-
Column: For Auld Lang Syne
•
“For Old Times Sake,” I had told myself, amid a long-winded contemplative breath. I anticipated what would lay on the other side of that door-the entrance to my estranged father’s home. After leaving home at 15 years old, three Christmases passed without seeing my own father. While trying to rekindle a relationship with him…
-
Music Corner
•
The 17-year-old Canadian singer Tate McRae stormed TikTok with her brooding bedroom pop debut single “You Broke Me First” in 2020. Her intuitive sense of what music teenagers are attracted to led to RCA Records signing her and redesigning their marketing strategy around her. However, she hasn’t always been successful using the same method…
-
Which “A Christmas Carol” reigns supreme?
•
Some stories are so good that they remain in the popular zeitgeist for hundreds of years. Such is the case with Charles Dickens’ classic holiday ghost story “A Christmas Carol.” The tale of miserly, old Ebeneezer Scrooge’s turn from greed to humility has been told, quite literally, hundreds of times. It is one of…
-
People need to have better restaurant etiquette
•
I really like my job. Being a host for a restaurant has allowed me to meet some great people, and attain solid experience in the service industry. Additionally, plenty of our customers are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met, willing to engage with me and maybe even telling me some interesting stories…
-
Students glide down the snowy mountains this season
•
As students at Newbury Park High School get ready for the cold, winter weather, they look forward to strapping on their skis or snowboards and sliding down the snowy slopes of a variety of mountain resorts all over the country. Christina Michael, junior, first started skiing at the age of six, but switched to…
-
Measure I funds opportunities for students
•
Summary Measure I is a bond measure that was voted on in 2014, providing the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) with $197,000,000. The purpose of the money is “providing safe, well-maintained classrooms, repairing/replacing electrical, plumbing, and roofing systems, as well as repairing, constructing, acquiring, and equipping sites/facilities, and improving safety/security,” as stated by…
-
Celebrating Halloween in boo-bury Park
•
Universal studios Horror Nights In an effort to continue cleverly marketing off of human beings’s incessant obsession and joy with being scared, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, takes advantage of the warm October nights and turns the amusement park into a cohesive, exciting and thrilling seven hours each night. As someone who enjoys…
-
Heartstopper returns and meets all expectations
•
“Heartstopper” by Alice Oseman, originally a Webtoon comic, has become a four-book series, as well as a number-one show on Netflix directed by Euros Lyn. Since the summer of 2022, fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of its second season this August, after falling in love with the characters and the heartwarming storylines.…
-
Tragedy strikes Westlake High School after fatal crash
•
On Tuesday, April 18, four Westlake High school student pedestrians near the bus stop were involved in a fatal crash in front of Westlake High School on the corner of Lakeview Canyon Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard. While three of the students, ages 14, 15 and 16, survived the impact, the fourth student, Wesley…
-
The vaping epidemic corrodes teen health
•
*The graphic on the printed magazine incorrectly stated that 82.4% of students had admitted to vaping, but the actual percent is 17.6%. This change has been reflected in this article and the virtual publication Vaping products have become vastly popular amongst teens since their production in 2006, and have expanded to appeal to adolescents…