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On Dec. 11, the strings program took an all-day trip to Disneyland to attend a seminar about performance techniques. “It helps because we get a new perspective from someone who is in the music business,” Evelyn Zhai, sophomore and violin player said about the seminar teacher Joe Alfonso, a former conductor of the London…
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Everyone has their own opinion about Newbury Park High School from admiring the IB program to criticising us. Here’s what some students from other schools in our area are saying about us. “I think they are always very smart and social. We hear about their football games a lot and how they are always…
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Prequels The fourth installment in the Star Wars series took the audience back to the beginning and began a new prequel trilogy. “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” follows the story of a 9-year-old boy, Anakin Skywalker, after he is rescued from slavery by Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. New characters were…
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Each decade brings in a new wave of pop culture including new styles of music, television, movies, and… the way we talk? In the last 40 years, parties have changed from being “radical!” to “lit!” The Californian 80’s saw the rise of the valley girl and the surfer boy. Immortalized in movies, the valley…
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There’s no point in denying it; as soon as I tore through the Twilight series in junior high, I was the ultimate Twihard. For those who are less knowledgeable of the darker sides of preteen woe, a Twihard is someone who is obsessed with Twilight. After reading all of the books multiple times (I…
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To go along with those rustic No Shave November vibes, here is an indie playlist for all of you suburban hipsters. “Edelweiss” by the Sound of Music cast – Although not even slightly a 21st century indie song, “Edelweiss” is still on my “must listen” list. (You can never go wrong with Julie Andrews).…
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With their first play of the year, the theater department brought High Noonish, an original melodrama spinoff of the 1950’s western film High Noon, to the stage of the Performing Arts Center. “Because it’s an original we can kind of cater it towards our school,” Allison Martinez, freshman, said. “It’s super quirky and very…
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“The Martian,” a movie based on the novel by Andy Weir, has taken the U.S., and the world, by storm, still captivating audiences more than a month after its release on Oct. 2. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film surrounds the incredible, yet risky, journey of space travel. When astronaut Matt Watney (Matt Damon)…
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When we think of art in Los Angeles, two images come to mind: glitzy Hollywood movies and vibrant murals in hip districts like downtown, Santa Monica and Venice. Lesser known even to locals is Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles: It’s L.A.’s heart of art and culture. With institutions including the Music Center, the…
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It’s a familiar feeling in English class: that wary feeling of being assigned novels and plays. Students’ natural instinct tells them to rebel against this forced reading and resort to Sparknotes, but it turns out that some books are worth the attention after all, while others only deserve the dark home of the bottom of…