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Youth sports set athletes up for success
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For many seniors at Newbury Park High School [NPHS], softball has been able to bring them together, helping them create life-long memories, lessons and friendships they can cherish forever. Along with the seniors, their coach has fostered support and guided them from their first years playing softball to their final high school season. For…
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My new year’s resolution: to rediscover myself
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I have long been a philosophical child. I always had more questions than my parents or teachers had answers, and gathered knowledge to hoard it away in the cracks and crevices of my mind. When I was little, I did things because they were fun, because they brought me joy. In my most vivid…
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“I Love LA” fulfilled my craving for Gen-Z satire
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A montage of Erewhon still shots, “should I kill myself on Instagram live or TikTok live?,” Elijah Wood playing an extremely socially awkward version of himself, a lesbian rainbow Ritz crackers mural and an end scene to “Dreams” by the Cranberries; “I Love LA” is hands down one of the best shows I have…
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“People We Meet on Vacation” found a home in my heart
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Queuing up “People We Meet on Vacation,” my expectations were low and my patience for another un-needed book to movie adaptation even lower. When the credits started to roll, I was stunned with love and admiration for the dying art of rom-com movies, and filled with motivation to live my own life like it…
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NPHS dance team competes their way to the top
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Since July, the Newbury Park High School [NPHS] dance team has been preparing for their competition season, which began on Jan. 11 with the West Coast Elite Competition at Westlake High School. Training multiple times a week, inside and outside of scheduled class time, the team walked away with numerous high-placing awards. As a…
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NPHS students think surfing is swell
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Despite the winter season in January, many California surfers hit their stride and continue to show up at beaches, braving the crashing waves and turning tides. These surfers include NPHS students, whose athletic abilities extend beyond the bounds of the fields and courts on campus. During the summer months, Zoe Hardwick, sophomore, spends every…
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“Heated Rivalry” gives queer athletes a voice
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“Heated Rivalry,” a series about two young hockey rivals who fall in love, has skated to popularity and won the hearts of all kinds of fans. As a bisexual man who is a boxer and a mixed martial artist, a participant in a sport famously lacking and unaccepting of queer members, I have known…
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Girls’ soccer dribbles through construction
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Every sport has their typical venue; between courts, fields and pools, there is a respective place for all athletes to practice. If this area was taken away, change would arise. Beginning on Dec. 22, 2025, the Newbury Park High School [NPHS] track and field has been under construction, altering the girls’ varsity soccer season.…
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Human connection dies with online shopping
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As I walk the desolate beige alleyways on my way to my job at the Janss Mall with jazz music softly floating around me, I cannot help but feel melancholy for the empty stores and days of customerless stretches for a mall I frequently shopped at growing up. Restaurants and stores are struggling to…
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Seniors commit to college early decision
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As the college application season comes to a close, many seniors may recall the host of emotions experienced during this process. The anticipation of the decisions that will shape their next four years may create feelings of stress, excitement or nervousness. For several students at Newbury Park High School [NPHS], they opted for a…