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Making the transition from high school senior to college freshman is daunting enough, and even those chomping at the bit to graduate must have some reservations when it comes to their impending new lifestyles. The worry we can almost all share is that of the thousands of dollars in debt we will all be…
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As an AP environmental science teacher, Robert Martin has seen many students with genuine concern for the environment. As an instructor, he considers education a key role in informing people about daily decisions. “Being responsible environmental citizens is something that I think every student should at least have some exposure to if we hope…
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Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes past 6 o’clock and people were still filing into Newbury Park’s Performing Arts Center. At twenty minutes past the scheduled start time, the lights dimmed, quieting the crowd of excited students and anxious parents. ASG’s NPHS Talent Show was under way. The spotlight first shown on Masters of…
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From behind the curtains, fifteen NPHS boys anxiously awaited their entrance onto the stage, where they would showcase their talents and studliness in competition for the title of best stud at Newbury Park High School. Though junior Anthony Cancasci would eventually claim that honor, the biggest winner in last Friday’s Stud Pageant may have…
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As a place which specializes in creating alternate worlds and capturing larger than life moments on camera, Hollywood is anything but black and white. But this year, a lack of diversity in the Academy Award nominations raised concerns that Hollywood isn’t as colorful as one would think – concerns that it is simply too…
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Though the recent Star Wars film may have stolen every bit of limelight available in the 2015 cinematic year, even overshadowing summer blockbuster hit “Jurassic World”, there are numerous films now competing for center stage, all vying to be the one movie which hallmarked 2016. According to a Fandango poll taken at the start…
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It all starts the same way. The screen fades to black, the credits roll, and you, half catatonic on the couch, breath out the words: “what on earth just happened?” Reality sets in, and then out pour the water-works. Hate to break it to you, but your favorite TV character just died. There are…
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The 2015-2016 El Niño, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is scheduled to hit southern California sometime in December and last until March of next year. According to predictions made by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), the 2015-2016 El Niño is likely to be the largest in history. “There is an approximately 95% chance that…
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After only seven games as a starting quarterback on the varsity football team, sophomore Cameron Rising has made his name one to remember. In the football game against Dos Pueblos High School on Sept. 18, Rising made seven touchdown passes, tying the Ventura County record for the most touchdown passes in a single game.…
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With colleges and universities recruiting athletes, high school athletic programs are being increasingly scrutinized, with more attention than ever being focused on student transfers who may have changed schools due to athletic motivation. Newbury Park High School athletics is monitored by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) which aims to “reinforce the principle that students…