Your Mind Matters: Mental Health Awareness Month

by Clea Thomas In this day and age, our society is learning to love and accept people from all walks of life and accepting them as a whole. It is easily agreed that we are advancing into a brand new type of society. However, we can only advance so much at a time. One major…

Tasty on the Lips, Easy on the Hips

By James Cruz and Jocelyn You Let’s be real. We know a lot of people are working hard to get their summer bodies ready before summer vacation officially starts. People are trying every diet from Paleo to the Starch Solution to Keto, but what about the simplest diet of being vegan? What do you think when…

America’s First LGBT Monument

by Gwynn Van Houten May 9, 2016 saw the first step towards a significant milestone in LGBT history. In a meeting with local representatives, President Obama made the proposition that Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar and site of a series of historical riots, be declared a national monument, the first of its kind. The…

Spring Inspired Nails

By Linda McNeil, Sophia Garcia, and Mikaella Brown It’s about that time, ladies! Spring is calling for a new manicure, and what better excuse to design your nails in a fun, bright, and colorful way? This is the season for a fresh start, so express your outer beauty with colors out of your comfort zone. …

Race For the Barn House

by Gwynn Van Houten The air is heavy with tension. Everyone feels it: the men and women on the dais, prepared to battle for the favor of the people, and whose words may very well decide the outcome of their futures. In the audience, journalists’ fingers twitch in anticipation, eager to record those words for…

Senior Lacrosse Boys go Out With a Bang

By: Benjamin Rodriguez On Friday, April 22 Tustin’s boys’ varsity lacrosse honored their senior players during their Senior Night ceremony.The players recognized were, Matt Gaddis (#44), Caleb Bullock(#28), Jim Garcia (#3), Julian Martin (#7), Jacob Ixta (#33), Hugo Virgen (#18), Lucas Gerome (#29), Nick Stanczyk (#12) Ramon Lucero (#25), and Eric Salinas (#2), Aldair Salas…

How To Look Like A Festival Goddess

By Jocelyn You Spring and summer are the times for music festivals all around the country to shine. From Coachella to Lollapalooza (and yes, even to Stagecoach), music lovers run to the gates dressed in their SUN-day’s best. To beat the heat, stay comfortable, and still kill the fashion game, see what I would wear to…

Phobophobes Beware

By Nayeli Medina and Jorge Perez Phobias are defined as “a type of anxiety disorder.It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger” by Medline Plus. Things such as heights and listening to people say long words may not seem like a big deal to many, but may cause…

How To Style a Plain White Tee

By Brisa Velasquez Who knew something so basic could make or break an outfit? White t-shirts are in style all year round and are perfect for any type of weather. Accessorized correctly, you can pull together any outfit. Always Denim You can never go wrong with a white tee and jeans. Roll up your jeans,…

Spring Breakers

By: Karley Bailey At last Spring Break is here. The long strenuous wait for a temporary glimpse of summer. No school, no getting up at 6 am, no constant struggle of looking at the clock for when  third period will end. The name literally exemplifies what Spring Break really means to us; a jump into…

Charitable Tiller Baking

By: Alexia Mitchell It was recently brought to our attention that a couple of Tustin High Students are banning together to work with Operation Warm Wishes. OWW is an organization that is set on serving Orange County’s homeless, struggling families, veterans, and senior citizens in need of encouragement and anything to help them secure their…

There’s A New Principal In Town: Mr. David Basile

By: Jocelyn You Photos by: Kristina Ching David Basile, owner of the Tustin Round Table Pizza, is taking over Tustin High for the day. Claiming Mrs. Matos’s swivel-chair as his own and making the campus his home for a few hours, Mr. Basile sets out to explore Tustin High. Tustin born-and-raised himself, Mr. Basile knows…

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!

By: Jocelyn You and Gigi Hume Taking you around the top 5 best ice cream places around Orange County- one scoop at a time. Orange County- land of the excess and the beautiful. And what comes out of that? Beautiful, high-quality, Instagram-worthy ice cream. Here, we make pit stops around some of Orange County’s top…

The Academy Awards: A Night of Success

  By: John Mendoza The 88th Academy Awards presented by the AMPAS, more commonly known as the Oscars, was a night filled with great appreciation towards the feats reached by people in the film industry. It was also a night filled with much controversy. Many people both inside and out of the Academy were puzzled…

Ready, Set, Strut

By: Jocelyn You and James Cruz Fashion Club leader, Eliza Bubienko, gets ready to organize one of Tustin High’s most notable events: The Fashion Show. A Tustin High senior, Eliza’s goal for her last year of high school is to go out with a bang, and the fashion show is one of her outlets to…

