phone accessories), and mystery figures hidden inside of eye-catching boxes. These blind boxes live up…