Looking into the crowd, the spotlight is on you. You tremble, and eventually start to speak; the dark theater dilates your pupils, fighting to adjust to the spotlight. Most people shrink away from...

Football players are praised for their masculinity and the sport is popular among high schools. Swimmers are noticed for their hectic work out schedules and biceps. Basketball players and soccer players...

It wasn’t the first time Amanda Meherin had been jumped. “It was late. I was on the phone, so I was kind of distracted, and when I hung up, two guys ran after me and then they socked me,”...

The day before Halloween children gathered at the City Corps building to carve pumpkins, play games, and get candy. It was the annual Fall Fest, operated by City Corps volunteers.  “It’s for...

“A garden for everyone. Everyone in a garden.” That is Rose Hayden-Smith’s mission statement, which serves to remind her that most of the work she does and the effort she makes should go towards...

Even with Foothill's rigorous curriculum, some students manage to juggle school and a job. According to Mrs. Linda Kapala, the Career and Media Specialist, there are currently 43 Foothill students who...

On Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010, the members of the small but driven club contemplated the idea of planting a tree on Foothill's campus. “The school is strategically architecture [sic]  so planting...

The thick envelope was waiting in his car; the response from Texas A&M University that Robert Bagott had been anticipating since August 1st. His twin brother had the same envelope and nearly the...

Why are students scrambling to take college classes? It is no mystery that students at Foothill tend to be slight overachievers; taking on extra classes at the community college has become the norm...

Rain pattered lightly on the windows of Christy’s Deli in the Ventura Harbor as members of the Sunrise Optimist Club gathered for their weekly meeting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. They are one of several...

Many things have changed this school year.  The faces, the class assignments, and even the staff. Foothill welcomes two new staff members: assistant principal Peggy Kroenerand counselor Juana Vega.Vega...

It starts out at approximately 7 A.M. with four students and two boxes of doughnuts. The air is bitingly cold, and there is almost no one else in sight. The small group consists of Eileen Miramontez,...