By Ryan Nakamura Staff Writer While most SPHS students lounge at the beach or head to local boba shops during summer break, TEDx members Daniel Pazmino, Kiernan O’Neal , and Omni Lott are spending their summer hard at work editing the first TEDx talk held at South Pas. TEDx is a global movement devoted to […]
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By Sandy Grossman Staff Writer This review will take a look back at a classic, yet forgotten, film through a modern lens in an effort to reintroduce it, especially to a contemporary audience. This Sporting Life was released in England on July 16, 1963 and was nearly universally panned by audiences of the time. Barely […]
By Kevin Park Staff Writer The South Pasadena football team’s season last year included a videotaping incident accusing former football coach Martin Konrad of cheating, a disqualification from CIF playoffs, and a sudden resignation from their head coach, which leads to the question: can the Tigers leave all their troubles behind and follow up with […]
By Kyle Kan & Jung Su Park Tiger Staff SPHS athletics have begun filling the nine-coach void left at the end of last year by welcoming three new head coaches this summer. SPHS reported in a press release that Marivick Mamiit, José Soto, and Michael Gonzales have been hired for girls’ varsity tennis, varsity cross […]
By Somi Jun Print Managing Editor Iowa City is a United Nations City of Literature, the “Athens of the Midwest,” famous worldwide for housing the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and home to barely 70,000 people. It was in this small city that we congregated: we 35 students writers from 12 different countries, plucked from Arabic-speaking nations, […]
By Cole Cahill Staff Writer The varsity boys’ soccer team faces a challenge this upcoming season to reach the same, if not higher, level of success it achieved last year. After losing over ten seniors to graduation, the remaining teammates will have to work hard to fill those shoes. The Tigers awed the South Pasadena community last […]
By Noah Miyamae Staff Writer “Spectacular” has been a synonymous term for the girls’ volleyball team in the past two years. Currently, the squad is facing a new situation as they wonder how they will fare this year with a new coach and additions of various players. Although significant changes are impending, the returning varsity […]
By Sammy Park Staff Writer Sad ukulele and piano music have never blended so well. Blurryface is the perfect successor to Twenty One Pilots’ 2013 album, Vessel. Supported by pop hooks and rhythmic vocals, Blurryface starts off fast paced and techno with “HeavyDirtySoul.” Blurryface is loosely centered around a character that Joshua Dun, the drummer, […]
By Julian Prime Editor-in-Chief [8tracks width=”400″ height=”400″ playops=”” url=”http://8tracks.com/mixes/6619868″] The 1st installment (July 14, 2015) of Tiger Newspaper’s weekly Tuesday Tunes was created by senior Julian Prime. This mix features a wide array of music from the 1960s and 70s, highlighting early girl bands from the Phil Spector era while Santana and Black Lips add […]
By Sandy Grossman Staff Writer With the massive number of movies and television shows on Netflix, it is easy to get lost in the seemingly endless stream of content. Viewers often stumble upon the many second-rate offerings and forget about some of the best programming available on the streaming service. So here is a helpful […]
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By Kevin Park Staff Writer Illustration by Isabella Frescura In a world where intelligence determines nearly everything in a person’s life, it seems obvious that trying to measure it by one narrow-scoped test is a major disservice. How can we as human beings be amounted to one number? Yet somehow, the SAT, which does just […]
By Brandon Yung Staff Writer A new geotag has been ascribed to South Pasadena’s Snapchat presence, now making for a total of two possible choices for local representation on the app. South Pasadena alumnus Jeremy Reynoso created the illustration, aiming to be accredited with doing so. The design includes the town name in bold Helvetica […]
By Olivia Chiu Copy Editor Cross Country began its summer preseason training under the guidance of new head coach Joe Soto to vie once more for five league titles this coming fall. The core distance team, which generally runs distance track as well, has had to adjust to several new developments, the most prominent […]
By Noah Miyamae Staff Writer Kate Kutzer has accomplished what many athletes could only marvel at. Between volleyball and track, she has been on varsity for every eligible season. Additionally, she has collected many prestigious awards pertaining to both sports. “I started playing volleyball in middle school,” said Kutzer, “A couple of my teammates told […]
