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What do Mock Trial, Model UN, Interact Club, TedX, Art Club, CSF, and NHS all have in common? The answer is Anastasia Pyrinis – a junior who manages to tackle all of the above along with her daily school workload. “It is definitely a lot of work, but I love doing all of them…
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If you’ve been on the Internet in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably noticed the storm raging around the feminist movement. On Sept. 20, Emma Watson, recently appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, gave a speech at the United Nations launching her new campaign, HeforShe. According to Watson’s speech, the goal of this new…
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Interact Club is breaking the boundaries of normal club activities by creating the world’s largest LEGO chain. 20 members of the club helped build the chain on Saturday, Sept. 27, alongside community members who paid a small fee to participate and help fundraise. “The Interact Club helped the participants at the tables putting the…
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Been There, Done That, Never Going Back When Rachel Andrews*, junior, abused prescription drugs, she would often fall asleep in the middle of lectures and wouldn’t even hear the bell ring at the end of class. Hardly anyone noticed. “I got to the point where I was taking three (pills) a day during school,…
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It’s not every day a high schooler, from a small town like Newbury Park, competes in the FINA World Women’s Youth Water Polo Championships in Spain, and gets accepted to Princeton University to be part of one of the United States’ best sports teams. For Helena Van Brande, however, that day did come. After…
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For many, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a distant battle is just another Middle Eastern struggle that has no impact on them except for the occasional tweet or Facebook status. However, for some students, the conflict is very real. Both grandmothers and aunts of Fatima Salah, sophomore, live in the West Bank. Salah plans on…
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If one peered into the restaurant Pieology on the Sundays of April 27 or May 18, they would have seen a silent but lively scene — A group of American Sign Language students, parents and instructors signing animatedly to each other while enjoying the many delicacies Pieology has to offer. The American Sign Language…
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Walking into Teresa Hoff’s house is like looking into a lost memory. Boxes of photographs are stacked in the corners of the hallways. A girl looks out across the house from every wall, moments of her life immortalized inside countless picture frames with permanent smiles. The girl is Aimee Hoff, Teresa’s only daughter and…
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Sitting outside Starbucks on a lazy Friday afternoon, Allison Paulson is the perfect picture of a So-Cal high school junior. Sporting a navy blue Aeropostale sweatshirt and jeans, coupled with blond hair pulled up into a nonchalant bun, Paulson leans forward in her chair, laughing and illustrating her stories with wide sweeps of her…
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On Friday, May 30, the With Hope, Amber Craig Memorial Foundation held a conference in the Performing Arts Center with the aim to educate students on the prevention of suicide through the awareness of depression and its affect on a person’s mental health. John Stanton spoke to health and psychology students during a 45…