We like “As You Like It”

By Stephanie Caputo, Staff Writer

November 15, 2012

Filed under Features, Opinion

The THS Theater Department is starting the year off with a brilliant show. "As You Like It" is a romantic comedy directed by Jane Fellows, known for substituting theater teacher Todd Hermanson's classes in the past. She has really worked with the students on character building and it absolutely showed. ...

Thank you, Winco shopper!

October 24, 2012

Filed under Opinion

By Nancy Lofgren Mayer THS l publications adviser   When I stopped at Winco at 6:30 a.m. on my way to work at Tigard High School, I kept saying to myself, “Don’t be embarrassed. Don’t be embarassed. Don’t be embarrassed.” I carried in my cart a gigantic plastic bottle full...

UP Coming Artist

By Raffa Rameriez, Staff Writer

October 17, 2012

Filed under Opinion, Top Stories, Uncategorized

The Pacific Northwest enjoys a diverse amount of musical artists. Who are the next music prodigies coming out the Northwest? Targeting three, we explore that question. First being the local artist or the singer, next the street poet or as they call him the “St. Johns scholar”, and last, the dreamer...

High Fashion vs. Low Fashion?

By Sophie Peterson, Design Editor

October 15, 2012

Filed under Opinion

When I flip through the beautiful, glossy pages of Vogue Magazine like 10 million other girls in America, I can’t help but notice the difference between myself, my peers, and the models gracing the pages. With their size negative three waists, pink eyebrows, snakeskin hats, floral lipstick, and black bl...

Ever wear the same thing as someone else?

By Hannah Armstead, Staff Writer

October 1, 2012

Filed under Features, Opinion

Ever woke up super excited about what you are wearing to school that day? Had it all picked out, all confident, walk into school, look down at your shirt and another person's, and then it dawns on you.  You are wearing the same shirt as someone else! What goes through your mind? All that excitement...

“Lost” best seller book? I don’t think so

By Stephanie Caputo, Staff Writer

February 6, 2012

Filed under Opinion

I have recently read the book Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was an amazing book. I loved the action, suspense, romance, and everything else the book had to offer. Wanting to read more into the series, I checked out our school library to see if they had the second book, Catching Fire. The Li...

Apparently Christmas is the only holiday worth mentioning

By Teddi Faller, Staff Writer

December 21, 2011

Filed under Opinion

Tigard isn't kidding anyone with the title "Holiday Assembly"; the entire assembly was Christmas oriented. I expected mostly Christmas songs and a token Hanukkah song, but even the theme of the assembly was Christmas. Technically the Grinch "stole" winter break, but most people know him as the G...

Wanting more than “just friends”

By Brett Higgins, Copy Editor

December 15, 2011

Filed under Opinion

Relationships between boys and girls are always tricky. There are plenty of duos out there of the opposite gender that are just friends, but what about the relationships where one person recognizes the other person’s great qualities and  starts to have romantic interests? Sometimes this turns out...

TV – “Kourtney and Kim Take New York” on E!

By Teddi Faller, Staff Writer

November 29, 2011

Filed under Opinion

E! had its “Go Big” week to kick off its TV season, starting off with “Kourtney and Kim Take New York”. As we’ve been overly informed, Kim Kardashian and her husband, Kris Humphries, split after 72 days. Kim’s publicist must be having a field day trying to recover the “integrity” of...

Movie – “Malcolm X”

By Jack Turzillo, Guest Writer

November 11, 2011

Filed under Opinion

Malcolm X is a moving biography of the man of the same name. It spans about half of his life, which explains why the film runs three hours and twenty minutes. The film doesn't ramble, however; Spike Lee utilizes almost every second to send his message. For example, there is a long dancing scene earl...