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Under fire for issues regarding abortion services, Planned Parenthood, a reproductive health organization, is facing a demand for defunding. For some, Planned Parenthood is a retroactive solution associated with shame and regret. However, for Rory Smith, sophomore, Planned Parenthood provides easily accessible and necessary care. Until about a month ago, Smith suffered from severe menstrual cramps.…
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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,…
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A virus is spreading through our nation, infecting our schools, and killing America’s youth. Its name is gun violence. On Oct. 1, a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. left ten dead and nine injured. “Somehow, this has become routine,” President Barack Obama said in a national address later that day. “We’ve…
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After only seven games as a starting quarterback on the varsity football team, sophomore Cameron Rising has made his name one to remember. In the football game against Dos Pueblos High School on Sept. 18, Rising made seven touchdown passes, tying the Ventura County record for the most touchdown passes in a single game.…
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Visual Photography’s first deadline to submit the portraits disc for the yearbook was Oct. 7, which should have contained all underclassmen and faculty pictures. The yearbook staff did not receive it until Oct. 9, at which point they found a number of issues on the disc. The disc Visual Photography submitted to the yearbook…
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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…
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On Sept. 30, yet another attack occurred on the Planned Parenthood health institute, this time in Thousand Oaks on Hillcrest. According to a Ventura County police report, “investigators determined an unknown suspect wearing clothing to protect his identity crudely threw a large piece of masonry through a window on the south side of the…
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An armed robbery occurred at Pizza Hut on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Newbury Park Place shopping center on South Reino Road, only about a mile from campus. The police response included a helicopter to search for the suspect. The crime played out even closer to junior Conrad Jones’s house than to the school.…
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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…