CIF Playoffs: Round 3

  Photo courtesy of Kyusung Gong, photographer for OC Varsity. By: Abigail Pidazo Tensions were raised high going into San Clemente Tuesday night. The boys’ basketball team was looking to face the team that last beat them. The game rallied all night. Tillers lead the end of first quarter 16-13. At the half however, San…

United in Music

By Alexis Diaz For the first time in many years the Tustin High School, Beckman High School, and Foothill High School music programs came together to perform in Honor Band, Honor Orchestra, and Honor Jazz Band. Jazz band was directed by Tustin High’s Michael Fisk, orchestra by Beckman High’s Jim Kollias, and band by Foothill…

Here Come The Colourist

By: Jocelyn Cervantes, Editor Maya Tuttle was helping a friend on a student film when the friend referred to her as a colorist. A colorist is someone who manipulates color scheme in order to recreate a new story of emotion through color. The Colourist does just that through hypnotic, captivating tunes and mesmerizing, storytelling lyrics….

Taco Tuesdays: A Hole Mole Special

By Jocelyn You Trending Topics Editor Tacos. Everyone loves tacos. Everyone loves street tacos, tacos on corn tortillas, tacos in hard shells, tacos with all sorts of stuffing in them. Tacos are always in season, and Taco Tuesdays have been around for as long as our generation can remember. The tradition actually started in 1989 by a…

Boys’ and Girls’ CIF Basketball: Game Previews

Photos courtesy of Foster Snell, contributing photographer for OC Varsity. By Abigail Pidazo Over the weekend, both lady and gentlemen Tillers managed to advance into the second round of their CIF Division Playoff Bracket. Today, Boys’ basketball meets San Clemente once more while Girls’ basketball challenges Hart on Wednesday night. Boys’ basketball is in for a…

Tustin Boys’ Basketball Defeats Schurr 53-37

By Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor and Sportscaster Last Friday night, the Tiller varsity boys’ basketball team took on Schurr High School in the first round of CIF. The Schurr Spartans, ranked 641 in state, were the underdogs going into the game against the Tustin Tillers ranked 45 in state. The Tustin High student section, “The…

Game Night at Chapman University

By: Julia Klotz With an almost full house and packed student section, the Chapman University Panthers took on the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen on their home court yesterday, February 19th. The Panthers, never surrendering their lead, managed to beat the Kingsmen by 16 points for a final score of 86-70. Although the Panthers and many passionate…

Wrestling Controversy

By Zachary Apperson Wrestling is considered one of the most extraneous sports, both physically and mentally. But as an audience we only see two burly men hurling each other over a sweaty mat-what about the constant dieting and exercise it takes to get there? In wrestling, there are a variety of weight classes. Let’s say…

Music – An Escape

By: Ashley Parra Everyone has a way of escaping reality. Sometimes it’s reading, writing, or taking up a hobby. For many, it’s listening to music. We can usually tell how a person feels by what they’re listening to. As we walk around campus, we tend to see people with their earphones in. One of the…

CIF Here We Come

By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor Tustin High is proud of our girls’ water polo, boys’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ basketball, and boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams who all managed to snag a spot in CIF. The girl’s water polo team finished second, behind Cypress in the empire league with a 4-1-0 record and an overall…

Spotlight: Senior Night

By: Abigail Pidazo With Winter sports coming to a close in the league season, varsity sports celebrates their seniors for their last time on the home court. Senior Night is a night where senior student athletes on varsity teams are recognized for their final year on the program at their last home game. Last week…

The Observatory, OC

By Jocelyn You, Local Trends Editor Located in a small business center in Santa Ana, of our very own Orange County, is a venue used for adrenaline junkies and music connoisseurs. The venue hosts everyone from underground bands made in family living rooms to big name rappers such as YG and Schoolboy Q. The setting is intimate, as there…

Valentines Day Just Got Sweeter!

By Viviana Altamirano  With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, many people struggle finding cute and affordable ideas to celebrate the day of love and friendship. Valentine’s Day is not all about the gifts and the dates, it is about demonstrating your love to your significant other. You can demonstrate your love to that special…

One Drop Away

By Yazalex Lopez, Staff Writer  While in the bathtub enjoying a 30 minute shower, or deciding whether to give that dirty plate another wash, our entire state, California, is hitting a drought  of which not all residents are even aware.  A drought? Yes. A drought. Don’t worry, nothing to be alarmed about. Just something to…

Girls Can’t What?

By: Julie Moreno Tustin High’s 2014-2015 girls’ wrestling team has skyrocketed due to the increase in girls who joined over this past year. The girls’ team tripled in size over the last couple of years with more and more girls joining each season. There were only about 100 high school girls in wrestling during the…

Living With The Disease

  By Amanda Zamora In November of 2012, my mom was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy in the right breast. She has to go through four-five hour chemotherapy sessions with the strongest medicine, along with 40 radiation treatments. The hardest thing for me was watching her lose all her hair….

Yeezy Season Approachin’

By Jocelyn You Kanye West. Father. Rapper. Designer. Artist. Icon. A man of lush style and a notorious mad-dog, Kanye West is the embodiment of rap within the last decade or so. Being the “god” of rap, Mr. West (aka his stage name Yeezy) went from being “The College Dropout” to “Yeezus.” The style of his music has…

The Big Day

By Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor Today, February 4, 2015, three of Tustin’s finest athletes, Allie Zwerling, Kelsey King, and George Wilson signed their letters of intent to their dream schools. The whole school gathered together in the plaza to watch the three athletes make life changing decisions. Family, friends, classmates, and coaches joined together to…

Ska, Saxophone, Teaching?

By: Tanya Soto Touring around the world and living a rock star life sounds like the ultimate dream for many people. It was time to leave the fun and games and make the next career move for Mr. Eric Zamora.  Zamora, who was in a Ska band named Save Ferris eventually left the beloved group…

Your Life, Your Choice ?

by Vanessa Tang Cassandra C., a 17 year-old girl from Connecticut, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in September. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a type of cancer in the immune system. She wanted to avoid treatment even if it meant an 85% chance of being cancer free in five years. Cassandra also said that she understands that,…