Where’s the Best Water?
Story by Thomas Amoroso, Staff Writer
September 13, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
I left my fourth period Journalism classroom on a mission to go around school and objectively determine the best water fountain. To find out the water temperatures, I borrowed a food thermometer from Scott Huntley, the Culinary Arts teacher. After doing so, I began in the p-quad. The green fountains...
San Diego Begins First Season without the Chargers
Story by Jack Hauser, Staff Writer
September 8, 2017
Filed under Opinions, San Diego Chargers, Sports, Top Stories
For the first time since 1961, San Diego will witness the start of the NFL season from the sidelines, with no team to call their own. Some conspiracy theorists and fans alike believed that San Diego was cursed: the Chargers could never overcome the series of bad luck and injuries that plagued them...
First Days, Many Adventures
September 1, 2017
Filed under Mustang Musings, News, Top Stories
The first day of school, in any grade, is notorious for embarrassing disasters and unlucky experiences. Contributors of The Mustang asked students for their craziest first day stories: "On the the first day of second semester last year I went to the wrong class for like 30 minutes, then realized...
One Way to Brighten Up Your Day…
Story by Nadia Ballard, Staff Writer
September 1, 2017
Filed under News, Opinions, Top Stories
One day in the middle of summer my dad looked up from his iPad and asked me, “What do you think about heading up to Oregon to see the eclipse?” The only previous experience I’d had of solar eclipses was from that one episode of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” called “The Day of Black Sun,”...
Golf? How does this game work
Story by Mackenzie Moe and Drew Atkins
June 13, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Sports, Top Stories
If you read our first piece in The Pony, Makenzie and I had no idea about each other’s sports. Though she doesn’t understand volleyball, and I will never understand basketball, we have one thing in common. We don’t get golf. So below are our humble attempts at looking like normal-sports-obsessed...
ILPs are Cool
Story by Alexandra Joelson, Staff Writer
June 8, 2017
Filed under Opinions
English 10 Honors Independent Learning Projects are truly a special experience where students can for the first time actually pick their topic for a project. The research projects are a way for students to explore their hobbies, passions or even possible career choices. Kerri Leonard, English...
Keep it Country
Story by Amelia Kaiser, Staff Writer
June 8, 2017
Filed under Opinions
“Country music is boring and all the same,” a student said. In general, it seems the main belief at SDA is that country music is bad. The strangest thing is that most students who were asked why they didn’t like country music simply did not know. Is there a natural westernized prejudice against ...
Keep it Country
Story by Amelia Kaiser, Staff Writer
June 5, 2017
Filed under Opinions
“Country music is boring and all the same,” a student said. In general, it seems the main belief at SDA is that country music is bad. The strangest thing is that most students that were asked why they didn’t like country music simply did not know. Is there a westernized predisposition to count...
The Sad Truth of Character Assassination
Story by Tate Oien, Staff Writer
June 5, 2017
Filed under Opinions
If you have turned on the TV recently, you’ve probably heard about the Trump-Russia scandal. The FBI has been investigating Donald Trump and the Trump campaign for illegal ties with the Russian government. The investigation, which has been ongoing for some time, has uncovered some disturbing facts...
Culture declining
Story by Che Baniadam, Staff Writer
June 2, 2017
Filed under Opinions
People at SDA have had the freedom to wear whatever they choose since the school became an academy in 1996. This has been an important part of the school’s culture. In the past few years the school has stopped the lottery system and let every kid in. This overflow of students has not allowed enough...
Ginger Shots: They’re healthy.
Story by Citlally Contreras, Staff Writer
May 19, 2017
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
Who wouldn’t want to start off their mornings drinking shots? Shots of ginger that is. Now, according to ancient Ayurvedic medicine, ginger is marked a “natural medicine chest”-- now that already seems pretty intense. Ginger shots have become more popular based on their safe, organic properties...
