March 19: COVID-19 ‘Reasons Why’ working part-time during national crisis scares me and cuts off a big part of my income
March 19, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is part of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] “Here are...
Coronavirus crisis: SH alumna recounts chaotic reactions to Stanford shutdown and the challenge of online learning
Camryn Pak
March 17, 2020
It was just another Friday night at my freshman dorm. My friend Kristina and I were dressing up for The Stanford Daily’s “Special D” — a campus tradition in the form of a dinner party — to celebrate the launch of our winter quarter magazine. Our plan was to de-stress before finals by en...
March 16: What it’s like to be allowed to return to campus to pick up my school lunch
March 17, 2020
LIVING UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS This is the first of a series of columns from The Accolade staff about their various experiences during the school closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to submit some of your experiences, please email us at [email protected] ...
Staff Editorial: With the campus closed to students until March 30, thank goodness we have a news website to keep us connected and informed
March 15, 2020
A message from The Accolade editorial board: If COVID-19 happened just two years ago, The Accolade would have had to wait until students can return to campus for our staff to publish any articles related to this pandemic in our print product. With the school shut down for a week before spring ...
Unlicensed to drive; how I learned It’s worth starting driver’s ed early
March 15, 2020
I am currently 16 years old and will be turning 17 by March 27, and I have no driving experience whatsoever -- no learner’s permit or driver’s license. Nothing. I have recently noticed many of my same-age peers finishing their driver’s education requirement and working toward earning or...
I play video games for three hours a day, but I’m not an addict
February 19, 2020
During my 2014 summer trip to South Korea, I was fascinated by the bright beams of light that illuminated Seoul at night. However, as I passed by the countless stores that lined up along the bustling streets, I kept noticing businesses that appeared just as often as Starbucks — internet cafes...
I literally had a wake-up call about my blood donation experience
February 11, 2020
It was a typical Wednesday morning for me — barely any sleep, having little to eat and heading straight to zero period. I had completely forgotten what was planned for the day. I slept about two hours the night before, or technically morning, and I thought about my schedule during passing period heading...
I’ve been tinikling about joining this Filipino dance for IFF since freshman year
February 9, 2020
If you’ve ever been to the International Food Fair [IFF] assembly (like the one we had on Feb. 6), then you’ve most likely watched the program end with the Bayanihan Club performing a famous Filipino folk dance called tinikling. It’s a dance that is performed with four people and a dancer or...
Here’s why my mother deserves not one, but two diamonds
January 15, 2020
“Mom! I won you an amethyst, I just won an amethyst!” I hurried to my mom’s car as she picked me up from my junior high school -- me holding a white paper in one hand and me with a bright smile plastered across my face. That was in the seventh grade, and in my Creative Writing class, my teacher...
Ban on sales of vape flavors won’t stop teenagers from using e-cigs
December 11, 2019
It starts with the city, and the county is next. The City of Laguna Niguel has become the first in Orange County to ban the sales of flavored e-cigarettes. Several other municipalities — including Fullerton — will be keeping a close eye on how effective such an ordinance will be in the com...
Instructors should show more R-E-S-P-E-C-T to students when it comes to smart phones in the classroom
December 6, 2019
“OK class, I’m going to be taking attendance based on the cell phone pockets this year. If your phone is not in the pocket, you’re going to be marked absent.” These were the words of three of my teachers this school year. I walked into class on the first day of school only to be greeted with...
LeBron James no longer deserves ‘King’ James title after remarks in favor of Chinese totalitarian regime
November 20, 2019
The hypocrisy is real. Football players like former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneel in protest of racism of White America, but basketball star LeBron James succumbs to the will of the totalitarian regime in China for the sake of money. I think it’s obvious which...
