Autumn leaves scatter the ground and grim hallways filled with customers eager to be scared wind around Janss Marketplace as the sound of screams pierce the air. With October in full swing, Reign of Terror is ready to frighten. The Reign of Terror, the biggest indoor haunted house in California, takes place on weekends…
Deep within one of the scariest areas of town, lay Skid Row; a street filled with gangs and looters. In the midst of the atrocious area, a small plant shop sits, waiting for a customer to come by. Struck by boredom, Seymour, one of the workers at the small plant store, has fallen in…
As the lights fell, an electric chord echoed through the packed theater. Viewers were instantly entranced, dragged along to an erratic tempo that left them laughing one second and crying the next. From elation to desperation, A Star is Born grabs audiences and does not let go until the last note. Bradley Cooper directs…
It is quite obvious that Southern California has no seasons. The last time I saw hail was in 2007. Spring showers are nowhere to be found during an endless drought. But for many places across the US, the changing seasons are something to look forward to. For those places, the start of October represents…
Four months, six bands and one potential Eagle Scout was all it took to raise 1,421 cans for Manna Food Bank. On Sept. 22, around 200 people attended the Five For Live benefit concert at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center. The event featured student bands from around the area and had an admissions fee…
IB Theatre students in the Performing Arts Center (PAC), contemplating the deeper meaning of art on stage, discovering new ideas and learning more about themselves. Marilyn Strange has taught theater classes at NPHS for five years, adding IB Theatre to her list. “(The class) is actually not as new as people think. It was…
Cars roll into the parking lot of the Performing Arts Center at 3 A.M as participants begin the day with theater. This marks the beginning of 18 hours of writing, acting, directing and technical production. 18 Hour is a theater event that occurs twice a year. Students spend time writing, practicing and curating their…
Political tensions are high. The next several weeks are vital for both Democrats and Republicans, as the midterm elections this November will determine whether or not Republicans stay in power or Democrats take over the Senate. Midterm elections for the United States are on Nov. 6, 2018. While not many students can vote due…
Within the first hours of the trailer’s release, the new Netflix original show, Insatiable, was denounced as a fat-shaming and harmful attempt at comedy. People even went as far as starting a petition, that eventually garnered over 230,000 signatures, to get the show cancelled. At this point I was left wondering, who in the…
Around 60 percent of the global population lives in an Asian country, which accounts for approximately 4.4 billion people according to the United Nations. In the United States alone, the Census Bureau reported that in May of 2018 the Asian population totaled 21.4 million people. At Newbury Park High School, US News and World…