Tragedy in Nepal by Vanessa Tang On April 25, a 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal. Cities were devastated by the enormous earthquake, the largest they have had in about 80 years. Thousands of people lost their homes, villages are completely demolished, and ancient sites have collapsed. The death toll as of May fourth is 7365 people…
Category: Non-Fiction
THS Teacher Impacted By Hit And Run
By Jacob Rivas 88-year-old Paula Navarro was the victim of a hit and run in Calexico, California. Mrs. Navarro is the grandmother of Tustin High School Spanish teacher, Mrs. Maribel Herrera-Olmedo. The crime occurred on Sunday, May 3 at 6:40 a.m. at Paulin Avenue and East Second Street in Calexico. Mrs. Navarro was attended by the…
Falling In Love (With Yourself) At A Coffee Shop
By Abigail Pidazo and Jocelyn You On April 27, two up-and-coming writers, who want more out of the world, participated in an “open mic night” at The Lost Bean Cafe, a local coffee shop comfortably situated on Newport and Irvine Blvd. The coffee shop hosts this weekly event in hopes of getting aspiring artists…
Anthony Walters: A True Competitor
By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor “I want to be able to go out and perfect the game, which is probably impossible. But when you work so hard at something you love, you hate to fail at it, so I keep on working harder and harder and harder.” -Anthony Walters Junior, Anthony Walters transferred to Tustin…
Prom Hairstyles
By Viri Perez, McKenna Lopez, Kaylee Hanzich Prom is an event that most of us dreamt of as little girls and boys. Arriving with your breathtaking date, everyone’s eyes are focused on you because you are simply radiating confidence and pure beauty all while dressed in the most gorgeous dress. However, the dress isn’t the…
Drag Queens In Herstory
By: Maciel Bustos A Drag Queen is someone, commonly a male, who dresses and performs in drag. Drag was first used by Shakespeare as an acronym meaning “dressed as a girl.” It first started in ancient Roman literature. And was also featured in classical Chinese theater, when women were generally banned from the theater. In…
An End to a Beginning – Boys’ Lacrosse
By Karley Bailey This year is a new transition of gains for Tustin High School Boys’ Lacrosse. The 2015 Season has come to a close with an unfamiliar yet fulfilling winning-streak and a brand-new coach, Derek Johnson. Boy’s Lacrosse is at seven wins and ten losses. Although this may not seem like an accomplishment for…
Help Alexis Get To College
Tustin High School student Alexis Diaz doesn’t know that this post will publish in just a few minutes. Alexis is involved in ASB, Avid, Band, FCA and Journalism. The personal story of how she has made it to this point involves extreme dedication and perseverance. Alexis has started a Fund Me campaign to raise $500…
My Experience with the “Bordertown” Family
By Nayeli Medina As I was sitting in my 4th period journalism class, I searched for a subject that interested me enough to write about when my journalism teacher sat down at our group table, and asked us, “Would you guys like to go to a screening for ‘Bordertown?’ Gustavo just tweeted asking for people to…
Adventure to Bordertown
By Destiny Gomez School is the bane of my existence. Every day I sit in silence, listening to the commanding voices of my teachers telling me what to do, what not to do. Don’t get me wrong I love to learn, but I need a break; today my wish was granted. Gustavo Arellano, author of…
Spreading the News About Journalism: We are on the Rise
by Karli Stichter Yesterday, Journalism students got the opportunity to visit C.E. Utt Middle School and present to students about iTHSmedia (Journalism and Yearbook.) This marks the first year of Journalism at Tustin High for six years, it is also the first time Journalism students presented in front of a middle school audience. For a first year class filled…
The Rebel Biker
Check out Pitchfork editor Dylan Allen’s latest cycling article published in “The Competitive Cyclist” Rider Profile: Adam Myerson, the Counterculture Cyclist
We Love Our Varsity
By: Katelyn Merrell Sports Editor On Tuesday March 3, the Tillers loaded up four buses full of dedicated, spirited students, ready to cheer on their boys’ varsity basketball team in their CIF semifinal game against Village Christian High School. Unfortunately for the Tillers, they were unable to come out with a win, despite their incredible…
Maroon 5 – V Album
By Vanessa Cuellar Three Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, and an MTV Music Award are just a few that American pop rock band Maroon 5 have received throughout their career. With top songs like Moves Like Jagger and One More Night Maroon 5 is not foreign to Billboard’s Top 10. Originating from Los Angeles,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
21 Life Hacks for Girls
by Kaylee Hanzich I give full image credit to Pinterest along with all of these ideas. We girls all go through life with mild inconveniences but little does anyone know that life has provided us with hidden hacks to make everything easier. All of these ideas come from Pinterest. I do not own any of…
The Netflix Age
By Jocelyn You The Netflix Age Netflix, technology’s version of Blockbuster, boomed since its founding in 1997. The Internet has opened up an online world that was once only lived “in real life.” Netflix users who subscribe monthly are able to browse through a virtual movie rental store and watch movies whenever they want. It is a…
Journalism Lives
by Zachary Apperson and Alec Ortega We’re well into the 2015 school year and with this comes changes, some for better and some for worse. One of the newest implementations into Tustin High School’s curriculum is Mrs. Robinson’s journalism class. Mrs. Robinson, a University of California, Berkeley graduate and accredited writer of the non-fiction book…
Reflecting on Ferguson
By Jacob Rivas With the upcoming holiday celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it’s important to remember why we have the day off. The recent events in Ferguson work as a reminder that King’s “Dream” may not be fully realized. Most people have turned on…
New Year, New You?
by Vanessa Tang Let’s face it, New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep and easily broken. The University of Scranton states that only 8% of people achieve their goals. Resolutions are usually hard to keep because of how hard it is to self-motivate and set realistic standards. Researchers have found that the idea of “putting…
Music Tech. Rocks Tustin High
Arts are one of the most underfunded electives in any school system. They have to fight to get funding, and even when they do, it may not be enough for new supplies. Luckily for Tustin High, Mr. Jones has stepped in and has taken over the task of Music Tech. Music Tech is an exploratory…
Where’s My Smile?
By Cristobal Segura It’s 3 a.m. and you’re awake. You’re not happy at all. You feel empty, dreadful, hopeless and worthless. This is what depression feels like. Sleepless nights are spent hiding in the shadows of your room trying to think about something to make you feel worthy of being alive. It’ doesn’t work. You…