May 21, 2021
Through the Light-Eyed Lens of a Biracial Asian
This story will be published in this year's summer issue of The Mark. Photograph provided by Kai Doran “But are those really your eyes? They’re not contacts?” As a multiracial, naturally…
May 19, 2021
What’s The Deal With Cheating?
This story will be published in this year's summer issue of The Mark. Cover image by Kari Trail Of 102 anonymous students polled, 81 said that cheating is easier and they…
January 15, 2021
Why AS English I Won’t Be Offered Next Year
Editor's Note: The following article is from an upcoming issue of our print magazine, The Mark. Cover design by Amelia Wu. According to M-A English teacher Lara Gill, the need…
October 21, 2020
Cultural Appropriation
Illustrated by Ashley Trail Controversy erupted last school year when a white student manager of the basketball team walked with exaggerated gestures to the front of the student section of…
September 17, 2020
What Doesn’t Add Up
by Izzy Leake, Sathvik Nori, and Ellie Shepard In By the Numbers, last year’s spring Mark publication, our staff outlined the racial breakdown of student involvement in varsity sports and…
September 15, 2020
Where Does Sports Funding Go?
by Katherine Welander and Triana Devaux | Photo Credit to Bob Dahlberg According to the Athletics website, about half of Menlo-Atherton students are enrolled in a competitive sport. Each year,…
September 9, 2020
The 1619 Project: History Through the Lens of Racial Justice
by Violet Taylor and Izzy Leake The 1619 Project, a magazine by the New York Times, spurred national controversy when it argued that America’s true founding was in the year…
September 1, 2020
Public Shaming Helps No One
Junior Ally Mediratta opened her phone to 12 Instagram direct messages the day after Kobe Bryant died. She had posted to her Instagram story about remembering his rape allegations in…