For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been considered as a quiet kid. Even during this rebellious age of adolescence, I still can’t build the strength to talk in front of a large audience. Seeing new people never fails in giving me an anxiety attack, and of all the dances I’ve been to [...]
Asking a member of the opposite sex to a school dance is an endeavor that no man should have to bear. The amount of time, energy, stress and money that is put into this process stimulates the local La Cañada economy by itself. Young men must put their dignity on the line in order to [...]
On November 18th, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opened to universal loathing and hatred. Critics excoriated the film, audiences walked out, and theaters regretted their decision to not pass out barf bags to viewers. Even box office analysts seemed to hate the film (you don’t get headlines like “Twilight sucks more money from [...]
Back in the good old days, if a student wanted to plagiarize a paper, all it took was a little cut and paste and “viola” there is a report on To Kill a Mockingbird. Many a late Sunday night fellow students and I would spend pounding control-c and then clicking paste. This however, was before [...]
As technology progresses, books become more and more obsolete. I mean, when was the last time you saw a teenager reading an actual paperback book rather than reading a text message or checking a status update on Facebook? Presently, teenagers, and even adults, have stopped reading books, and have started reading off of the Kindle, [...]
Every year in high schools across America, one group of students is constantlypersecuted because of outdated ideals passed down from generation to generation. Over and over again, they are put down because of their interests in life and mocked without mercy. Nevertheless, they show courage in the face of adversity and refuse to waiver in [...]
Since the inception of the secondary school there has been the infamous yearbook, with the senior class portraits, sports pages and countless photos of school events. But what everyone immediately turns to is the “Most likely…” section: a medium through which the seniors can judge or praise their peers and an opportunity for ambitious teens [...]
With an ache in his head, a pain in his back, and a frown on his pale face the teacher leaves the classroom after a hard day’s work. Approaching his car with his key at the ready, he quickly unlocks and steps into his bright green Honda cranking the ignition wanting only to leave that [...]
Ladies, imagine you’re a young man in high school. Boyhood is behind you and all of a sudden girls begin to intrigue you. So what do you do? Well, assuming you’re decently good-looking and have solid “game”, you will attempt to get a girlfriend. We’ve all seen that guy leaning against his locker flirting with [...]
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On April 22, the first of seven performances of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” earned applause and waves of laugher from La Cañada High School. The performance starred senior Sam Whitefield as the tricky Oberon and sophomore Garret Schlunt as his witty sidekick, Puck. With the combination of physical comedy and some clever timing, [...]
Are you in desperate craving of a chilling play that will take you far beyond the horrors of our world and imagination? Well, lucky for you, the La Cañada Playhouse is presenting the creepy and thrilling classic horror production of “Dracula” later this month. Based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, “Dracula” will [...]