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The Changing Faces  of Hollywood

The Changing Faces of Hollywood

Dare Fitzpatrick and Hanna Masri June 11, 2020

With the awards season drawing to a close, the public got a look at the up and coming actors of Hollywood. We get to see most of these budding actors grow into more fame.  These new faces are taking over...

No Longer Silenced

No Longer Silenced

Phoebe Stein, Co-Editor-in-Chief June 11, 2020

With a single tweet, Alyssa Milano started a chain of events that would bring down some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Milano’s message, coming a decade after the first-ever tweet of “Me too,”...

The Right Side of Left History

The Right Side of Left History

Daisy Finefrock, Co-Editor-in-Chief June 11, 2020

Chanting, pink shirts and colorful signs. This is the norm at any rally or protest you might attend. You’re filled with excitement and pride as you stand among like-minded people fighting for the same...

stance of the staff

stance of the staff

June 10, 2020

Our world centers around making connections. It’s normal to live every day surrounded by friends, by peers, by acquaintances who we learn from, and change because of. It is human nature to yearn to be...

An Interview with Retiring History Instructor Richard Nathan

An Interview with Retiring History Instructor Richard Nathan

Ian Brown, News Editor June 9, 2020

Throughout your time at Laguna, what is one thing that has stayed the same, and what has changed? “I would say it has certainly become more structured. In my view, this is generally a good thing, although...

How To Not Go Stir-Crazy

How To Not Go Stir-Crazy

Frances Carlson and Madeleine Nicks June 4, 2020

1 After weeks of being around only your family, it’s easy to fall into a rhythm of skipping showers, wearing the same pair of sweatpants for several days straight, and forgetting what shoes are all...

Ghost of Tsushima Anticipation

Ghost of Tsushima Anticipation

Patrick Otte, Writer June 4, 2020

Sucker Punch’s upcoming action-adventure game, Ghost of Tsushima, is set to release July 17, 2020. Set in the year 1274, Samurai Jin defends the Japanese island of Tsushima, from invading Mongols. The...

NSPA Journalism Honor Roll Named

NSPA Journalism Honor Roll Named

May 31, 2020

NSPA Journalism Honor Roll named 1,300 student journalists recognized for academic excellence   MINNEAPOLIS — National Scholastic Press Association, the nation’s largest association for high school,...

Goleta Drive-In Reopens

Goleta Drive-In Reopens

Nafisah Fathima, Web Editor May 30, 2020

The drive-in in Goleta has reopened over the past week! It is now up and running and playing some oldies-but-goodies movies!   The airport drive-in opened in April 1951 with room for about 700...

The End of the Streaming Age

The End of the Streaming Age

Cody Busch-Weiss, Writer May 26, 2020

At first glance, it seems we’re in a “golden age” of television program streaming, with more and more content-owning networks launching services. But this paradise of quick, on-demand streaming may...

The Future, as Told by the Past

The Future, as Told by the Past

Cody Busch-Weiss, Writer May 26, 2020

It’s 2020. In 1985, the “Back to the Future” movies promised us hoverboards, flying cars, holograms, robots, and pizza hydrators. Instead, we wound up with two-wheeled platforms powered by a ‘90s...

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