JProm Dance
March 16, 2011
Las Lomas Deaths Alarm Community
Hannah Tennant, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2011
Juniors Gavin Powell and Matthew Miller drown after rafting during a storm in Walnut Creek On the night of Wednesday, Feb. 23, hundreds of Las Lomas students, family members, and Walnut Creek community members showed up at the Shell Ridge Open Space and walked a mile-long loop, candles in hand. They... Read more »
Miramonte Grad Takes Hollywood By Storm
Mary Kate Engstrom, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011
Coming from a small town like Orinda, not many people stand out in big cities like Hollywood. Any attention given to our humble town gets residents buzzing. When Miramonte alum, Sarah Ames ‘09, was featured on “American Idol” last month, our community was bursting with excitement. People tuned... Read more »
March Madness
Aleck Ryner, Brian Tan and Conor Volpe
March 11, 2011
With March Madness rapidly approaching, everyone is getting ready to fill out their brackets. But everyone knows you can’t just pick the best seeds; in order to win your bracket you need to know the sleepers, favorites, overachievers and star players. Luckily a few Mirador staff writers have taken... Read more »
Some TV Shows Stand the Test of Time
Jamie Riley
March 11, 2011
The quality of television shows has dramatically taken a turn for the worse. While we used to be able to grab the remote and watch a wholesome, funny show, we now must resort to watching Snooki get drunk and pump her fist. Not only is this just bad TV, but the idea of reality TV is simply stupid. ... Read more »
Mirador Reviews the Essentials: Water
David Beal and Eric Hass
March 11, 2011
Criticism nowadays is everywhere. Critics are no longer elite tastemakers writing for high-society journals and magazines; they are bloggers, Facebook users, and your next-door neighbor. The critic’s role has expanded, so most everything is fair game for criticism and every place is fair game to... Read more »
Steroid Usage Causes Collateral Damage
Conor Volpe, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011
With the steroid era behind Major League Baseball, fans can relax a bit. They don’t have to constantly worry about whether their team’s slugger is hitting home runs because he’s taking Human Growth Hormone or because he’s a bonafide baseball player. Unfortunately, the steroid era is still something... Read more »
Is James Franco Worth The Hype? | Con
Katrina Kovalik, News Editor
March 11, 2011
Celebrities already make us feel bad with their good looks, but now they make us feel bad about our inability to multitask. James Franco: the very definition of an over-achiever. We know he is good-looking and has some acting talent, but does he also have to be an author, a student, an artist, a model,... Read more »
New “Jane Eyre” Attempts to Capture Source Material
David Beal, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011
Charlotte Brontë wrote her classic British coming-of-age novel Jane Eyre in 1847, 164 years ago. For 111 of those years, filmmakers and television producers have been throwing together countless screen interpretations, from silent films to faithful miniseries to zombie B-movies. This latest Jane... Read more »
Historic Building Symbolizes Hard Times
Eric Hass
March 11, 2011
In the heart of Orinda Village, a large pink building lies empty. The Orinda Store, later Phair’s, occupied the space until almost a decade ago. Since then it’s been unused. The Phair family, which still owns the two-story, 14,000 sq. ft. building, has received few development proposals, and none... Read more »
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