Green Day fan Stephanie Johnson does it again

Written by Rachel Fox

Senior Stephanie Johnson showed up early for Green Day’s concert this past Saturday and stood ticket-less outside of Shoreline Amphitheatre, only to have a roadie hand her row-2 tickets 20 minutes before the doors opened. In August of last year, Stephanie... Read more »

September 7, 2010 • 1 comment • Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Music Reviews, Top Stories

Fire Alarms: Sadly Not Alarming

Written by Madeline Drace, Regina Mullen, Allison, Sammi

It was a disgraced Mr. McBlair that walked back into his room, head hung, shuffling his feet – a victim of the first false fire alarm of the 08-09 school year.  A few moments before, as the lights flashed and the shrill bells of the fire alarm rang,... Read more »

September 5, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Features, Top Stories

Coach Parks: The Man Behind “STICK”

Written by Jonathan Friedman, Will Hickman, Mark Moritz-Rabson, and Henry Mouat

Everyone knows Coach Parks as the authoritative ex-football coach who shows up at rallies to shout “STICK!” at hordes of stunned freshmen, but almost nobody knows why he’s actually famous. Coach Parks arrived at M-A during a tumultuous time, the... Read more »

September 3, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Features

Pride and Prejudice Cast Posted

Written by Sam Amberchan

There was only one thing on many students’ minds as they sat in school yesterday: Did I get a part? As we all know, the school production of Pride and Prejudice is coming relatively soon to our PAC, bringing in a much larger prospective cast that we... Read more »

September 9, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under News, Top Stories

M-A Falls to Wilcox 34-20 in Football Opener

The Menlo-Atherton Bears football team kicked off their season on Saturday, September 4 when they took on the Wilcox Chargers. With the team eager to avenge last years disappointing 1-9 season under Tony Rosso, jitters seemed to get the best of them as... Read more »

September 7, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Sports, Top Stories

M-A Football 2010 Preview

Written by Trent Bastian & Wes Hagman

This Saturday The Menlo-Atherton Bears football team woke from a long hibernation. Coming off of a nine-loss season, the Bears are looking for redemption. Even after a disappointing first loss to the Wilcox Chargers, who have become bitter rivals in the... Read more »

September 3, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Sports

M-A Shocks St. Francis With Historic Upset

Written by Wes Hagman

The Menlo-Atherton baseball team(16-11) shocked high school baseball fans with their win against powerhouse St. Francis lancers(22-6) on Wednesday. “Everyone went into the game relaxed and we just had the game of our lives. This was the best game any... Read more »

May 23, 2010 • 2 comments • Filed Under Sports, Top Stories

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Written by Jake Meyers-Snowball

Grade: A This movie blew doors on all my expectations. Don’t let the previews discourage you, for this is NOT just another Michael Cera movie. I went into this out of sheer boredom, expecting to see an hour and a half of a relatively crappy plot with... Read more »

September 9, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Movie Reviews

In My Opinion: Summer Reading

Written by Samuel Sexton

Warning: This column may contain spoilers for certain books and movies, specifically those assigned by our school system for reading. If you gave a crap about this warning, be sure to buy some bell-bottom pants or whatever it is that goobers like you... Read more »

August 29, 2010 • 0 comments • Filed Under Opinion