It’s 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, and Westridge’s Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for Friends in Deed ends in 40 minutes. I have 200 pasta boxes, soup cans, and peanut butter jars already rolling...
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition!” booms through the Kern County desert. Almost 20 Westridge students cheer, watching four years of hard work launch into the atmosphere.
As the sun set on Saturday, December...
It is not rare to see spunky freshmen Katherine D. and Via K. stealthily running around campus with a blue-grey pouch and the occasional steaming teapot. I would often wonder what the pair was up to, but...
W hich one did you get? My friends and I compare our emotional support pocket pals. There were different variants of the emotional support pocket pals, including crazy chickens, Mike Wazowski’s cousin,...
Sunday comes with giddy anticipation of the race. We leave the hotel clad in our Formula One merch and brand-new cowboy hats. The 2024 Formula One season’s 19th race of Formula One is held in Austin,...
As audience members walked into the Performing Arts Center (PAC), they were greeted by a giant projection of assorted facts about the alphabet, biblical figures like Cain and Abel, and mythological...
On a hot July afternoon, Valerie Trimarchi stands over a 4-by-8-foot sheet of wood, paintbrush in hand. Three more planks of wood sit around her home studio—one balances on the sink, another on the...
We know getting into the Halloween spirit can be challenging in eternally sunny Southern California, so here are some festive Halloween movies and snacks to get into the spooky season!
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1. Seeing an assignment due before class, not 11:59 p.m.
The teacher grins menacingly, typing in 1:59 p.m. onto the Turnitin deadline. Unknowingly, students prepare to submit their final paper...
Mr. Cross’ closet and creepy puppet
When your friends are laughing about a joke that you don’t understand
Forgetting your computer, a test, your uniform or free dress,...