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Documenting our support for the undocumented community

Documenting our support for the undocumented community

Feb 17, 2017

Article by the Oracle Editorial Board Lea la versión en Español aquí.  In response to President Donald Trump’s deportation pledges, the University of California and California State University...

Documentado nuestro apoyo a los estudiantes indocumentados

Documentado nuestro apoyo a los estudiantes indocumentados

Feb 17, 2017

Artículo del Consejo Editorial de Oracle Read the English version here.  En respuesta a las promesas de deportación del presidente Donald Trump, la Universidad de California y el sistema de la...

Happy New Year: Not just a Winterball theme

Happy New Year: Not just a Winterball theme

Oracle Staff Jan 27, 2017

By Karen Xia and Alan Zhou Update: Originally did not mention other Lunar New Years. This year, both MVHS and LAHS are scheduled to hold their respective Winter Balls on Saturday, Jan. 28, the first...

Perspective: Womens March in San Fransisco

Perspective: Women’s March in San Fransisco

Ana Mata Jan 23, 2017

On Saturday, my friends, family, and I, alongside 50,000 other people in San Francisco, rallied around motivational speakers, performers, and marched down Market Street in support of women. Along with...

Perspective: Womens March in San Jose

Perspective: Women’s March in San Jose

Daniel Baier Jan 23, 2017

As I entered the rally in the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, I was greeted by a huge uproar from the crowd gathered there. The speaker onstage was Cindy Chavez, a San Jose city council member. Chavez spoke of...

Embracing discomfort, maintaining safety

Embracing discomfort, maintaining safety

Dec 9, 2016

History classes often discuss politics and religion, English classes define race, and Health students learn about sex. These topics are labeled as “uncomfortable,” but are vital to discuss as long...

Encouraging diversity of thought

Encouraging diversity of thought

Oct 28, 2016

At MVHS, liberal and moderate perspectives outnumber conservative ones by a large margin, according to a poll conducted by the MVHS Oracle. This isn’t surprising in a state like California, where both...

ASB encouraged students to wear anything from another culture.

A dangerous game: playing dress-up with cultures

Oracle Staff Sep 27, 2016
ASB has recently made efforts to promote school diversity. For example, they hosted a diversity forum during a congressional meeting. However, not all efforts have been sensitive toward minorities.

El dilema falso del rigor y inclusión

Sep 23, 2016

Diversidad es difícil de conseguir en clases de honores o clases AP. Año tras año, las estadísticas muestran que las minorías, particularmente Latinos, están subrepresentadas en muchas de estas clases....

The false dilemma of inclusivity vs. rigor

Sep 23, 2016

Diversity can be difficult to achieve in an honors or AP class. Year after year, statistics show that minorities, particularly Latinos, are underrepresented in many of these classes. This is currently...

Too much of a STEM focus at MVHS

Too much of a STEM focus at MVHS

Karen Xia May 28, 2016

When I first told my parents, who are both engineers, I wanted to be a writer, they said I would never find a job, and proceeded to describe the salaries of their interns. They told “horror stories”...

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