Block schedule helps in college
Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer
May 25, 2017
Most colleges offer incoming students the ability to pick and choose their classes and the days these classes take place. Theoretically, students create their own version of a block schedule. A block schedule, as we know, requires students to remember an odd and even schedule, A and B. While it...
Companies ruin public relations
Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer
May 15, 2017
Everybody makes mistakes. But unfortunately for businesses, a mistake could mean their immediate downfall. Recently, Pepsi and United Airlines faced the challenge of overcoming negative publicity. Their responses were less than satisfactory in the public’s eye. On April 5, Pepsi uploaded a commercial...
Don’t mess with Miss Manning
Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer
March 29, 2017
Devan Manning spends most of her day teaching English to freshmen and seniors. But after school, she laces up a pair of skates, pulls on a helmet and mixes it up on a roller derby track. At the same time she was getting her masters degree, Manning decided it was time to strap on the skates and...
Should the death penalty be allowed to live?
Shirin Afrakheth and Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writers
March 29, 2017
YES -Shirin Afrakheth, Staff Writer In June of 2015, Dylann Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, fired 70 rounds into an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people. The day after the mass shooting, Roof confessed to his actions in a video released by the ...
Raiders gearing up for playoffs as they enter final weeks
Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer
December 15, 2016
The 2016 NFL season has turned the tables on Bay Area football fans, with one side of the bay in the limelight for the first time in quite a few years. The Oakland Raiders clinched their first winning season since 2002 on Nov. 27 with a 35-32 win over the Carolina Panthers. Unfortunately,...
Cal roars into NCS
Marley Fernandes, Brendan Ogburn, and Kimberlee Saxer
November 7, 2016
The women’s water polo team worked hard this year, came together as teammates, and earned the No. 8 seed in the NCS playoffs. Cal (15-10 overall, 3-5 EBAL) beat No. 9 Clayton Valley Charter 9-4 in the first round last Thursday. The Grizzlies faced top seed San Ramon Valley on Saturday.Results...
Breaking Down the Walls strives to connect students
Kimberlee Saxer, Staff Writer
September 29, 2016
“It’s hard to hate someone whose story you know.” Phil Boyte, founder of Breaking Down the Walls, recently brought this message and his national program to Cal High Sept. 19-23, promoting a supportive and inclusive school climate. Breaking Down the Walls is a week-long program designed to...