Entertainment

  • Yaks: A Blessing or a Curse?

    Yik Yak has become the most popular app used for all the wrong reasons. Useful for cyber bullying, one cannot scroll down more than four anonymous “yaks,” without seeing a nasty comment posted towards another. Yik Yak was first released in November of 2013 and quickly became one of the most downloaded apps in the…

  • Beware of Crimson Peak

    Released on Oct. 16 and directed by the renowned Guillermo del Toro, the R rated film “Crimson Peak” is far better than its trailers. Horror author Stephen King claimed it to be “f—ing terrifying,” and pretty much everyone can agree Stephen King knows a thing or two about horror. The film was marketed as…

  • Local teens keep rocking on

    From commercially successful bands such as The Neighbourhood and AWOLNATION, to popular local bands Full Measure, Paper, and Static, Newbury Park has been a place for rock bands to get their start. The alternative rock band Static, which was formed at Rock Nation School in Agoura, consists of singer/guitarist Mikey Netka, guitarist Zane Vandevort,…

  • Teachers remember Halloweens past

    Fall is a season of change, a precursor to the rebirth of spring. One of America’s greatest fall traditions, Halloween, has also seen many changes throughout the years. In order to better understand these changes, we have decided to investigate how the teachers of Newbury Park celebrated the spooky jamboree as children, compared with…

  • Just be Faster than Your Friends: Zombie run comes to school

    “You can run, you can walk, you can crawl. As long as you make it through.” These are the words of Emily Goldstein, junior and head of the committee in charge of coordinating the annual Zombie Run put on by the drama club. Zombie Run is a course set up around the school that…

  • Celebrate Survival: October Music Shenanigans

    October is a time of celebration, not only due to the beautiful holiday of Halloween but for being able to survive a month of school. So in order to commemorate this joyous month, I recommend finding some new songs to listen to, these below in particular. “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” by Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu…

  • Snapchat Travels

    Over the summer many students traveled around the world, waking up in Newbury Park and falling asleep in a hotel bed in Manhattan or on a hammock in Indonesia. To let their friends know about the unique and exciting places they were en route to or already exploring, they posted an avalanche of photos…

  • A choir split in two

    The Women’s Ensemble worked so well together that Sarge, the choir director, decided to create a second intermediate level choir titled Advanced Women’s Ensemble.  The creation of the second level ensured the group would not have to split up, but students could audition for either Concert Choir or Advanced Women’s Ensemble.   According to…

  • “Coffee Prince” lives up to its royal title

    If the producers of typical Korean dramas competed on a cooking show, I’m pretty sure that the judges would become addicted to the numerous meals prepared from the same key ingredients — wealthy men, poor but angelic girls, love triangles (or quadrilaterals), and whirling plot twists. While some of these meals are a bit…

  • Wakie Wakie

    The new 2015 to 2016 school year has just begun and nearly every student faces the same problem, waking up on time for class. Fortunately, for those of us who are tired of using the boring and antiquated alarm clock or the slightly less humdrum radio alarm, an exciting new way of waking up…