Poetry Out Loud Contest at Lancer Library
February 26, 2010 • written by Jason Gardiner
Filed under Features
Junior Stacie Lindenbaum won the second annual Poetry Out Loud Contest hosted by the Lancer Library on January 19, reciting “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “It Couldn’t Be Done” by Edgar Albert Guest. Junior Xochitl Lucio was runner-up at the event. This national recitation contest... Read more »
Orchestra Concert at Kavli Theater
February 25, 2010 • written by Alex Chen
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A touch of Arabia is coming to the Fred Kavli Theater. The Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra debuts their new concert “Impressions of Arabia” at the Civic Arts Plaza on Jan. 31. Director Bill Benson reported that ticket sales have been the highest ever seen at three weeks before the performance. The... Read more »
Avenue Q
February 22, 2010
Filed under Entertainment
“The internet is really really great—for porn.” This song is from Avenue Q, a Tony-Award-winning Broadway musical based on Sesame Street that made a stop at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on its national tour. And despite the remarkably raunchy humor one would never find in Big Bird’s show,... Read more »
iPad Not up to Consumer Standards
February 22, 2010 • written by Eric Hatland
Filed under Opinion
On Jan 27 Apple announced the “revolutionary” iPad. While some claim this to be one of the greatest pieces of technology, they are horribly wrong. Weighing on a measly 1.5 pounds, measuring half an inch thick, and includes a 9.7” screen, the iPad seems like a good piece of technology, especially... Read more »
Congress Hopeful Vies for the End of Apathy
February 18, 2010 • written by Maya Fried
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It is rare for anyone other than Progressive Club members to walk through the doorway of D-6 at lunchtime on Thursdays, yet this particular Thursday was different. On Feb. 2, Shawn Stern, 32-year-old UCLA graduate, shared Robert Haar’s history classroom with Club members. Stern is running in the Democratic... Read more »
Teachers Pitch In
February 17, 2010 • written by Ben Longawa and Ben Moon
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The recent disaster in Haiti has motivated teachers to go out of their way to encourage student donations. Econ/Gov teacher Jerry Morris did his part by matching every dollar that his fifth period class donated. “Whenever there’s a money thing, I always tell the kids I’ll match to a certain point,”... Read more »
Clubs Take Initiative to Collect Donations
February 17, 2010 • written by Megan Marlow
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“It’s a devastating situation,” senior Ali Skewes-Cox, Key Club publicity chairman, said. Students who witnessed the disaster from the safety of their homes recognized the desperate need for aid after the 7.0 quake. “We tried to consolidate it because of the emergency state of the issue,” senior... Read more »
Christmas Dance Concert
February 2, 2010
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