History teacher retires after 36 years full of friendships, travel
The year was 1982. Hair bands were in, guys (former head of high school Dan Neukom included) still...
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SO LONG, SENIORS: Hi, I’m headed to college, and I’m a music-colic
In each installment of the five-part SO LONG, SENIORS series, a graduating Octagon editor-in-chief will write a final piece...
Sports Boosters pays for amenities, not ‘nuts and bolts’ of athletics program
Sports programs, like those for the arts, are expensive. According to athletic director Matt Vargo, the three basketball...
Sacramento’s nail nooks: Blush offers pampering experience, while Noble Nails provides long-lasting polish at a lower price
Spring is the season for sandal-wearing, shapely nails and salt scrubs. And sandals don’t look good on shabby...
School administration scraps Cav Club; PA adopts ‘friendraising’
A sophomore comes up to Student Council adviser Valerie Velo, confused about a $25 fee for Winter Ball...
Searching for Sushi? We put two of Sac’s most popular Japanese restaurants to the test.
This is the first of a five-part series, Eating with the EICs, in which Octagon editors-in-chief review local...
Nietzsche declared God dead, but ‘Bandersnatch’ declares free will nonexistent
“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” is different things for different people. Literally. For some, “Bandersnatch” is the story of a...
College campuses close due to smoke; fires cause evacuation to Sacramento (video included)
While fires were raging at the northern and southern ends of California, the middle was blanketed by smoke,...
Alumnus endures ‘craziest five days Thousand Oaks has ever been through’ in Woolsey Fire
It was 3 a.m on Nov. 8. Johann Dias, ’15, a junior and physics major at California Lutheran...
Smoke disrupts students’ lives
While this is the second consecutive year students and faculty have had a week-long Thanksgiving Break, this is...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ upholds music over misfortune
“Freddie, the candle’s burning at both ends,” Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) says to her former lover but lifelong...
Late firefighter alumnus ‘defied the traditional notions of SCDS success’
The 2018 fire season has already claimed 68 firefighters’ lives as of Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Sixteen years ago, alumnus Craig LaBare, ’84, was among the firefighters killed in the 15,000-acre Cannon fire in Walker, California; while dropping the flame retardant, his crew’s C-130A air tanker crashed due to the model’s faulty wing structure. LaBare was 36.
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MUSINGS FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM: Atheist propaganda doesn’t mean religion’s been squashed
Some people call me a “Chinaboo”; I prefer the term “sinophile.” I’ve been to China twice: from mid-July...