Dancing through junior year

Gabriella Vulakh, Web Editor

May 28, 2019

With her hand on the barre, standing in first position, junior Ari Levine begins most ballet classes at San Francisco City Ballet with foot exercises, side and back Port de bras, slow tendus, and grand battema combinations to warm up her body. Sequences, which increase with difficulty as the class progresse...

Sweeping it under the rug

April 3, 2019

Autonomous vehicle awareness increases

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor

March 28, 2019

Cars with sensors whirling on top and jutting out of the sides — prototypes of self-driving cars being tested for public use — have become fairly common sites on San Francisco streets. With the rapid advancement of automated vehicle technology, industry leaders are educating future consumers, wh...

Dance on

Cassie Eskicioglu, City Life Editor

March 27, 2019

From late night dance classes to play and musical practices nearly all year round, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” marks the last high school play for one student choreographer and actor. Delaney Tobin began acting in theater in middle school and since then has been in 13 shows ranging from “The ...

Money of the future?

Mason Cooney, Copy Editor

February 15, 2019

Although Bitcoin is known as a potential moneymaker since it gained value by thousands of dollars in 2017, the currency was originally meant to be another form of money — the kind to pay for your Starbucks. Bitcoin, created by an entity under the name Satoshi Nakamoto, was introduced in 2009 as ...

Ask and receive

Josephine Rozzelle, Editor-in-Chief

February 14, 2019

While the workplace wage gap between men and women is often attributed to gender-based employer discrimination, a lack of negotiation by women may also play a role in the disparity, possibly costing women hundreds of thousands of dollars by the end of their career. Sixty-eight percent of women accept...

It’s who you know

Mason Cooney and Cece Giarman

February 14, 2019

While a successful career relies upon knowledge and competence, having the right network of people to pull from may be an even bigger factor in determining one’s professional life. “Fostering connections is huge,” Lara June Jordan (’06), Founder of LJJ&CO, a company aimed to help grow businesses throu...

Weighing the facts

December 18, 2018

Victorian fair brings Christmas past to present day

Grace Krumplitsch, Reporter

December 14, 2018

A replica of Victorian-era London comes to life with carolers, roasted chestnuts, and theatrical costumes in an experimental world that allows visitors to dress up, play along, or come in everyday 21st-century dress. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is filling the Cow Palace exhibition space in an a...

‘I’ll do it later’

Gabriella Vulakh, Web Editor

December 13, 2018

With school, swim practice and constant online distractions, sophomore Isabella Ritchie is working towards finding new study habits to accomplish her piles of to-do lists. Ritchie is one of the 95 percent of students who procrastinate regularly, according to the American Psychological Association. �...

Nine lives of clothing

Mason Cooney, Copy Editor

December 13, 2018

The sound of hangers click as senior Avery Van Natta makes her rounds through the Fillmore Street Goodwill on one of her typical thrift shopping outings. She starts with the jackets and makes her way through the aisles, looking for any pieces that jump out at her. Van Natta is one of millions of shopp...

Library offers resources for teens

Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter

December 13, 2018

While libraries are stereotypically silent places with outdated computers and spaces strictly for individual studying, San Francisco Public Libraries offer a variety of free programs around the City for teenagers, ranging from recording studios to online movies for streaming. Checking out books from lib...