College apps are not fun
Maddy Klessel, Staff Writer
October 16, 2018
Welcome to senior year, seniors! The fun year ahead of you will slowly approach, but until then you’re stuck completing the long, dreaded process of college apps. Not only do seniors have extracurricular activities, sports, and schoolwork, but they now also have to add college apps. College...
The Mythical Lord of the Switch
Conan Maron, Staff Writer
May 30, 2018
Some say it never existed. That the concepts of the Switch were nonexistent. That the Switches seemed to transcend across all space and time only to disappear into oblivion without sudden notice. Now it has been years since the legendary Alex Suehiro led his crusade of Switch cult members to ...
The tragic, lonely life of the AP student
Kyle Maron, Staff Writer
May 30, 2018
For all who strive to obtain the precious entity of higher knowledge. For all who are willing to lay down thy lives for the sake of advanced education. For all of us poor souls who have signed that damn AP contract. There is but one God out there who we have devoted our spiritual entity. One ...
Electives Cal High students truly deserve
Kevin Sablynski, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
As this school year draws to a close, the school has been scrambling to create new, innovative elective classes that students would be interested in taking. Some high schools already offer a wide variety of weird courses, such as lumberjacking that teaches students how to properly cut down ...
Struggles of the fast food industry
Kiley Borba, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
The bell rings, I trudge out of my last class of the day. Finally, Friday is finished, and I completed another week of school without ruining my life. Time to go home, relax, and catch up on the five days of sleep I’ve lost… Except that won’t be happening, I need to eat a quick lunch, get dressed,...
Movie series suggestions from Dan Pan the Movie Man
Daniel Pan, Photo Editor
April 27, 2018
Summer is nearly here, which can only mean one thing: sequels. Apart from the regular Marvel movies and the inevitable adaptation of some blundisroman, there really isn’t anything out of the ordinary planned. Some French director probably once said, “A good movie is one that delights in su...
To shave or not to shave, that is the question
Alex Suehiro, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
For centuries women have shaved their legs, but it recently dawned on me to ask the question: Why don’t men shave their legs as well? Is society to blame? I wanted to dive into the science behind why men don’t shave their legs, and why women do. Absurdly, if I asked you to name which...
College rejection in a nutshell
Brian Nakajima, News Editor
March 16, 2018
For the ephoebus senioritis, better known as the high school senior, the first three months of the second semester are tremendously distressful. The senior must deal with the natural stress inducing agents: homework, group projects, assassins targets, and all while dealing with the predisposition...
The beginning of the end
Conan Maron, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
Frustrated with the results of the 2016 election? Are you still chanting the words “not my president” in 2018? For all politically thirsty citizens wishing to implement real change, there is now a vacant government position ripe for the taking. Just imagine, putting yourself in...
Elon Musk throws us for a loop
Kevin Sablynski, Staff Writer
February 9, 2018
Elon Musk, the man who believes we all live in a simulation, is in the process of making a high-speed form of underground, long-distance transportation called a Hyperloop with SpaceX. Musk’s proposed Hyperloop will be a shuttle-like vehicle traveling in an underground tunnel and track system, much...