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Protesters evade shelter-in-place guidelines to demonstrate against COVID-19 emergency dorms for homeless

April 28, 2020 • No Comments

South San Jose community members protested the construction of COVID-19 tiny homes for the homeless in District 2 on the morning of April 28, ignoring national, state and county shelter-in-place guidelines. San Jose City Council approved the construction of emergency interim housing on city-owned land at the intersection of Bernal Road and Monterey Road on April 21. District 2 councilmember Sergio...

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Features

A senior’s advice on applying to college

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While college is pushed as the ultimate end-goal at UPA, it can be a tough and rigorous journey to apply to one. As a graduating senior of the UPA class of 2020, I have come to the end of my college application journey, and soon it will be time to start the new (and admittedly daunting) journey of attending...

Experiencing UPA: Teacher’s Edition

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From Monday to Friday in the packed and diminutive classrooms of UPA, teachers complete many feats both in front of the class and behind the scenes. Although the size of our school has been a key feature of UPA, social science teacher Katherine Poltorak also sees that it is also a drawback. “The...

COVID-19 from the Chinese Perspective

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Driving down the desolate streets of Shanghai, few people linger by bus stops and closed storefronts. Only their eyes are visible, their mouths covered by thin films of paper. Chinese New Year seems different this year; maybe it is the lack of people in the temples or how the normally bustling streets...

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Opinion

Under Pressure

Kristian Crowther
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On the three orange and blue plaques hung up in every UPA classroom, students are told to be honest, accountable and to persevere in all of their academic endeavors; however, there comes a point when students may feel that breaking these very values is the only option to achieve success. “The idea...

Mental Health? What’s That?

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“Split.” “Psycho.” “Girl, Interrupted.” Hollywood movies tend to use mental health as a driving force through their characters. Often a defining characteristic of the villain, mental illnesses such as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) leave a mark on the audience—crazy people have this. But this understanding stops here. Despite the...

A Book Over a Cellphone

Desiree Pekar
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You check the time on your phone and turn on a playlist to listen to as you walk towards the doors of the library. Once inside, you put down your phone and pick up the sequel to the book you just finished. You flip to the first page and begin to read. You read until you hear on the PA system that...

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Sports

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Arts & Culture

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Editor’s Note: The following article is composed of experiences, anecdotes and quotes written by Aquila’s staff to demonstrate our appreciation for our advisor, Laura...

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