Picture a duck swimming in a pond: On the surface, the duck glides smoothly over the water. Below the surface, the duck is kicking furiously to stay afloat. Duck syndrome is a feeling experienced by individuals based on their own belief that their peers are near-effortlessly successful, the individual must work furiously to keep up with their peers, and the individual must hide how much they are struggling based on the self-belief that it should not be this hard for them.
SPHS’s cheating problem, and what students have to say
Tiger aimed to answer the question of why students cheat and how they get away with it. Through a Google Form survey that received approximately 350 responses, or about a quarter of the school student population, and through interviews with students of all grade levels, Tiger found that, contrary to teacher belief, a large percentage of SPHS students do cheat for reasons explained in this center spread.
Girls’ basketball comes up short in 72-21 playoff washout
Mark Keppel eliminated basketball from the playoffs last season. This year, instead of a rematch, South Pasadena was knocked out of the playoffs by Mark Keppel for the second consecutive year. Keppel went on to win the playoffs.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is joyous but shallow
Story by Charlotte Dekle Associate Feature Editor Illustration by Isole Kim Staff Illustrator After two years bereft of live entertainment, the Ahmanson Theater returned on Sunday, Jan. 16 with the North American premiere of the British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The story of a 16-year-old boy in Sheffield, England dreaming of becoming a drag […]
Hays Code regulations leave an ugly mark on American media
Story by Charlotte Dekle Associate Feature Editor Illustration by Isole Kim Staff Illustrator Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart summed up censorship laws best in his threshold test for obscenity in 1964’s Jacobellis v Ohio, stating “I know it when I see it.” This now infamous quote perfectly encapsulates society’s hasty interpretations of obscenity in film […]
