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

Plane Crashes in Redwood City

Written by Jon Friedman and Melissa Gaherty

A single engine Beechcraft plane narrowly missed several populated office buildings and crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores at 11:53 am on Thursday morning. Authorities have confirmed that a  woman was found dead just a few feet from the partially... Read more »

September 2, 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 their disappointing 1-9 season under Tony Rosso, jitters seemed to get the best of them as turnovers... 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 awakes from a long hibernation. Coming off of a nine-loss season, the Menlo-Atherton Bears are looking for redemption. Their first pit stop on the road to redemption is this Saturday as they take on... 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

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

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