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Focus, determination and concentration are few of the traits that Aaron Rohrer, senior, takes into each fencing match. Fencing, an Olympic sport, is competed worldwide by high school students, yet unlike other popular sports, fencing is an individual sport. All preparations and forms of readiness come from the individual fencer, differentiating it from most…
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Addressing the issue SAT. ACT. AP. IB. While these abbreviations sound foreign to those outside school, what they mean for the future of the students is of utmost priority in an increasingly more competitive academic environment. Newbury Park High School is unique compared to other schools in the district as it offers the…
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After a long and tiring day of school, it is finally time to go home, relax and watch some television. As you channel surf and look through the plethora of biased news, you finally hit a station where you know there won’t be any politics involved: ESPN. Unfortunately sports meant for entertainment have also…
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Everyone texts. It’s practically a requirement to stay alive in today’s day and age, but how much thought do we put into each message? Well, that’s debatable. If a friend were to send you something funny or remotely humorous, you’d most likely reply with the everlasting “LOL.” Yet living in an age filled with…
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Another year of school completed; it is that time of year once again. Every year, summer vacation drives students to take time off and enjoy life, but when the freedom of summer kicks in, there are certain things you should and should not do. Do: try something new School tends to be ten months…
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A shock in the night A vacant football field rests silently on campus as the students indulge in their seasonal, summer celebrations. Suddenly, a roar emerges from the campus PA. Rhetoric from an older time flows onto the football field, flooding the school and the nearby residential areas with a coarse, saline solution…
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As the sun set in the horizon, the crowd stood for the National Anthem at the second home football game of the year. Immediately after, the attention was brought to a new banner, shining with glory, hanging from the press box, that read “Darrin Carr.” In December of 2016, English teacher Darrin Carr passed…
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A boy jumped into a swimming pool for the first time; completely ignorant of the idea that his life was about to change. After this first practice of club swim team concluded, he went home, laid down and slept the rest of the day away. “I hated that,” he said to his mom, “I’m…