By Andrew Xie May 20, 2026 On March 12 2023, the trailer for the live-action adaptation of the animated film “The Little Mermaid” dropped online and, within hours, garnered tens of millions of views. Online, two sides emerged almost immediately: one flooded with parents sharing videos of their young daughters joyously pointing at the girl on the screen, and another filled with fans of the original, frustrated that something fundamental to the film was lost. When H

By Sarah Perez May 20, 2026 Police responding to a fire alarm call at the University of Iowa discovered a disturbing scene: 56 shirtless, blindfolded men standing in a basement, covered in ketchup, mustard and alcohol. Despite the appearance of the situation, these men were not hostages; instead, they were voluntary participants of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity’s peculiar hazing ritual. For the roughly 600,000 members of fraternities and sororities in the Unite

By Winston Chu May 20, 2026 Ryan Park Art In the intersection of Second and San Carlos Street in Downtown San Jose stands a towering three-floor parking garage. This is no ordinary car garage, however. Its ground floor was home to a venue of film showings, live theater and musical productions that brought liveliness and happiness to countless theatergoers. Established in 2018 by Scott and Shannon Guggenheim, a husband and wife duo who has been producing live ente

By Ayush Deshpande May 20, 2026 Ryan Park Art On March 26, the members of the San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) Board of Trustees convened and voted to close five schools in a narrow three-to-two decision. This concluded a months-long process of numerous board hearings, community meetings and protests. Empire Gardens, Canoas, Gardner, Lowell and Terrell elementary schools will be closing as early as the end of the 2025-26 school year. SJUSD deemed these scho

By Elizabeth Taylor-Rotzow May 20, 2026 It is that time of year again; seniors are simultaneously preparing for their futures and reflecting on their experiences at Leland High School. This year brings a deeper feeling of bittersweet reflection as I watch my own daughter, Marlene Rotzow, graduate. While I have been a teacher at Leland for many years, Marlene has been here all of her life, literally. It was 2007, during a 5th period Senior English class when Kaiser

By Claire Chang, Ariel Lee, and Srihita Madiraju May 20, 2026 After learning Spanish and French during high school and college, Heather Hendry, Foreign Languages Department, embarked on her teaching career, where her experience as a student herself influenced her to empathize with common challenges students face throughout their linguistic journey and thoroughly help others understand linguistic mechanisms. Throughout her 38-year tenure at the school, she has taught var