Story by Cat FloresEditor-in-Chief Growing up, I didn’t see a lot of femme lesbian relationships in media, or at least not any that were realistic with depth and storyline. The only femme-on-femme action I witnessed was over sexualization in music videos when two hot girls made out. My idea of what a lesbian or queer […]
Coping amid the crisis
Story by Caroline KimbelPrint Managing Editor Illustration by Talulla ChowDesign Editor I’m usually a very open person when it comes to my emotions. I don’t feel embarrassed crying in public, or when I laugh too hard that I practically start falling over. I’m very certain in the fact that whatever I’m feeling is usually valid, […]
Farewell from Tiger’s graduating seniors
Click on a name to jump to to each graduate’s farewell. Preston Sharkey Caroline Kimbel Dominic Marziali Nicolas Liu Aanji Sin Alexander Parra Hyun Kim Joseph Lee Jokes, journalism, and JV scoreboard Story by Preston SharkeyEditor-in-Chief Illustration by David SohnAssociate Design Editor Tiger is like the SPHS track team of school newspapers. Year in and year out, […]
‘How I Met My’ priorities
Story by Caroline KimbelPrint Managing Editor Illustration by Nicholas FormanStaff Illustrator I started watching How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) in fifth grade and, subsequently, I was exposed to a wide variety of jokes about sex and middle-aged life that I had no capacity to understand. Since then, I’ve probably watched the entire show at […]
Sports are unifying
Story by Matthew TsaiSports Editor Illustration by Alicia ZhangStaff Illustrator Everyone has recently lept onto the girls volleyball bandwagon, but I’ll confess: as a basketball player, I’ve always hated volleyball. The girls hoard the gym in the fall, pushing my team into the sweltering heat for conditioning and exhausting city runs. Then, once we enter […]
Fake representation
Story by Caroline KimbelPrint Managing Editor Illustration by Nicholas FormanStaff Illustrator According to a study done by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, there has been no change in the amount of LGBTQ+ movie characters cast in Hollywood since 2014. What I find disturbing is that the majority of LGBTQ+ movie characters counted […]
In defense of football…
Story by Matthew TsaiSports Editor Illustration by David SohnAssociate Design Editor The great Mr. Dean Papadakis once said, “football is king.” However, at South Pas, America’s favorite sport isn’t sitting on a throne. With a poor 8-12 record in the last two years and eight double digit blowout losses to rival San Marino since 2011, […]
Can I hear it for my freshmen?
Story by Aanji SinSenior Staff Writer Illustration by Alicia ZhangStaff Illustrator Finally being a senior has caused me to do a lot of reflecting on my past three years at SPHS. I remember first stepping onto campus as a timid freshman, excited yet terrified at the prospects of the “best four years of my life.” Unfortunately, most […]
‘High School Musical’ is a lie
Story by Matthew TsaiSports Editor Illustration by David SohnStaff Ilustrator My sister Isabella wanted to watch High School Musical 3: Senior Year on my eighth birthday. Outweighed by 25 pounds and standing four inches shorter, I had no choice but to obey her. She happily popped in the DVD as I sat on the couch, […]
Asian characters don’t need colored hair to be interesting
Story by Aanji Sin Senior Staff Writer Photo by David Sohn Staff Illustrator When it comes to Asian girl stereotypes in mainstream media, Mean Girls pretty much nails the main two: the Nerdy Asians and the Cool Asians. The Nerdy Asian is easy to imagine: glasses, straight black hair, innocent with absolutely no sex appeal. […]
John Green is super mushy, and that’s okay
Story by Aanji SinSenior Staff Writer Illustration by Alicia ZhangStaff Illustrator John Green has become a pretty well-known name among teenagers immersed in pop culture. His YouTube channel, CrashCourse, is probably one of the only channels that makes history somewhat fun to learn. His tear-jerking novel The Fault in Our Stars became a 2014-Tumblr-internet-emo-teen sensation […]
The aftermath of an ACL tear: inside the mind of a recovering athlete
Photo by Henry BarberaContributor My left knee did not bid farewell to me with last words, but with a haunting pop. I collapsed and writhed under the scorching August heat during a club game, hoping for the best but expecting the worst. An MRI confirmed an athlete’s worst nightmare in just my junior year: a […]