Vote for the 2010 Bachelor!

While lovers around the world are planning their celebrations for Valentine’s Day, a bachelorette close to home is on the lookout for a special someone. Junior Adriana Jones Lima is a vivacious young lady with an infectious laugh. Her initially shy demeanor is misleading — she’s an... [Read more]

Vote for the 2010 Bachelor!

Bachelor #1 is the all-American kid next door. He is an athletic cat, spending most of his time playing sports like basketball, or catching a game on the tube. #1’s idea of a perfect Friday night is spending it beneath the starry autumn sky, battling for glory on the football field. But when it comes... [Read more]

Remembering Loma Prieta: 20 years later, staff still shaken up

The varsity girls volleyball team was playing Newark Memorial and was down 3-2 in the first game. PE teacher Janet Chrisman, their coach, was not happy. Then it hit. “It felt like someone was kicking the bleachers but no one was sitting behind us,” Chrisman said. “[The players] didn’t notice... [Read more]

Facebook sweeps the social networking scene, leaves MySpace in the dust

If you’re reading this, you probably have a Facebook. Chances are, most people you know have one, too. Like many other Internet phenomena, Facebook began as a basic networking website and morphed virtually overnight into one of the world’s most frequently visited websites. Much of the student body... [Read more]

Games offer rewards, present time management problems

Wait for it…wait for it…BAM, the river card is the ace of spades which gives you the royal flush you needed to win the 2.3 million dollar pot. This is the anticipation that one will get while enjoying a nice competitive game of poker, one of the hundreds of games on Facebook. Facebook’s wide variety... [Read more]

The Fray recieves massive fanfare

Picnics, sunbathing, and live music are all universal symbols of summer. On August 1, The Fray and Jack’s Mannequin brought all of these together in one evening. Fans from all over the Bay Area piled into the lawn section of Shoreline Amphitheatre for the two piano bands, with blankets, wicker baskets... [Read more]

Coldplay brings the heat

On July 13th 2009, Coldplay, one of the biggest British alternative rock currently around, came to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View to play a sold out show to a crowd of over 30,000 people. The show began promptly at 6 with quirky opening acts Kitty Daisy and Lewis, a British rockabilly trio,... [Read more]

Summer job blends values and work ethic

At Jamba Juice there is a phrase we have about blending smoothies known as “Witness the Whirl.”  If you will indulge my cheesy metaphor, over my summer, I witnessed the blending of all valuable lessons of hard work and my personality become someone taking some responsibility. As last school came... [Read more]