Author: Hailey Washington

  • Designing is in Melody Hellard’s jeans

    Fusing modern and classic styles, Melody Hellard is not afraid to depart from the norm when it comes to creating fashion pieces. Hellard, a senior who started making clothes when she was eight years old, juggles school and fashion with a whole lot of determination. She takes inspiration for her work from all around…

  • Endangering yourself is not art

    In most cases, I support all forms of expression: music, dance, even street art. However, when I heard of the artist Marina Abramović, I was surprised to find that artists can take forms of extreme to a whole new level. Marina Abramović is considered to be a performance artist, but not the kind of…

  • Legacy-based Affirmative Action does not help minorities

    So it is March and as a senior who is applying to college, my fate is now being determined. And before I finally get to decide what school I am going to I want to express my opinion on affirmative action while it still affects me. I want to talk about affirmative action, but…

  • Netflix’s documentary is Fyre

    During our last four-day weekend I decided to watch a few documentaries, and upon strolling through Netflix I found “Fyre-The Greatest Party That Never Happened.” Both Hulu and Netflix created documentaries based off of this event. The Hulu documentary is called “Fyre Fraud” and the Netflix documentary is called “Fyre.” This a small difference,…

  • Get ravenous at Taiyo Ramen

    On a Sunday afternoon I walked into the restaurant Taiyo Ramen, which is across the street from The Lakes shopping complex. On the left there was a wall of bowls forming a wave-like image and on the right a wall of mirrors to open up the small space. In front of me was three…

  • School Board seeks to advance CVUSD

    On Feb. 5, the school board had their third meeting of the year, where they focused on the public concerns about LGBTQ students, the potential voting area maps and held a discussion on the updates of Operation and Management. The first notable event was that the majority of the public comments during the meeting…

  • Teacher classrooms double as cool spots

    Some days students can’t help but have their minds wander towards the walls in the classrooms. And for days like these Steve Johnson, history teacher’s, classroom is the perfect place. Full of postcards from students, posters from school events and newspaper articles containing his name, Johnson’s room is always entertaining. “I think [my classroom]…

  • Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is clearly marvelous

    “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” an Amazon Prime distributed show, was nominated for seven Emmys and won four in 2018. As a fan of this show, I was extremely excited to know that it was coming out with a new season on Dec. 5. Evidently, as a procrastinating high school student, I willingly gave up my…

  • Serial is seriously good

    As a person who spends much of their life on the road, podcasts are a great way to entertain myself from the mindless flashes of cement on the freeway. Serial, a podcast from the creators of This American Life and hosted by Sarah Koenig, has three seasons out, each surrounding different people and different…

  • Club Day allows student to explore their interests

    On one of the windiest days of the month, clubs persevered in selling multiple foods and promoting their clubs. NPHS held an event called Club Day on Oct.19 exposing the students to the many clubs on campus and allowing them to buy multiple types of food to help the clubs raise money. Amiya Prasad,…