By Ivette Barajas and Alena Tran With only a few weeks left of school, final exams appear to be the most persistent origin of student panic. While big tests can be daunting, we advise you to chill out and follow these few steps to acing any test. Relax. Freaking out only escalates the problem; it…
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OC Based Escapades
By Alena Tran California is one of the largest tourist hotspots in the United States. It’s easy to take it for granted, as silver linings are easily missed amongst any clouds. Admittedly, as high school students, a lot of what we can do is limited. There are certain restrictions to our freedom, but that doesn’t…
Homecoming Assembly 2016
By Melanie Mercado, Genesis Montes, and Jacob Rivas Our Tillers were amped to celebrate Homecoming week in style at our annual Homecoming assembly. We were left in awe with performances by both of our dance teams, cheer, choir, student performers, and an unexpected appearance by our staff and ASB. To kick things off, we…
Santa Ana’s Art Walk
By Ivette Barajas, Alena Tran, and Kimberly Aguilar Discourse concerning the city of Santa Ana is usually negative, especially at Tustin High. For whatever reason, there are a good amount of people who look down on it. After all, it’s easy to dismiss a place you haven’t really integrated yourself in or explored. But despite…
Metal Mouth
By Antonio Nunez and Cristobal Segura As many students at Tustin High know, there are a lot of kids with braces. Braces can be a huge struggle in a child’s life, and may lead to either positive or negative implications. One of the biggest influences braces have on an individual’s life is their eating habits. We…
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,…
All the Do’s of the Rainbow
By: Jocelyn You It’s said that people change their hair when they’re heartbroken, but what about the people who changed their hair because they can never be confined to a certain standard or stereotype? As the years pass, people are getting more and more daring with their hairstyles. From roughly cut mullets to long, braided…
Tustin-Love
By: Jocelyn You Love. In tennis terms, that means zero. Tustin’s winning, and whoever wants to try and compete better watch out. Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, Tustin High received a new tennis coach: Fabian Grassini. Known as a tennis player elitist, Coach Fabian Grassini led Tustin’s tennis team into some much needed training….
Views from the Editor
By: Jocelyn You I’m Jocelyn You- Tustin High’s very own Carrie Bradshaw. A senior in high school and second year journalist, I hold the place as fashion editor for The Pitchfork. As I’ve progressed from my first journalism class up until this point, I have traveled to Washington D.C. to represent Tustin in the Washington…
Prom Body Types
Prom season is quickly approaching and some of you need to find a dress as soon as possible. You may think to yourself, “Is it even possible to find the perfect dress in such a short amount of time?” Never say never. When going on the search for your perfect prom dress, there are a…
International Assembly
The International Assembly successfully delivered outstanding performances from talented Tustin High School students. Part of the Tiller allure is our multiculturalism, and this assembly demonstrated that and more. Here are a few photos before we head out for Spring Break:
Masking Hardship
By Ashley Parra and Daniella Suarez Cassandra Patiño hasn’t had the easiest life. She appears to be the happiest girl in the world, but her smile only hides so much. At the age of 13 she was put into a foster home due to her rebellious actions. She has been through so much: the death…
Life: “A Rolly-Coaster” Ride and Other Advice from Coach Jim Gross
by:Kristina Ching and Jillian Owens In between reaching deep points about life and its struggles, Jim Gross, coach of the girls’ soccer team, calls out times to the players running a Cooper test, an international measure of physical fitness. After a successful summer season of training and games, the girls came away with an undefeated…
Coping with Anxiety as a Student
By Kaylee Hanzich Anxiety is one of those unspoken terrors that fill the body. It’s extremely disheartening to get up and face a new day every morning when you are in a never-ending battle with your mind. Some days, all you may want to do is curl up in bed, underneath your warm blanket, stay…
The “Little” Club With “Big Plans”
By Vanessa Tang and Patricia Sanchez Big Brothers Big Sisters makes a difference one child at time. Ernest Kent Coulter founded Big Brothers Bigs Sisters 110 years ago. The mentors called “Bigs,” meet with their mentee called a “Little,” and act as their role models. The Littles receive little attention at home and most lack…
Tustin vs. Beckman In The Stands
Amanda Nguyen, Co-President of ASB, captures the Tiller pride shown on the stands of Tustin High students. (c)SPORTSWURLZ Photograph by Sportswurlz By Abigail Pidazo I said you gots to be a Tiller or you gots to go! On Friday night September 26th, Tustin and Beckman students gathered at the Northrup Stadium to support their varsity football teams…
Tustin High Fashion
by Jocelyn You Fashion Week? Shouldn’t that be every day? Students of Tustin High have their personal style, strutting with their heads high and their looks noticed by all. Whether the style is girly with frilly lace, grunge with Dr. Marten’s, urban with hoop earrings, athletic, casual, or a style without a label, style fits…