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GLENDORA HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER

Issue 7, 2023

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Women's History Month,
The toxicity of Girlboss culture and
Tartan entrepreneur Evan Turunen

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Tartan Shield Newspaper

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Crystal Widado

2/13 School Board Summary

Former band director Gordan Norman presents mementos & stories Former GHS band director Gordan Norman, who founded Bandorama, was invited to speak about his legacy. “Gordie” Norman told stories of the Tartan band and pageantry gaining national recognition in the late ‘70s and spending $900 at an ice cream shop for the entire band. Norman says “Glendora is my love.” Norman presented mementos from his time as director, including a All-Western Band Review Sweepstakes trophy, pic

Nicolas Toon

Admissions Anxiety

“A ‘why us’ essay?”, Kat groaned. “600 words!?!? I can’t do that! There’s no way I’m going to spend hundreds of words boosting the ego of some college!” “But I have to,” she reasoned. “If I don’t, then everybody will see me as a failure, I won’t get anywhere in life, and I’ll live a miserable future.” Bright and early the next day, Kat sat through her AP Calculus class. Why am I even taking this class? I’m not even good at math. She would have much rather been at home,

Olivia Hart

Obsession Trope

We all have that special someone who we’d do anything for. Who our whole heart and soul belongs to, even if they don’t know it. Sometimes one soulmate knows who their soulmate is before the other one does, and that’s okay. So it is my job to do everything I can to help her realize that we are soulmates. The first day I saw her was like being reborn, because how could life before her be the same as life after she walked into our first year biology class? She walked like an

Andrea Bermudo

The roots and branches of jazz

Jazz as a genre includes a diverse lineup of sounds and grooves that pull together the melting pot of cultures that is America. However, what is often overlooked is its roots in African-American culture. Jazz, and music in general, has a critical role in African-American history. Originating around the early twentieth century in New Orleans, the genre consisted of heavy influences from blues and ragtime, combining a 12 bar pattern with unique syncopations and use of improvi

Miranda Richenberger

How to Survive the California Cold

Unlike the song, it always seems to be raining in Southern California right now. To go along with our unprecedented decade, the newest plague is extreme cold. As a lifelong California resident, I have grown accustomed to warm weather all year and endless sunshine, even in December and January. In previous years, I was the type to layer up when the temperature dropped to 68 degrees outside. However this year, it’s the ice age and I’m frozen over. Even though I’m not an expe