Story by Hanna BaeEditor-in-Chief Title: People person It’s college app season, and as much as I want to continue to put it off, I can’t. I would be lying if I said that I have no idea of what I want to write about in my personal essays or that I’m lost and don’t know […]
Story by Ellie NakamuraPrint Managing Editor As I smothered the last bit of gloss onto my lips, already tinged a violently bright red, I looked into the mirror and couldn’t recognize the person reflected. It was as strange as looking into the mirror when I woke up in the morning and only seeing white, disrupted […]
Story by Charlotte DekleColumnist I’m having a little bit of a crisis — I am turning into James Carville. For the uninitiated or those who have never seen my phone’s lock screen, James Carville was Bill Clinton’s campaign manager for his successful 1992 presidential campaign. My fascination with this man was cemented when he became […]
Story by Hanna BaeEditor-in-Chief Monday, Oct. 9 marked 46 years since the resolution to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It also marked over 200 years celebrating Christopher Columbus Day and 131 since the proclamation officially commemorating the historic voyage taken by the Spanish explorer. I was in the car with my dad that day coming home […]
Story by Ellie NakamuraPrint Managing Editor I’ve realized a lot of the people I know are “proximity friends” — people who only talk to me because I’m around and vice versa. Sometimes I dread the day we graduate high school because it’ll be the end of those comfortingly cordial, mundane interactions, and other times I […]
Story by Charlotte DekleColumnist I do not have the same affinity for “The Sound of Music” that many people do. Sure, it could be because I am a musical theater snob who views it as the most simplistic of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s catalogue, both score and story wise. But I cannot deny that many people […]
Written by: Solana Singer Staff Writer Photo by: Samantha Shiroishi Photography Editor South Pasadena football suffered a devastating loss to the Los Osos Grizzlies at an away game on Friday, Nov. 3 drawing their season to a close. “Coming off of this loss today, it’s a heartbreaker,” Head Coach Jeff Chi said. “But when you […]
Story by: Zoe Chen Staff Writer Photo by: Shin-Hye (Rachel) Choi Staff Photographer Girls’ volleyball played the Oaks Christian Lions in their second round of CIF playoffs, an away game on Saturday, Oct. 21. The Tigers played fiercely but ultimately fell to the Lions, closing their 2023–24 season. The Lions were the one of two […]
Schools surrounding South Pasadena boast their own creative writing publications, or literary magazines, from San Marino’s Titan Musings and La Cañada’s Ink and Iris to Harvard-Westlake’s Stone-cutters. Founded in 2023, the student-led Voice Box Lit. is on a mission to uplift student creative voices at SPHS and break through the container of school through literary […]
Story by: Solana Singer Staff Writer Photo by: Samantha Shiroishi Photography Editor South Pasadena football defeated the Pasadena Polytechnic Panthers 51-28 at home on Friday, Oct. 27. “This is the first league championship in 46 years since 1976,” Head Coach Jeff Chi said. “So that’s pretty amazing and special for these kids to be part […]
Story by: Zoe Chen Staff Writer Photo by: Shin-Hye (Rachel) Choi Staff Photographer Girls volleyball swept the Chaparral Pumas in their first round of CIF playoffs, a home match on Thursday, Oct. 19. The Tigers kept up their energy throughout all three sets, showing strong kills and collaboration. While the Pumas also had strong blocks […]
