DECA California Leadership Development Conference
November 17, 2010 • Brian Wu, Vice President of Civil Counciousness
Filed under News
Over the weekend, Foothill DECA members attended the DECA Northern California Leadership Development Conference at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon. Along with DECA members from schools all over Northern California, Foothill students participated in a dance, games, an etiquette breakfast, and interactive... Read more »
“They said what?” The Odd Couple takes the stage
November 15, 2010 • Terry Zhou, Marissa Mihin, and Andres Oswill, Staff Reporters
Filed under Entertainment
In a post-apocalyptic recession high school rife with works like Lord of the Flies and Julius Caesar, The Odd Couple stands out from its fellows by sheer virtue of its hilarity and light bearing. After all, it’s not about nuclear war, or betrayal or racism. It’s a (seemingly) simple story of... Read more »
Foothill students pledge to be drug free
November 15, 2010 • Piper Blank, Natalie Tiongco, Allie Haas, Staff Reporters
Filed under News, Top Stories
Foothill High School plays a role in the oldest and largest national campaign against drugs: Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week, which took place from October 24-30, gave an opportunity for the Foothill and Pleasanton community to unite and fight the strenuous war against drug abuse. Kimberly Beaudin... Read more »
Social networking: who are you talking to?
November 15, 2010 • Emma Longridge, Stephanie Holmes, Gianna LiVigni, Staff Reporters, Distribution Manager
Filed under Opinions
Facebook is a social network service and website that is known to have more than 500 million active users. That is about one person for every fourteen in the world, but is it really safe? With Facebook, users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages through each... Read more »
Foothill alumni on the red carpet
November 9, 2010 • Shreya Arora, News Editor
Filed under Entertainment
This past year, Foothill Alumni, Sunny Tripathy (’07), Sumi Raman (’09), Sahil Punamia (’09), and many others participated in Youtube video titled “Keeping Up with the Guptas,” which has recently started to live large after the red carpet premiere at Tanzore Lounge in Beverly Hills on September... Read more »
Easy A is a top hit for adultery
November 9, 2010
Filed under Entertainment
We all know that high school rumors spread like wild fire, but Easy A takes it to the extreme. Easy A is a hilarious combination of jokes, sarcasm, and drama with a smidge of romance. The protagonist, Olive Penderghast played by Emma Stone, is portrayed as a normal high school girl who wants to be... Read more »
There’s grades for school and one for your car
November 9, 2010 • Jack Lambert, Staff Reporter
Filed under News
The environment is constantly changing, as well as the ways Americans buy and produce cars. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new idea of giving out letter grades for registered U.S. vehicles based on their impact on the environment. A vehicle can receive a sticker labeling how green it... Read more »
Homecoming Week 2010
November 9, 2010 • Katie Ronan, Andres Oswill, Piper Blank, Steven Hopper, Editor-in-Chief, Staff Reporters
Filed under Features, Student Life
Foothill High School transformed into a Disney-inspired campus during this year’s Homecoming Week. The week kicked off with awesome lunchtime activities, including a puzzle relay on Monday, pudding competition on Tuesday, Disney dress-up day on Friday, and a weeklong canned food drive. On Wednesday... Read more »
“Hella” rises to the 27th power
November 9, 2010 • Shreya Arora, News Editor; Ryan Lanning, Opinions Editor; Benjamin Dunn, Staff Reporter
Filed under Features
The commonplace word “hella” is more than ust a version of “H-E-double-hockey-sticks”; it is also being considered to become a new prefix in the International System of Units. “Hella” would indicate the formula for 10^27. The idea began when a UC Davis physics student, Austin Sendek,... Read more »
Taylor Always “Speak(s) Now”
November 9, 2010 • Chiara Phillips, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment
America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift moved the masses again with her delivery of soft yet powerful country vernacular on her latest album Speak Now, which hits stores October 25th. Although Swift’s new album revisited many familiar themes ranging from betrayal to disillusionment, and disappointment... Read more »
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