Directed by: Florian Zeller Rating: 8/10 Review by: Raghav Raj The first thing that practically leaps off the screen in the opening moments of The Father is the sheer disarray of it all. As Olivia Colman’s character walks to her apartment, striding intently, the camera seems caught off balance by her, almost struggling to stay with her as she walks […]
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Read moreAbby Waetcher | Staff Writer All I want is to leave. I crave the maturity that college offers, but I have another year stuck in the realm of high school. All I want is to get into a school eight or more hours away and leave for good. Yes, maybe, I will endure the journey home for the winter holidays, […]
Read moreRaghav Raj | Staff Writer On April 31, President Joe Biden unveiled new measures to overhaul and upgrade American infrastructure, proclaiming his plan “a once-in-a-generation investment in America.” Officially titled the American Jobs Plan, the initiative is the largest presidential effort to fight climate change ever, dwarfing former President Barack Obama’s 2009 Stimulus bill which allotted a comparatively paltry $90 […]
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Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Coaches’ kids get treated differently. Even though parents and teammates think coaches’ kids get special treatment, it is usually the furthest thing from the truth. Parents often try to coach their kids from the sidelines or on the drive home. After a while, a child can start to resent the parent coaching. But when your […]
Read moreRisha Chada | Staff Writer Look out Bill Gates and all the business tycoons out there, some Mason High School (MHS) entrepreneurs are learning from you and hoping to use what they have learned to blaze their own paths in the business world. Some of these young business leaders are getting a head start through the MHS chapter of the […]
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Evan Ponstingle | Staff Writer The audience can hear them. The audience can sense them. They put the “music” in musical. And yet, they go unseen. Pit orchestras are used for plays and musicals all over the world. Typically set in an orchestra pit below the stage so as to be invisible to the audience, a pit orchestra’s job is […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer With Zack Snyder’s absolutely massive, 4-hour long director’s cut of the 2017 DC film Justice League in the spotlight, there’s a renewed interest in the “long movie,” a remarkably volatile cinematic experience that serves as a double edged sword for any viewers up to the task. If a filmmaker gets it wrong, you’re stuck sitting […]
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Evelina Gaivoronskaia | Staff Writer After noticing a lack of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), Mason High School junior Marissa Riehm decided she was going to do something about it. She chose to create a club that allows young women to explore their STEM interests. The young women of MHS have a variety of STEM courses available […]
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Divy Bose | Staff Writer The term “team mom” can get thrown around when it comes to school organizations. Sunayna Ponkshe, is more than just a team mom of the Mason High School (MHS) Speech and Debate team. Along with providing guidance and mentorship she does a great deal of the heavy lifting behind the scenes so her team can […]
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Meghan Dincler | Online Editor Ominous codes and encrypted files are the stuff of thriller novels. But these mysterious items are being brought to the real world through Alternate Reality Games. The popularity of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) is on the rise on social platforms such as Reddit and present a way for people to solve a mystery with nothing […]
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Review by: Della Johnson Artist: Lana Del Ray Rating: 8.5/10 Following what might be her most problematic year yet in the eyes of the internet, Lana Del Rey has released a quiet, gentle record, perhaps more vintage than any of her other works. Experimenting with folk (and even teetering on country with a feature from Nikki Lane), her lyrics embody […]
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Matthew Smith | Sports Editor In a normal season, the Mason baseball program would be looking to build off what they did last season. But this spring isn’t normal and the last time the Comets took the field was in 2019. The Comets will be entering their 2021 season without having played a game in two years. Many teams are […]
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Alisha Soni | Staff Writer Sometimes when you love something you have to set it free. That’s exactly what happened when Hope Conrad and her family decided to foster a rescued puppy; they eventually had to let her go. Through the organization Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART), senior Hope Conrad and her family were able to foster their first dog, […]
Read moreAvary Hutzelman | Staff Writer Bell bottoms are back. Like most fashion trends, bell bottoms went on sabbatical. But now they’re back and their return is catching the attention of some bell bottom veterans at Mason High School. Bell bottoms were born during a decade of controversy, spanning from the mid 1960’s to the late seventies. These long flowing pants […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Writer The permanent nature of a tattoo is often viewed as a risk, but for some students, that permanency is the perfect way to memorialize a treasured family connection. People get tattoos for a variety of reasons: to express a certain aesthetic, to represent ideas important to them, or to celebrate the people who inspire them. […]
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Scott Reckers | Staff Writer Mason High School sophomore Eashan Vytla loves computer sciences and this passion is fueling a drive to help others who may not have access to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. Vytla believes STEM will play a pivotal role in human’s daily life now and in the future. He knows that students in […]
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Review by: Scott Reckers Director: Adam Wingard Rating 7/10 Godzilla may be the “King of the Monsters,” but Kong bows to no one. The two stars of the ‘Monsterverse’ have finally clashed together, and the promise of a visual spectacle is fulfilled. The current state of visual effects is the future we dreamed of years ago, and the fight scenes […]
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