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Students share their perspectives on the 2024 election

Students share their perspectives on the 2024 election

Akash Anand, Staffer November 4, 2024

With the presidential election taking place on Nov. 5 between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, many students continue to discuss political views and their diverse perspectives...

Candidates vie for city, state and national seats in elections

Candidates vie for city, state and national seats in elections

David Zhu, Opinion Editor November 4, 2024

What you need to know: Numerous Candidates at the San Jose City Council, California State Legislature, United States Congress and Presidential level are competing in the upcoming general election...

Top left: Engineering Club's annual hackathon will take place for the third year in a row. Top right: Plans for safe sleeping sites for the homeless organized by the City of San José were met with local backlash. Bottom left: The Europa Clipper, NASA's new planetary probe, is set to journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons. Bottom right: This year, Claudia Sheinbaum became the first female and Jewish president of Mexico in its 114-year history of presidential elections.

Campus, community and world events

Alex Cotterel, In-Depth Editor October 7, 2024

School Engineering Club will host their third iteration of NorCal Hacks, their annual coding hackathon on Oct. 10-13. As in past years, the hackathon will take place virtually and is open to programmers...

Anti-wokeness causes political polarization

Anti-wokeness causes political polarization

Taek Kim and Saavan Saraf October 7, 2024

In classroom discussions, debates and across social media, the term “woke” has become a lightning rod for criticism. What began as a call to social justice has been weaponized by conservative politicians...

Top left: Equal education rights protest at Phillips Academy in 1964. Top right: Climate strike organized by youth in Pittsburgh in 2021. Bottom left: Lynbrook students participate in reproductive rights protest in 2022. Bottom right: Student protestors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison protest the war in Vietnam in 1965.

A dive into America’s youth activism in action

Kieran Hau and Qianzi Loo October 7, 2024

What once took the form of old piles of political newspaper ads have gradually transformed into versatile digital formats, marking a new era of politics as younger voters increasingly promote their ideologies...

Although Meta's new feature had good intentions to limit misinformation, it is not effective in achieving its goals.

The downsides of Meta’s new political content feature

Nicole Ge and David Zhu April 29, 2024

In a controversial move, Meta announced in a blog post on Feb. 9 that they would implement a feature limiting the amount of recommended political content to users worldwide on Facebook, Instagram and Threads....

When online mobs flood mainstream discussions every couple of years after the latest “woke, social justice warrior, liberal-agenda-pushing” video game releases — wanting to keep politics out of video games — what they truly mean to say is “we don’t want politics we don’t agree with in video games.”

Everything is political, including video games.

Ashley Huang and Myles Kim February 12, 2024

When online mobs flood mainstream discussions every couple of years after the latest “woke, social justice warrior, liberal-agenda-pushing” video game releases —  wanting to keep politics out of...

From left to right, top to bottom, the candidates competing in the District 16 election are Sam Liccardo, Joe Simitian, Evan Low, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Ahmed Mostafa, Peter Dixon, Peter Ohtaki, Rishi Kumar, Joby Bernstein, Greg Tanaka and Karl Ryan (no photo available). Used with permission from Ahmed Mostafa and Joby Bernstein or from public domain.

Candidates compete in District 16 election to replace Rep. Anna Eshoo

Surya Saraf, Copy Editor February 12, 2024

What you need to know:  Eleven congressional candidates, nine democrats and two republicans, are campaigning for the District 16 primary election on March 5 Incumbent Rep. Anna Eshoo is...

Recently, older politicians have dominated the world of politics. The current average age of a member of Congress is 59 years old, an all-time high.

Senior leaders: placing a cap on the ages of politicians

Vihaan Patel, Staffer November 6, 2023

If the average person retires in their 60s, why don’t politicians? Recently, older politicians have dominated the world of politics, using their resources and experience to win over younger candidates....

Voters should not base their political stances on the basis of Identity rather consider a multitude of factors including identity, policies, and financial contributions.

Policy over identity: misrepresentation in politics

Apurva Krishnamurthy, News Editor April 10, 2023

Politicians should be the voice of the people: pledging to remedy citizens’ struggles and working toward a better future. Diversity in politics is crucial for any democratic system to truly be representative...

Looking at the history of memes and how in recent times memes have been used as a way for politicians to promote their ideas. Memes have also become a platform to spread news.

Political memes emerge as potent messages

Amishi Chandra and Maple Leung December 12, 2022

During the 2020 vice presidential debate, a fly landed on former Vice President Mike Pence’s head, causing the buzz of the debate to continue on the internet for weeks after it ended. Twitter users quickly...

Mahan’s campaign seeks to diminish the homelessness and
housing crises in the city while earning the community’s trust.

Matt Mahan wins San Jose mayoral election

Vidushi Upadhyay, Design Editor December 12, 2022

Matt Mahan will assume office as mayor of San Jose on Jan. 1, 2023 after narrowly defeating runner-up Cindy Chavez and six other candidates in the mayoral election on Nov. 8. His campaign aims to...