By Ayush Deshpande In August 2025, “The Stanford Daily”—Stanford University’s student-run newspaper—filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio, arguing that the federal government’s use of deportation to threaten foreign activists poses an active threat to free speech. Their decision to sue was primarily motivated by a responsibility to protect staff and students who fear speaking out due to threats from the government. If students and staff cannot voice their per

By Lauren Law “The Polar Express” is a magical, upbeat holiday song that captures the wonder, warmth and excitement of Christmas. However, instead of celebrating the festive cheer, the song was used in a TikTok video posted by @whitehouse—the official White House TikTok account—about ICE’s crackdown on deportation. The account first went live on Aug. 5, 2025. Its early posts included montage-style videos of Trump at rallies and official events, applying a soundbite where he s

By Dylan Xie On a cold, brisk winter afternoon in Minneapolis, MAGA YouTuber Nick Shirley and whistleblower David Hoch walk up to a row of Somali-run daycares with a camera in hand. Despite the bright “Daycare” signs, there is not a child to be seen, leading Shirley and Hoch to question how these care centers have been allegedly collecting over $9 billion in federal funding and thus condemn Minnesota’s Democratic government, led by Governor Tim Walz. Shirley’s 40-minute video

By Melvin Najarian December 10, 2025 On Nov. 4, Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, an election that drew the highest voter turnout in the city since 1969. After years of decline in civic participation, New Yorkers voted in unexpectedly large numbers, with more than two million people casting ballots. According to the New York Times, that is about 42% of the total registered voters. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, defeated Republican candidate C

By Srihita Madiraju. December 10, 2025 Imagine a book being pulled from an ordinary-looking bookshelf in a suburban home—only for the entire bookshelf to swing open like a door into an unknown world. Behind it lies a cozy nook bathed in warm, inviting light and meticulously furnished. While the magical experience seems straight out of a fantasy novel, it is an increasingly common concept in architecture today: a secret room. Secret rooms are deliberately con

By James Yu As the warm autumn leaves wither away with the start of winter, several of the school’s fall sports have successfully topped off the end of their seasons at the Central Coast Section (CCS) championships. Even before they hit the green for CCS, the school’s girls’ golf team was on fire. After finishing the regular season with a flawless 8-0 record, the team dominated the league at Blossom Valley Athletic League (BVAL) Championships. Hitting the ball running at CCS