Clubs paint Walnut purple

3 days ago . By Jackson Deng

Clubs including American Red Cross, Interact, and Key Club decorated streets of Walnut with purple ribbons the morning of May 4 to raise cancer awareness for Paint the Town Purple. Participants included both students from all grade levels as well as Walnut High alumni, who joined to support this Relay for Life event.

May 17, 2013
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Softball defeats Diamond Ranch

4 days ago . By Anita Chuen

Varsity softball ended its season with a mercy victory of 13-3 against Diamond Ranch High School on Friday, May 10. “It was a really good game, we actually came out ready to play on Friday,” junior Alison Perez said. “It was our last game of the season, so the fact that we’re losing all our [...]

May 16, 2013
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Cha-Ching I’m going to college

7 days ago . By Alison Chang

Multiple essays. Interviews. Group challenge. Though the process already sounds demanding, that is what it takes to earn a scholarship to UCLA. For senior Elijah Chang, going to UCLA is no longer just a dream, but a reality. After placing second in the competition for the Freshman Alumni Scholarship, Chang will attend UCLA this fall [...]

May 13, 2013
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“Friend-zoned”

10 days ago . By Leon Ho

“Can we just stay friends?” Among other phrases like yelling “fire” in a theater, this question has the potential to also create widespread panic. It seems that being friends with a “certain someone” is acknowledged as a bad thing and it takes the form of being “friend-zoned.” This is seen to be a state of [...]

May 10, 2013
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Golf to League Finals

13 days ago . By Alison Chang

Boys varsity golf competed in league finals held at Santa Anita, Whittier Narrows and La Mirada Golf Courses on April 24, 29 and May 1.

May 7, 2013
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NHS holds annual teacher appreciation car wash

17 days ago . By Mary Zhang

The National Honor Society held a teacher’s appreciation car wash on Wednesday April 24. Students volunteered after school to soap up and hose down teachers’ cars for free. “I enjoyed this event and I liked working with my friends,” sophomore Joshua Kim said. “It was fun accomplishing different tasks such as hosing and drying in [...]

May 3, 2013
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Calm, cool, collected

20 days ago . By Anita Chuen

Sports fans show their love for the game in many ways. Some go to games, some wear clothing with their favorite team plastered on them and some support their favorite team through watching games on the television. However, sophomore Joshua Kim shows his love for baseball by collecting cards of his favorite players. Although Kim [...]

Apr 30, 2013
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James Li recognized on Flickr

20 days ago . By Bryan Wong

He clicks through the various photos on the Flickr front page. Yellow dandelions waving in the wind, a small girl jumping rope on the blacktop — just another day methodically scrolling through the thousands of images on the photo sharing site. He comes across an image on the front page that catches his attention and [...]

Apr 30, 2013
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Band and Orchestra commemorate Gettysburg battle in song

20 days ago . By Angelina Tang

Marching Band and Orchestra participated in the 150th Commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg from April 4-7. Band played “Lincoln Celebration,” “Gettysburg: The Third Day” and “The Blue and the Gray,” while Orchestra played four songs, including “Skip to My Lou” and “Remembering Gettysburg.” “It was a really cool experience [and] I felt like it [...]

Apr 30, 2013
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FBLA places ninth in state

24 days ago . By Bryan Wong

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) placed ninth in state competition, which took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara from April 18-21. “Overall, I’m happy with our performance. Two of our team events were impressive, placing right below the national cutoff,” secretary junior Barbara Gasgonia said. Not only did FBLA members excel [...]

Apr 26, 2013
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Color guard performs at annual showcase

4 days ago . By Michelle Chang

Color Guard performed at its annual Color Guard Showcase in the gym on Friday, April 26, to display the different routines that the team has been working on this year. “I think we’ve accomplished a lot as a team this year. The showcase is so important because it shows the school how hard we’ve all [...]

May 16, 2013
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Iron Man trilogy comes to an end

6 days ago .  by Rebecca Liaw

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of amazing finishes, it was the age of why-did-I-even-see this. It is the long-awaited end to a trilogy. And from my experience, trilogies usually end with a bang or shuffle off awkwardly into obscurity. Thankfully, “Iron Man 3” takes [...]

May 14, 2013
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A little bit of sugar, a little bit of spice

10 days ago . By Jessica Kwok

I hold officer positions in several clubs. I interview a lot of people. And I walk out of the classrooms wondering, Who should I choose? The one with potential? Or the one with experience? After quite a few years of deciding who’s next in line for office, I’ve come to realize this: sometimes it’s not [...]

May 10, 2013
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Band Buddies performs in “Viva Las Vegas”

11 days ago . By Bryan Wong

Band Buddies, which consists of both high school and WVUSD elementary school students, performed in the “Viva Las Vegas” concert in the performing arts center on Wednesday, April 24. “It went really well. The fifth graders were able to focus and play the correct notes and rhythm for the songs we played,” freshman Alan Ton [...]

May 9, 2013
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Take the bowl by the horns

13 days ago . By Anita Chuen

Bull Demon King is a Taiwanese noodle shop that mainly serves beef noodle soup. Since most Taiwanese restaurants serve that item, I wasn’t expecting much when I walked into the cafe.  Nothing really stood out to me, but the food and service were still satisfactory . Although the cafe includes special features that other restaurants [...]

May 7, 2013
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What happens in Walnut, stays in Walnut

18 days ago . By Yolanda Yu

Paying tribute to the old school Vegas performers, Band held their annual spring concert with the theme “Viva Las Vegas” on Thursday, April 25.

May 2, 2013
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Is it possible to “Save Rock and Roll”?

20 days ago . By Rebecca Liaw

In late 2009, to the shock of my middle school self, after putting out four solid albums and several EP’s, Fall Out Boy was going on indefinite hiatus. In the time that Fall Out Boy has been on hiatus, the punk/alternative rock aimed at teenagers and young adults has changed quite a bit: bands big [...]

Apr 30, 2013
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Softball loses to rival Diamond Bar

20 days ago . By Anita Chuen

Varsity softball lost to its sixth league game against Diamond Bar, 2-7 on Friday, April 26.

Apr 30, 2013
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Stand up for not standing up

24 days ago . By Jackson Deng

In a nation of 313,914,040 people, 150,000,000 registered voters and the voteless state of the typical high school student, it’s easy to fall into the trap of apathy. And why not? With so many important things to attend to (grooming our Facebook profiles, updating our blogs with what we had for lunch for the day), [...]

Apr 26, 2013
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Dance places at Nationals

25 days ago . By Alvin Wan

For the United Spirit Association (USA) Dance Nationals competition, the dance team travelled to the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa for a two-day stay, March 29 - 30.

Apr 25, 2013
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