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  High School

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  unwelcomed alarms and snooze and eyes half open and late to class and hall pass and single-file and pencil shavings and William Shakespeare and text messages and second period and the teacher who talks too loud and homework check and shut up shut up shut up and I don’t have a pen and passing perio...
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  Journalism and Global Responsibility

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  The town I grew up in, ironically called the "Circle City" for it's shape, is a merciless cycle of "distinguished" schools, one-day sales, and people who look to Saturday Night Live for political insight. The same people hire illegal immigrants to mow their lawns despite supporting deportation of un...
• Reviews > Music Reviews
  Hype: Hype makes lasting impression, grinding it up through the wire

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  Imagine. You’re standing on stage in front of all your friends, guitar in hand, the lights go up and... You snap out of your daydream. For Corona, Calif. high school seniors Christian Elamparo, Steen Kevett, Michael Pena and Jon Rivas of Hype, this popular dream is a reality, and they aren’t in ...
• Opinion > School / College
  Newspeak

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  The first day of my freshman year of high school, I got lost. Somewhere between third and fourth period, my schedule disappeared. I spent about fifteen minutes wandering the campus until I located the counselor’s office and printed out another copy, then another ten minutes looking for my class. I...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  Patriotism in Modern America

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  I am an American, and it’s not because I display an American flag in my front yard, or because I have a patriotic bumper sticker. My family doesn’t always have sit-down dinners, my mother doesn’t rave about the new-and-improved Swiffer vacuum and neither of my grandfathers have worn purple hea...
• Opinion > School / College
  For What It's Worth

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  When I went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic, I expected an ultra-feminine chick flick comedy, comparable to any waste of tape featuring the latest teen sensations- $10 for a cheap laugh. I was pleasantly surprised as the screen before my eyes unveiled my mother’s lessons of self-worth. T...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Better than Beowulf's Boasts

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  I hail from Corona, A rancid region inhabited by a bizarre band of carnivorous Christians, Yet I bravely battled such stark objection to my vegetarian values. My vivacious voice is the epic Odysseus. It fantastically fills the broad boundaries of the Santiago sound-hall. Pure and lucid as gla...
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  College Application Tips

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  With college admissions becoming increasingly competitive and deadlines constantly looming, upperclassmen are always stressing to ensure that their applications are up to par. But fret not! The process can be simplified by following these tips. Pick your schools. Are you interested in colleges wi...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Language

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  I could identify the four types of sonnets as Shakespearean, Edwardian, Spencerian, and Petrarchan, elaborate on the Modernist works of Fitzgerald and Hemingway, analyze the epic poems of the ancient Greeks and recite the great Walt Whitman, but on my first day of choir class I learned of my illiter...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Rebirth vs. Suicide

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  Rebirth versus suicide. I want to make the conscious decision to no longer exist, to no longer exist as the person I am. I cannot reverse my faults. I cannot take back my words. I cannot succeed when I chose to fail or reclaim any integrity I so irresponsibly lost. Thus, I shall reinvent myself: A r...
• Reviews > Music Reviews
  Warped Tour

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  Since 1993, the Vans Warped Tour has catered to the needs of the rebellious, punk-rock blasting, skateboarding youth of Southern California and across the United States. Each summer, up to 100 up-and-coming bands hit the road and tour the nation, traditionally kicking-off and ending the tour in Sout...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Wholly Unholy

  

  By jessica_wave, Corona, CA

  Less than Holy, and yet all too wholly I surrender me unto whispers warm At best, unrighteous, and yet, not folly I drowse placid, composed in lover's arm There be not true comfort, but be not harm Unafraid of kisses tender, love rests Though cautious of losing splendor to charm Blood mingled...