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On campus, students have little control over what they can and cannot do. Usually this is to ensure that we are in a safe environment, however, the extent of this control can become borderline unethical. I agree that students should be monitored and that their whereabouts on campus must be known. But it is…
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Art Trek is a cute and quirky arts program found on Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park. Trinkets line its entryway, paintings hang about on every possible surface and oddly enough, several giant patterned bunnies sit about. On the third Friday of every month, Art Trek opens at 7 p.m. for Five Dollar Friday. After…
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Driving is generally seen as one of the staples of growing up and becoming more independent. Licenses often are romanticized as the embodiment of freedom, further bridging teens over to adulthood. However, this past idealization is breaking down rapidly as teens are no longer choosing to drive. Since the 1980s, the percentage of teens…
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Like any other sane human in the world, I consider anything involving school funding to be mind-numbingly dull. However, sometimes it is necessary to be informed about what is actually going on– especially when it affects students and teachers. In California, public schools are funded based off of their Average Daily Attendance (ADA), which…
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My phone lit up with a Snapchat notification from my best friend. Of course I opened it immediately. “Some people are saying some stuff about you,” it read. Great. Her next text popped up: “this guy asked this other kid ‘should I f— daria or my ex.’” I responded in the only intelligible way…
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When most people think about Black Friday sales, usually X-boxes or household appliances come to mind. However, in recent years, the number of people buying guns on Black Friday has soared. According to NPR, there may have been more than 203,000 guns sold this Black Friday throughout the U.S. According to the Bureau of…
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Lindsey Mueller, junior, started playing golf with her dad when she was ten years old. Mueller and her dad played for fun at the Spanish Hills Country Club, where she fell in love with the sport. Mueller continues to play nearly every day to continue improving. At two competitions on Oct. 11 and 19,…
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Four years of English, three years of math, two years of PE and one year of a language are required for every student at NP. Although these requirements are supposed to ensure that we become well-rounded students, they have led to counterproductive results instead. Students do not have the liberty to decide what our…
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Juuls, suorins and e-cigarettes: These vaporization devices, or “vapes” are making daily appearances in the lunchroom, quad and bathrooms alike. Although these devices were originally created as a safer alternative to smoking, vapes are becoming more common among high school students for recreational use. Vapes contain a concoction of vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, nicotine…
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During the Obama administration, it seemed as if government would take charge in regards to environmental issues. The United States agreed to the Paris climate accords and Obama passed the Clean Power Plan. However, these progressive decisions were disregarded with the arrival of a new president. President Trump himself called climate change a “hoax.”…