In Between Worlds

By: Jocelyn You Who am I? An honor roll student who has only known AP and honor classes? The fashion editor of the school’s online magazine? Someone who represented Tustin in Washington, D.C. this summer for journalism? The only seventeen year old to write for an established magazine? The senior class’s 2015-2016 vice-president? Or do…

Valentine’s Inspired Outfits

By: Brisa Velasquez What to wear, what to wear? Valentine’s day is the perfect excuse to put on a cute outfit and hit the town or stay in for the night. Whether you’re going out, hanging out, or staying in get into the holiday spirit. Valentine’s day is almost here, but no need to panic…

Winter Formal 2016: Old Hollywood

By: Jocelyn You Photographed by: Tracy Caro #WINTERFORMAL2K16 at the Coto Valley Country Club was a night to remember. Set in an Old Hollywood theme, dappered up formal goers entered the venue on a red carpet that was surrounded by LED-lit movie posters, bringing back some classic Hollywood glamour and pizazz. Upon entering the venue,…

Author Profile: Brandon Sanderson

By: Johnathon A. Froman Brandon Sanderson is a renowned American writer. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 19th, 1975. Sanderson is the creator behind many great series including the Mistborn and the Reckoners series and is the winner of numerous literary awards. Brandon’s impact on literature has influenced the minds of many writers…

Cypress Cradles a Victory Against Tustin

By Jacob Rivas On January 13, Tustin varsity wrestling went head to head with Cypress. Tustin entered the mat with an amazing and dramatic intro, as they stormed into the gym. The match began with Enick Clayton, who wrestled in the 106 pound weight class, and was unfortunately pinned in the first round. Up next,…

4 Tips to Stay Awake During Class

By: Jacqueline Chavez So, you’re sitting in class, working hard like the scholar you are. Then suddenly your eyes start to feel heavier and you begin to nod off. We’ve all been there. Falling asleep during class, although very tempting, isn’t how you should be spending your class time – you should be spending it focused…

The Return of the Legend

By: Katelyn Merrell Three years ago Myron Miller decided to resign from his position as head coach for the Tustin High varsity football team. Since then, Coach Winter Welz took the job and led the Tiller’s Varsity squad to the playoffs two years in a row, (8-3) in 2015, and continued to build the football…

A//S//H//

By: Jocelyn You Former Tustin High students, Connor Brawley and Zijn Winters, are prime examples of the heart that all Tillers seem to possess. Staying local after graduation, the two lived on a “normal route” going to college and working part-time jobs, meandering through life but not yet grasping their purposes and dreams. Feeling as…

Daddy Day-Wear

By: Jocelyn You We always made fun of our dads (or any father figure) growing up. With their strictly socks-and-sandals barbecue attire and their Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirts, what wasn’t there to make fun of? Too cool for our dads, we grew into teenage-hood with skinny jeans, Stussy crewnecks, Active hoodies, and Vans sk8-hi’s. However,…

THS Girl’s Basketball

By: Emily Crowl “BALL! BALL!–SHOT!” You will be able to hear the game before you see it. Girls Basketball is a loud, competitive, energetic, and supportive program for Tustin High girls. The program, lead by our very own Coach Gocke, takes in girls who may have never played basketball before and shapes them into seasoned…

The Night of the Tiller

By: Benjamin Rodriguez and Katelyn Merrell Last month, November 18, the Tustin High wrestling program hosted Night of the Tiller, an event consisting of Tiller wrestlers from all grades and weight classes who competed against each other for a spot on the varsity squad. The event was held in the old gym, where parents, students,…

Goodwill Hunting

By: Galilea Oregon and Gigi Hume “But … it was 99 cents.” These wise words from Macklemore are often times the justification for when a seemingly harmless trip to the thrift store turns into 5 sweaters, 7 shirts, 2 pairs of shoes, and 6 pairs of jeans. But it’s fine because unlike regular stores, thrift…

The New Face of Tiller Golf: Chloe Carraway

By: Katelyn Merrell and Benjamin Rodriguez “She is focused. When she gets out on that golf course she is dialed in. She focuses on every stroke, stroke by stroke.” -Coach Miguel   Freshman golfer Chloe Carraway humbly paves the way for the future of the Tustin High Golf Program as she qualified for CIF this fall…

The Beauty of Us

By: Jocelyn You Known as the underdog between Foothill and Beckman when it comes to class, societal standards, and race, Tustin High has often gotten the shorter end of the stick. The truth behind Tustin High, however, is that its culturally diverse environment is what makes it triumph above the others. Faces from a multitude…

Tiller Thriller Flash Mob

By: Alexia Mitchell, Golda Fulmer, and Clea Thomas On October 29, Tustin High held its 94th Homecoming Assembly, and everyone was hit with a spooky surprise. Those participating tried to keep their secret of the upcoming performance of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, released in 1982. It is not uncommon for the dance to be performed…