Sophia Yao, Editorial Director & Social Media Manager
Sophia Yao (11) is the Opinion Editor for The Perennial, and this is her third year on staff. Sophia is looking forward to mentoring her writers, working with her fellow editors, and writing about her interests in Editorial. In her free time, she likes to hang out with friends and watch New Girl.
Samantha Hsiung
If you’ve ever spent even five minutes with Sam, you know that her humor and passion are infectious. From her insistence of calling everyone, including Ms. Wetzel and Mr. Jezak,...
After months of restaurant hopping and late night article crunches, the infamous dumpling column club returned to our original location: Fu Lam Mum. Despite being our final dumpling excursion, no one...
Citing the all powerful Wiki, a dumpling is “pieces of cooked dough. . . often wrapped around a filling.” So using our cupcake batter as our tasty, crusty dough and our delicious, fresh (and definitely...
Pinewood literature teacher Ellie Pojarska has officially copyrighted her iconic Pojo Perch®. The Pojo Perch® is Pojarska’s infamous sitting position on the back of her chair. Since the name was coined...
Did you know that Hot Pockets are considered a type of dumpling? Well, we didn’t! But according to Wikipedia, anything that “consist[s] of pieces of dough… oftentimes wrapped around a filling”...
Images of perfectly tanned legs, horrifyingly overfilled lips, artificially blue water, and ridiculously chiseled abs fill your screen, interspersed between neon flashes that look like they came out of...
Located in Campbell, Best Artisan Empanadas Cafe is a multigenerational South American-style empanada restaurant, run by Ernesto May and daughter Stephanie Solorio. At BAE Cafe, empanadas (Spanish and...
We’ve set out to expand our cultural culinary exposure, naturally forcing some of the Perennial editorial staff to try different types of dumplings. Our fascination with dumplings comes...
Taylor Swift is a household name known for her iconic hits such as “22” and “Shake It Off” and record-shattering achievements including 3 Albums of the Year at the Grammys. However, many critics...
Senior Micaela Rodriguez Steube still remembers the first time she was told her outfit violated the dress code. She was in middle school and was wearing a pair of shorts that she specifically made sure...
This year there have been many changes in the Pinewood community both big and small. One such change is a new elective titled Milk and Sugar: Ecofeminism. The elective, which takes place on WISCR Wednesday,...
