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New MegaMind TV and Movie Sequel Release
New MegaMind TV and Movie Sequel Release
Joseph Goodnight, Opinion Editor • February 20, 2024

In March of this year, Dreamworks is set to release a Peacock exclusive TV show and movie sequel to the beloved 2010 MegaMind movie. The trailer...

In Fastbreak Fashion
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 14, 2024

Lancers lead the way in the second half. The Great Oak Wolfpack came into Thousand Oaks Tuesday night for the CIF quarterfinals and with them...

Perserving in Penalty’s
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 14, 2024

The Lady Lancers traveled to a neutral site in Anaheim to take on the Katella Knights in the second round of the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs....

Kanye - He's Back at it...or Maybe Not?
Elijah Brown, The Lancer Staff • February 14, 2024

Kanye West's new album “Vultures 1”, many nationwide were skeptical at first about Kanye's new album considering the controversies he has...

It’s Valentine’s, Baby
It’s Valentine’s, Baby
Momo Sonoda, Editor-In-Chief • February 14, 2024

St. Valentine’s Day commemorates the death of St. Valentine, but for others, the holiday marks a day of birth. Junior Chokee Weezer was born...

Health Science Majors Program hosts their senior showcase
Momo Sonoda, Editor-In-Chief • February 12, 2024

Last week, the seniors in Health Science Majors hosted a showcase, featuring various professions that they hope to pursue in the future. At the...

Advancing Again
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 12, 2024

The Lancers left campus during lunch to travel to Temecula for their round two playoff game, and the ride wasn’t enough to stop the Lancers....

Double-Double Galore
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 12, 2024

The Lancers once again came out of a playoff game as a victor, behind a powerful Trent Maclean performance nonetheless. Maclean powered his way...

Avid Attack
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 9, 2024

A massive performance from standout freshman led the way for the Lancers at Ventura College, freshman Maddie Linville started the game off strong...

Advancing at last!
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 8, 2024

Fast start, with no slowing down, your Lancers took down the Chaffey Tigers 3-1. A very early goal from junior attacker Gabriel Torreblanca gave...

Elias Chin ready to take a shot
Onto the Next
Jake Bradley, Sports Editor • February 8, 2024

Advancing at last!  Despite a close score after each of the first two quarters, stars Elias Chin and Trent Maclean were able to help the Lancers...

Valentines Day grams for your special someone -- or not
Valentine's Day grams for your special someone -- or not
Gabriella Muller, The Lancer Staff • February 8, 2024

With Valentine's day approaching quickly, the student store is crowded with students buying Valentine's Grams for people they know -- and those...

Sephora Takeover
Sephora Takeover
Gabriella Muller, The Lancer Staff • February 8, 2024

With the rise of popular skincare brands coming from Tiktok, Sephora is seeing a rise in sales but a massive drop in age. “10-13 year old kids...

Point Counterpoint: The Super Debate
Point Counterpoint: The Super Debate
Kevin Starr and Christian-Isaiah AguilarFebruary 8, 2024

Two The Lancer columnists -- Kevin Starr and Christian-Isaiah Aguilar -- have strong opinions about the upcoming Super Bowl. Here, they square...

on the bottom is real animal based leather, while on the top is “vegan” leather, or “pleather”
Vegan Leather is Worse for the Environment than Real Leather
Joseph Goodnight, Opinion Editor • February 8, 2024

Throughout the the past 20 years the interest in sustainability and ethicality has risen immensely, especially in regards to fashion, as the...

CoRE Has Soft Opening

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Sophomore Laine Beaudoin toys with new Smart Table in the CoRE

What right now sits as an empty room with bare walls and brand new technology will soon become the place of research and discovery for Thousand Oaks High School CENTER students.

The Center of Research Excellence, or CoRE, Innovation Lab is a new facility opening up on campus for students enrolled in the Center for Advanced Studies and Research, soon to be complete with 3D printers, an interactive Promethean Smart Table, and other equipment designed to help students conduct original research.

There was a soft launch for the new facility this morning, attended by Principal Dr. Eric Bergmann, CVUSD board members, students, alumni, and the teachers who will be putting the room to use starting this year.

“I think it provides a safer and more technologically advanced environment for students to conduct their research” Center alumnae and UCLA student Joy Hong said.
Students will now have a convenient and local space for working on their projects and experiments with approved mentors.

“It was all primary research so I got companies to donate stuff to me to conduct experiments in Dr. Nikki Malhotra’s lab,” Hong said.  “[The CoRE Lab] provides an additional safe and technologically advanced environment for students to conduct their research.”

The space will be adaptable to the needs of both the individual students and the classes using it.

  “It raises the ceiling [for] the things we can do,” said school counselor Bill Zasadil. “It just offers a lot more options… and will promote more growth.”

Before the introduction of the CoRE Lab project, the classroom sat unused in the back of the “A” building. Bergmann and school faculty realized the need for a safe and effective facility for higher level research.

“We were looking at this old unused huge space and we knew we had a need,” Bergmann said. “So it was a matter of sitting down with the really smart people from the district office and saying ‘Hey this is the space, this is what we would like, can we make this a reality?’”

What started out as a vision from the Center teachers and school faculty has come to fruition as a fully-fledged research facility to aid advanced students in their research and studies, and will continue to be used by both present and future Lancers.

 

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