After six years, rapper Big Sean is ‘Finally Famous’

October 30, 2011 • Alex Toris & Adrian Nelson  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

Big Sean has been making his way to the top of the rap game, scorching the scene with mix-tapes and countless hits. He has come a long way since 2005, when he met Kanye West and has released a total of three mix-tapes. This year he was nominated as Best New Artist at MTV’s Video Music Awards. Now,... Read more »

Poly Club gives an encore

May 9, 2011  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

The Polynesian Club gave Fremont Federation of High Schools a lunchtime treat  on May 6 with an extra set of Tahitian dances in the courtyard. The club had performed to two packed audiences a week earlier in the auditorium during a double assembly with many students disappointed that they couldn’t... Read more »

Student leads elective on Tahitian dancing

March 25, 2011 • Linda Poeng  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features

For the first time in the history of electives at Media Academy, a student has taken charge and is teaching her own elective class: Tahitian dancing. When Media Academy junior Aleanna Santos asked advisory committee leader Lisa Shafer for permission to teach her own elective class, Shafer was more... Read more »

No debate — this elective is arguably fun!

March 24, 2011 • Kim Mejia-Cuellar  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features

A bonding experience—this is what debate coach Laima Haider focused on during the first class of her debate elective at Media Academy. The six-student class played the game “The Coffee Club”, in which students had to make connections with fellow students (what things they like/don’t... Read more »

Movie elective gets historical

March 24, 2011 • Shima Kaid  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features

My elective is movies with Jackson. Today we watched Bonnie and Clyde, a favorite of history teacher Michael Jackson.  Jackson thinks the movie is historical because it is set in the Great Depression. He also thinks the movie is just funny. I personally agree with Jackson the movie is funny and it... Read more »

Media Academy classmates face off to checkmate

March 24, 2011 • Leland Moore  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

Media Academy began its elective program on March 17, allowing students to choose their advisory period class for the next six weeks. Students had many choices as to which elective they could attend ranging from Japanese culture by teacher Lisa Shafer to Tahitian dance taught by fellow student Aleanna... Read more »

Glad to be in line to dance (a review)

March 24, 2011 • Elizabeth Contreras  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features

My elective — how to dance with Darlene Miller and Rebekkah Ford — is fun so far. We are going to learn how salsa.  Today we learned a new dance. It was rather fun and easy but embarrassing.  No one really wanted to dance, but I think it’s going to be beneficial to learn about other cultures... Read more »

Student appreciates music elective, teacher, diversity of class

March 24, 2011 • Reese Brown  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features

Today I began to attend my elective class, Music Appreciation with English teacher Candice Valenzuela. I was interested in this class because I am a singer and play piano, and I thought it would be cool to participate in a class that I enjoyed. The first three years of high school (in another state),... Read more »

Students enjoy atmosphere in cross stitch elective (a review)

March 24, 2011  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

My elective is cross stitching with Spanish teacher Felicidad Guirao. This elective teaches us how to be creative and stitch our names with a needle and thread. This elective is fun because we get to create our names and talk to our friends and we don’t get interrupted and is just calm. We get a break... Read more »

We celebrate first black princess

December 18, 2009 • Brooklyn Payton  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

  Disney Productions introduces its first Black princess, Princess Tiana, in the movie “The Princess and the Frog,” which is set in old time New Orleans. It features the voices of Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard and Jennifer Lewis. This movie is great for all young Black girls in America.... Read more »