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The Lancer

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The Lancer

The Student News Site of Saint Francis High School

The Lancer

Hospitality Manager Winston Wint poses in the new Dining Commons.
Bite-sized innovations: looking into what the new cafeteria offers!
Cate Grunewald ('27) October 4, 2024

The beginning of the school year is always full of changes, and this year the Saint Francis campus experienced an immense one. A new level of social connection emerged with the new Welcome Center, specifically the Dining Commons. After years without a proper cafeteria, the Lancers finally have a central...

Sabrina Carpenter’s vinyl for her new album.
A "Short n' Sweet" new Sabrina Carpenter album
Isabella Salgado ('28) October 4, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter is familiar with a slow burn—a slow burn to fame, that is. Her music career started in 2014, but a full decade later, Carpenter is just now facing real recognition for her talent. With six studio albums under her belt, her latest,...

Goalkeeper Maria-Clara (MC) Sliesoraitis ('26) with a huge block against an opposing player.
Diving Deeper: Girls’ Water Polo
Anusha Jain ('25) October 4, 2024

Currently standing undefeated in league, the Saint Francis girls’ water polo team started their season strong with an 8-2 record. Coming off an impressive preseason, the Lancers placed first out of sixteen teams at the Aptos Invitational. The team also...

A few Ukrainian dishes sit on a table.
Summer vignette
Arsenii Tarasenko (’25) October 4, 2024

Summer is always my favorite time of the year, regardless of the heat and bugs that plague my friends. No, for me, the first shimmering waves...

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A Walk Down Castro Street: Limón
Coco Rothenberg (’26), Hadley Fay (’26), and Sahana Rao (’26) October 4, 2024

Sitting on a corner of Castro Street, Limón shines brightly as a beacon of Peruvian cuisine in Mountain View. Inside, sunlight streams through...

Social media company censoring speech.
Free speech in the digital age
Selah Dorn ('25) October 4, 2024

“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech” (US Const. amend. I). But what, exactly, is freedom of speech—and what...

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A black hole consuming information.
The black hole information loss paradox: a deep cosmic mystery
Srikar Andra (’27) October 4, 2024

One of the most puzzling mysteries in modern astrophysics is the “black hole information loss paradox.” It pits the concepts of quantum mechanics...

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