What The Boss Means to Me
Maya Sherne, Staff Writer
April 30, 2012
The screen door slams Mary’s dress sways Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Every night growing up, my dad would come into my room before bed and sing me Thunder Road. He’d sing until I fell asleep. Until I was so enthralled in the melody that I would stop my persistence... Read more »
There’s Just Something About Summer Camp
Kate Wolffe, Feature Editor
April 26, 2012
Last weekend, as I tromped through the aptly named “Manzanita Maze” with the responsibility of six teenagers settling uncomfortably on my shoulders and a hysterical laugh bubbling up in my throat, I thought about why I loved it here so much. “Here” is of course Foothill Horizons Summer Camp,... Read more »
Girls Like Us
Tamar McCollom, Staff Writer
April 24, 2012
It’s taken quite literally my whole life to decide upon this. I’ve taken online quizzes, I’ve discussed the matter with my friends and my mother, and I’ve researched the primary documents for years only to come to this conclusion. I’m a Samantha with Charlotte’s style and Victorian sensibilities... Read more »
There’s No Place Like Home
Sophia Bollag, Managing Editor
April 20, 2012
Once you enter the prominent, modern-looking front gate of the house at 6 Great Oaks Circle in Orinda, it is difficult to tell which side of the house is facing you. The white cinderblock walls are low to the ground, lacking the grandeur one would expect from a front entryway, and although the windows... Read more »
Are Festivals the Future of American Entertainment?
Cameron White, Staff Writer
April 20, 2012
In the last 50 years, there seems to have been a large influx of multi-day music festivals. Ranging from one day to one week, these festivals have captivated America’s youth, and now, people are traveling from all over the world to see the culture that the United States has to offer. It seems to have... Read more »
Editors Tennyson May and Trevor Rechnitz talk MVPs, Giants, and College Before the NBA
Trevyson Maechnitz, Online Sports EIC
April 20, 2012
“half the editor…twice the facial hair.” MVP: Kevin Durant v. Lebron James Trevor: The NBA MVP is an award different from any other. While other sports focus on raw stats, the NBA gives their most prestigious award to the player that contributes most to his team’s success. That’s why Kobe... Read more »
Editorial: Daily Cal Cuts Signify Turbulent Times
April 20, 2012
Over the past several years, a turbulent period in the history of journalism, papers across the country have been forced to close their doors due to financial burdens. But the latest strike against journalism is a different breed entirely, and it is perhaps more detrimental to the future of journalism... Read more »
Big Bromances Hit the Small Screen
Colleen Burke, Staff Writer
April 18, 2012
Bromances. They are defined as a friendship between two men that is extremely close. Guys seem to to be downright confused by the close relationships that girls have, but for some strange reason, the male population strongly desires to be included in some good old fashioned male bonding. Bromances on... Read more »
Why Jennifer Lawrence is Here to Stay
Megan Freeman, Editor-In-Chief
April 16, 2012
You may or may not have heard of a certain little mania called “The Hunger Games”. You know, the book-turned-movie that came out last month, shattered box office records and is hailed as the next pop-culture phenomenon? After the biggest non-sequel opening in box office history and four weeks and... Read more »
Bully Required Viewing for Every Parent, Student, and School Administrator
Tamar McCollom, Opinion Editor
April 13, 2012
Everyone has spent months reading reviews of Bully, the new horrifying and heart-wrenching documentary on school bullying, that proclaimed it “impossible to watch” and “a parent’s worst nightmare.” But nothing can prepare you for the 94 minutes that lie ahead of you in the theater. Nothing... Read more »
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