New year, new faces. Freshmen: welcome to your first year of high school, where everybody looks down on you (only joking). High school can be challenging, mysterious and even frightening. Fortunately,...

1. Putting (and finding) the first issue everywhere. 2. The short-lived Hey You table. Hey You, kid who was only willing to do it if we had food, we did have food. You missed an opportunity. 3. Ms. Decker...

A few months ago, after Issue 8 or 9 dropped, one of my colleagues said (and I’m paraphrasing here), “This paper is great.  People go the “Hey You”s first, then flip through the articles; they’re...

There are many phases in the life of the American teen pop sensation. Whether it be Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, or Demi Lovato; they all go through similar stages. Being in the spotlight can take its toll...

The lights flash a hot pink, and two lanky boys in bright orange tank tops stride onto the stage, bursting into energetic choreography to “Lip Gloss,” by Lil Mama. “They say my lip gloss is cool/...

Profesor X: More than half of teenagers claims that they have cheated on a test during the last year and 34 percent have don’t it more than twice (Josephson Institute of Ethics).   It is an epidemic...

Guy Around Prom Time: The “promposal” pressure:    Similar to the guy getting down on one knee in wedding proposal style, the “promposal” is a big deal.  Consider how one guy asked my...

The next time you see a swimmer, go up to them and hug them, because they are deprived and destitute creatures in need of one of the fundamental aspects of existence. No, I’m not talking about a social...

Dougherty Valley’s theater was the place to be on April 4th, at 7pm. Hundreds of students, staff members, and parents tuned in for a unique showing of the annual performance, Mr. Wildcat. The show consisted...

Dougherty Valley High School took fourth place in the 32nd Annual Contra Costa County Mock Trial Competition, which took place over the course of several evenings throughout the month of February at the...

It’s that time of the year again, where spring approaches, the Easter Bunny comes out to hide his (or her) eggs, and teenagers get to sleep in. What’s that? It’s still hailing outside? It still feels...

It started out as just another one of those days for Daniel Hillman, respected high school principal and father. More students go to his office in one day than they do to the Chik-Fil-A in a year. Each...