Thoughts on Green Week
MSJ went “Green” this week with the help of the Service Learning Waste Reduction Project (SLWRP). We tried to follow a policy of “no trash”…
Opinion
Lunch Worth a Quarter More?
By: Catherine Ho While school lunches may be something juniors and seniors shy away from, it remains a must for underclassmen. As freshmen enter high…
Editorial: Thermostat is a hot issue
The Opinion of the Smoke Signal Editorial Board Two years ago, the Smoke Signal conducted a front-page investigative report regarding MSJ’s “Ventilation Crisis”. The purpose…
EDITORIAL: Closure of bookstores huge loss to community
By: The Editorial Board Following up on the closure of local Barnes and Noble at the end of last year, the Borders in the Fremont…
January Graphic Ops
Take a look at our graphic opinions on a congressman’s response to the Giffords Arizona shooting and recent changes to the Zodiac. Click on the…
Unwarranted Elitism
By: Anthony Chen We have often heard about being shielded from the “harsh realities” of the world outside MSJ by the bubble of relative affluence…
MSJ Sprezzatura
By: Vaishaal Shankar Apparently in order to fit in at Mission, I must practice this art called “Sprezzatura” (you know, trying to be effortless). The…
Bandwagoning Awareness
By: Ravneet Kaur According to Urban Dictionary, “bandwagoning” is “when someone adopts a popular point of view for the primary purpose of recognition and/or acceptance by…
Roger That: Final Words
Julian Assange. Possibly the most Googled two words in the last month or so. His story in itself is fascinating: a hacker turned programmer turned…
TIME Person of the Year
By: Andrew Han I remember back in 2005, a friend of mine sent me a link to this quirky new site called “Facebook.” Little did…