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UHS Students Pledge Allegiance During Ally Week

In 'Ally Week', students fight for a gay/straight alliance.

Last week, teens across the nation signed Ally Pledges to help continue the unifying work Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) high school clubs engage in. Rincon/University High School’s GSA was one of many to promote behaviors that will ultimately contribute to a safer environment for all students regardless of sexual orientation. You may have seen some [...]

October 26th, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Site Council Summary 10-12-10

Site Council

Get the 411 on what your government is doing for you! Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first issue of Site Council Summary.  Ever wonder what Site Council does with their monthly 4 hour meetings?  Ever wonder what issues are important to you governmental body?  Ever wanted to attend Site Council Meetings [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Online Education

When somebody says “college” or “university”, I think of new classes, new teachers and a new beginning. College is supposed to be about finding yourself and what you want to do in the world. Many recent high school graduates do not get that kind of “traditional” college experience because they have made the choice to [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

A Conglomeration of the Creepy and Indie: Your weekly pop culture update

Wait after dark

What to Watch: Wait Until Dark (not rated)- In the spirit of Halloween, and in honor of the film night last Friday, I give you this excellent member of the horror movie genre. Made in 1967, and starring Audrey Hepburn, Wait until Dark is the story of a blind woman (Hepburn) who one night, when [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in Art | Read More »

Photograph of the Week: AP Biology

Emeric Quade, Chris Jarvis, Marcus Montano and David Contreras enjoy biology class.

October 24th, 2010 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Lunch

Jennifer Brandon and Mitch Allison have fun at lunch.

The bell rings Around midday And you know The only way To get to the line On time Is to run. While this may seem sublime It is not at RUHS Because it’s time for lunch Or as the janitors call it The big mess. Kids are running to the tables, Like horses Galloping to [...]

October 24th, 2010 | Posted in Poetry and Short Stories | Read More »

Photograph of the Week: Zombie Club.

DSC_0270 zombie

Club leaders Surani Samarasinha, Ruvini Samarasinha, Michael Montoya and Katlyn Green high-five at a meeting of our school’s new zombie club!

October 11th, 2010 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Cinematic and Musical Heroes in Need of Love: Your Cultural Update.

Yaya sisterhood

What to Watch:  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: The more mature, slightly dark and twisty predecessor to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, this movie starts  with a fight between a mother and daughter over an interview in which the daughter, Siddalee points out some of the worse points of her mother’s parenting skills. Siddalee’s [...]

October 11th, 2010 | Posted in Art | Read More »

U.H.S. Food Drive

Canned, non-spoiling food items needed for food drive.

The Key Club Food Drive is being overlooked at our school. Empty cardboard boxes are languishing in classrooms and desperation has begun to creep into my pleas for can donations. In light of these unfortunate developments, I would like to channel Terry Goddard, patron saint of referential symbols – According to a 2010 report on [...]

October 11th, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Smells Like School Spirit

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Wow, what a bad weekend for our sports teams. First the Rangers went down, and then the Wildcats weren’t far behind. I can’t say I’m surprised about the former, even though it was homecoming. The game was great fun, even though it seemed to be more of a social event, interspersed with some cheering at [...]

October 11th, 2010 | Posted in Opinions | Read More »

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