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I am an absolute music nerd. I can’t go anywhere without a pair of earbuds with me, and I have to be the one to control the aux cord. For the past two years, I have listened to more than 190,000 minutes of music total, or about four and a half hours everyday. That…
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As the marching band’s season comes to an end, members are looking back on their season with pride. Winning two championships, the band has been very busy outside of performing at football games. At a competition in Las Vegas, they won every single award for their category. However, for most members, it was about…
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The ukulele club is new on campus, and has on average 15 people attending meetings. They meet every Friday at lunch in B7. Lauren MacLean, sophomore, started the ukulele club this year. She began playing the ukulele two years ago, and decided to create the ukulele club “to get people together with the same…
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If music can help calm patients during surgery, imagine what it could do for the minds of high school students? Students constantly grapple with stress. A study from the American Psychological Association found that 27 percent of students reported experiencing extreme stress during the school year, 40 percent felt irritable and 36 percent reported…
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The days of MP3 players, iPods and CDs are over. Now, streaming has taken over the world; from movies to television to music, everything is done via streaming. The most popular form of entertainment, music, has been heavily influenced by online streaming platforms. Although having music accessible with just the click of a button…
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Art Trek is a cute and quirky arts program found on Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park. Trinkets line its entryway, paintings hang about on every possible surface and oddly enough, several giant patterned bunnies sit about. On the third Friday of every month, Art Trek opens at 7 p.m. for Five Dollar Friday. After…
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It takes time and effort to rise to the top and live reality as a dream. Amongst the rising stars, a local group by the name 13106 has emerged into the public eye and intends to one day make a name for themselves in the everlasting music industry. A self-produced rap group, 13106 creates…
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Last weekend, NPHS orchestra students took over Santa Monica High School on Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 to audition for a chance to be in the Southern California Honor orchestra. The competition was organized under California Orchestra Directors Association, otherwise known as CODA. High school orchestra students from all over Southern California came to…
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It’s a regular morning in November as I get in my car before school. I turn on the radio and flip through stations until a song I like is on. I continue to switch until Christmas songs fill my car with their jingle bells and holiday spirit. I am content with the song and…
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Monday morning. I take a sip from my coffee and yell at my dear brother that I’ll wait for him in the car. It’s 6:55. As I warm up the car, which is covered in frost from the June-gloom mornings that somehow still exist in October, I tune into my favorite radio stations: 93.1…