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The #1 student news site of Yorba Linda High School

The Wrangler

The Briefcase

The Briefcase

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist June 3, 2015

What would you do with $101,000?  Would you put it on the bank? Invest it in stock? Go on a wild spending spree at the mall? What if I told you there was a catch? You’d probably not be shocked,...

End of the Universe?

End of the Universe?

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist May 14, 2015

It is the end of the universe, or at least for most fans of Marvel comics.  After 50 plus years of continual storytelling and a mess of muddled continuity, the Marvel universe is going out with a bang...

Lost Letters of the Alphabet

Lost Letters of the Alphabet

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist May 5, 2015

"I would have lost that question on Trivia Crack," said Harshal Vaza (10).   Yes, yes he would.   Everything you thought you knew about life is about to be drastically altered.  Brace yourself....

Be a Smarter Reader

Be a Smarter Reader

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist April 30, 2015

This article is the best article that has ever been written on logical fallacies because all others aren’t as good. Because the previous sentence is slightly confusing, the rest of the article will also...

Losing Wisdom

Losing Wisdom

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist April 30, 2015

The lights are shining right in your eyes, and you’re surrounded by sharp, gleaming metal and pristine white walls.  Horror slowly creeps up into your chest as you realize you are wearing a white paper...

150 Years Later

150 Years Later

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist April 14, 2015

Seven score and 10 years ago, the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States of America ended.  In fact, no other war to date has surpassed the number of American soldiers that died.  It...

Fanfiction

Fanfiction

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist March 19, 2015

Fanfiction is when a fan of a book/movie/TV show writes a story about the characters and world of that book/movie/TV show.  The book/movie/TV show is the fan’s fandom. Fanfiction causes two main...

A Series of Unfortunate Events TV Show?

A Series of Unfortunate Events TV Show?

Ryan BIrchfield, Photojournalist March 12, 2015

13 books of misery by one mysterious author have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide.  The books are darkly humorous and full of innocent young people in the midst of dangerous and deadly peril....

Speech and Debate

Speech and Debate

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist March 2, 2015

According to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the ‘only thing we have to fear is fear itself’.  I may be alone here, but I believe that there are a few other things to be afraid of than just fear, like death,...

Suspicious Sequel

Suspicious Sequel

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist February 20, 2015

Harper Lee wrote an extraordinary piece of literature titled To Kill a Mockingbird. Here are a few facts about the novel: It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, less than a year after it was published. It...

Christmas Customs

Christmas Customs

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist December 26, 2014

In the Ancient Roman Empire, a child was born in late December.  He would grow up and become one of the most influential people in the world, inspiring a new religion that is very popular today, Christianity. ...

#alexfromtarget

#alexfromtarget

Ryan Birchfield, Photojournalist December 8, 2014

Hashtags and memes have been trending on the internet for a while now. People become famous overnight because they post picture of themselves, and a million or so people like it and repost it. Recently,...

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