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Christian Beushausen,senior, has a lot to tell about his experience as a production assistant, commonly referred to as a PA, on the sets of the TV shows Fear the Walking Dead and Kingdom. “So far, the most challenging thing for me, it was kind of strange,” Beushausen said. “While working on the set of…
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I recently made the not-so-great decision to bleach my hair at home, and I’d like to say it was the result of some poor advice, but unfortunately it was mostly just my poor judgement. If anyone asks, I’ll tell them it was impulsive (which, for the most part, it was), but in reality it…
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When I was seven years old, I started thinking seriously about my death. I vividly remember my brother warning me about the impending end of the world in 2012, and for the following weeks it was all I could think about. I became preoccupied with the idea that soon, I too would die. Yes,…
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Katie Meyer is taking the soccer world by storm. Katie, a freshman goalkeeper for the Eagles club team and the Newbury Park Varsity Girls’ soccer team, was recently cast in a new Nickelodeon soccer reality show entitled “Soccer Superstar”. Katie describes the show as “almost like soccer survivor. There are eliminations and you get…
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Virginia Plain*, junior, had sex when she was 13 years old. By Shreya Chattopadhyay, Kellie Levine, & Raevyn Walker, with contributions from Tazaieen Sayeda Edit (3/4/15): Read our open letter to the community regarding this article and the associated pictures here. “If I had a chance, I’d change things,” Plain said. “I (now) have a bigger view of…
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There are few things more terrifying for the modern teenager than the text message warning that “you have used 75% of your monthly data” or “you are being charged for an extra gigabyte.” However, this is a regular occurrence for those of us without the blessing of unlimited data, and it is sure to…
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The Newbury Park High School Choir Department performed on Dec. 17, 18, and 19, in a winter concert featuring the Chamber Singers, Women’s Ensemble, Men’s Choir, Concert Choir, as well as a plethora of individual and group performances. Our school’s choir has a reputation of being above average in their talent, and at their…
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Do it for Jakeb: The struggle to unite and fight against bullying “I think about Jakeb every day. That’s why I’m wearing this bracelet. It says ‘do it for Jakeb’. But every day, I think about his mom, I think about his dad, and I think about his baby sister, and his two brothers.…
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This column comes to you from what is sure to be my death bed. For the last week, I have been infected with what I have decided to describe as the modern plague. And although unlike the plague, this cold is unlikely to literally kill you, it will be sure to kill your academic…
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It’s that time of the year again, when everything is terrifying and teenagers are up late at night, sometimes even until the early morning hours. That’s right, it’s midterms! Oh, yeah, also Halloween. Back in August, we all started seeing the black and orange decorations lining the aisles of stores and the pumpkin-flavored-everything filling…