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By Sophie Weingarten, Features Editor Typecast: 1. To cast in an acting role akin or natural to one’s own personality or fitted to one’s physical appearance. 2. To assign (a performer) repeatedly to the same kind of part. Unfortunately, after seeing director Miguel Arteta’s rendition of the novel Youth in Revo...

By Alec Hampton, Entertainment Editor In the dimly lit basement of Slim’s in San Francisco, New Jersey alternative-pop band, Cash Cash, sits recuperating after an exhausting and high-energy performance, awaiting the end of the show, eager to greet their devoted fans. With the floorboards above their heads pounding w...

By Chloe Souder, Staff Writer You are sitting criss-cross applesauce among a group of people, all of whom you wish weren’t speaking at the moment.  You nonchalantly put in your headphones, lift up your hood and drift somewhere far, far away to the soothing rhythms of “Before Destruction”.  The high-hat cymbals...

By Stephanie Colombo, Staff Writer “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was 14 years old when I was murdered.”  This quote aptly describes the thrills and chills inspired by the new motion picture, The Lovely Bones.  Based on the best selling novel by Alice Walker, this suspenseful movie tells ...

By Adrienne King, Staff Writer Movies like Juno and Whip It can be described as “weird and wonderful.” The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, while certainly weird, cannot be described as wonderful. Although the audience spends the entire film hoping it will improve, the movie falls far beneath the mark. Since the mo...

By Chloe Souder and Mia Stapleton, Staff Writers Ever wondered which electives you could, should, or would take? So have we. So to help you all out, we made a list evaluating all of the great courses Las Lomas has to offer. Computer Applications   In this elective, students learn quality technical skills such as h...

By Rheanna Mistry, Staff Writer The Bedford Gallery of Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts is now exhibiting the  artwork of three world-renown artists. Story Painters: Drawings, Paintings, Prints, and Tapestries by Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu, and Inez Storer opened February 16 and will close April 11 of this ...

by Kathleen Allan, Photographer I have to admit it—I’m addicted to television. My love of Burn Notice, NCIS, Bones, Psych, Greek and Charmed relates to the average teen because, like so many other teenagers, I have been forced to give up the things I love (endless hours of mind-numbing television … as well as my...

by Dalila Abdelhadi, Photographer Oh, senior year, the time to finally rid ourselves of every cumbersome worry engraved in our minds, a moment to relax and relieve ourselves of stress we kept bottled in for the past couple of years. Should be nice and smooth right? Oh wait, the dreaded yearlong senior project awaits ...

by Elisha Nilsen, Staff Writer Take a look at all of your friend’s feet.  What brand of shoes are they wearing?  Chances are, they are wearing Converse or Vans. Converse and Vans are probably the two most popular shoes that teenagers wear today. Converse shoes started when Marquis M. Converse opened a rubber sho...