Schools should require foreign language classes throughout high school
Peyton Grenley - News Editor
February 2, 2012
Tomar una clase de una lengua extranjera es muy beneficioso para todas las personasdelmundo. For those readers who cannot speak Spanish, taking a foreign language class is extremely beneficial for everyone around the world. Requiring students to take a foreign language course- whether it be French,... Read more »
Tied down or a night on the town?
Allie Barnes - Staff Writer
February 1, 2012
Written by: Carrie Bradshaw (Allie Barnes – Staff Writer) In a time when celebrity fairy tale marriages last for only 72 days, teens have become immune to the idea of short-lived love. Teens falsely believe that high school flings will lead to healthy, committed relationships later in life.... Read more »
Eighth graders are too young to begin preparing for college evaluation tests
February 1, 2012
A typical 13 or 14-year-old student should be busy playing sports, taking art and music classes and enjoying the last year before high school. With daunting talks of colleges and major life decisions just a couple years away, young teens should lead relatively carefree lives for as long as they can. ... Read more »
Extracurricular Code of Conduct
Alexa Carlucci - Staff Writer/ Rachel Stewart - Staff Writer
December 15, 2011
The Las Virgenes Unified School District Board is proposing revisions to the Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Code of Conduct. Co-curricular activities include courses such as yearbook, choir and theater. This new provision will add students participating in co-curricular activities into the pool of... Read more »
Toddlers and Tiaras presents degrading image of young girls
Siena Goldman - Staff Writer, '14
December 15, 2011
For most young girls their days are consumed with art projects, playing outside with friends and ballet classes. But for the children on The Learning Channel’s show, Toddlers and Tiaras, life is a beauty pageant filled with caked-on make-up and false teeth. Toddlers and Tiaras is damaging, not only... Read more »
Republican Rick Perry
Casey Tamkin - Copy Editor
December 15, 2011
Make sure to read about the other candidates: Democrat Barack Obama Republican Hermain Cain Republican Mitt Romney If I were to deliver a speech similar to the one Republican candidate Rick Perry delivered at the start of November, odds are I would not be elected president of anything, let alone theUnited... Read more »
Democrat Barack Obama
Allie Barnes - Staff Writer
December 15, 2011
Make sure to read about the other candidates Republican Hermain Cain Republican Rick Perry Republican Mitt Romney Admittedly, I supported President Barack Obama long before I understood his policies. Though at the time of his election I was mostly excited by my flashy Obama campaign shirt, I now... Read more »
Republican Herman Cain
Alexa Carlucci - Staff Writer
December 15, 2011
Make sure to read about the other candidates: Democrat Barack Obama Republican Rick Perry Republican Mitt Romney One can easily say Herman Cain is a man of modern America. Having labored from the bottoms of pizza service to the highs of Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Cain exemplifies... Read more »
Republican Mitt Romney
Taylor St. Ives - Staff Writer, '13
December 15, 2011
Make sure to read about the other candidates: Democrat Barack Obama Republican Herman Cain Republican Rick Perry Of all the Republican candidates, Mitt Romney is perhaps the most stable. His social, economic and political beliefs hold true to the Republican party values. What sets Romney apart from... Read more »
City council legalizes street art to bring social and cultural benefits to L.A.
Allie Barnes - Staff Writer and Kunal Aggarwal
December 8, 2011
Over the past several decades, a controversial art form known as “street art” has gained popularity throughoutLos Angeles. Street artists use urban streets, walls and other public spaces as their canvases to display imaginative works of art in a variety of mediums. These works have... Read more »