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Carina Julig

Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief

Carina Julig is a junior at SDA, but is secretly an immortal being who attends high school in order to lull mortals into a false sense of security as she plans her reign as God-Emperor of the world. For the time being she works on building her TARDIS, and subsists on Earl Grey tea and science-fiction. She emerges occasionally to go to class and write articles. If you see strange lights flashing in the sky above, just pretend not to notice them. It’s all part of the plan.

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Dilley and Magnuson open the time capsule late start morning.

Mystery Time Capsule Finally Opened

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
May 25, 2016

The time capsule that was discovered over winter break in senior court was opened before school today in the Learning Commons. Students and teachers crowded the room and peered eagerly at the box, a large...

Senior classrooms were near empty during todays senior ditch day.

Senior Ditch Day Causes Major Repercussions

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
May 23, 2016

Two hundred and forty seniors were absent from school today due to a planned senior ditch day that will cost the school $12,000, according to Assistant Principal Dr. Jeanne Jones. Jones said that this...

SDA Senior Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship

SDA Senior Awarded Gates Millennium Scholarship

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2016

SDA senior Lesliee Escobedo has been awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship, a full-ride college scholarship funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Out of 57,000 applicants, Escobedo is one...

Sarah Rapp-Freshman

Sarah Rapp-Freshman

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
April 15, 2016

I went with my friend Callie to Seattle and then we went to the Olympic Peninsula and hiked. Then we went to Victoria, Canada, which was really pretty. There’s a harbor, and we did an escape room,...

Luke Lawver-Sophomore

Luke Lawver-Sophomore

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
April 15, 2016

My family and I drove up to Yosemite and hiked. It was still too cold to camp, but we stayed nearby, and we went to a lot of waterfalls. My favorite was Vernal Falls, which is a really wide and really...

senior java DONE

[Photo] Today at SDA: Senior Java

By Kate Sequeira, Online Editor
March 11, 2016

School Board Approves Raise in Salary for District Employees

School Board Approves Raise in Salary for District Employees

By Carina Julig, Editor-In-Chief
January 19, 2016

The San Dieguito Union High School District school board voted 3-2 to approve salary increases for 52 SDUHSD employees as well as school board superintendent Rick Schmitt in a meeting on Thursday Jan....

School Board Votes to Increase Salary

School Board Votes to Increase Salary

By Kate Sequeira and Carina Julig
December 20, 2015

The San Dieguito Union High School District voted 3-2 on Thursday to approve a 12.5 percent pay raise for teachers. The meeting, held in SDA’s media center, was heavily attended by teachers of the...

No Toilet Paper? No Meat? This and More at the Forum

No Toilet Paper? No Meat? This and More at the Forum

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
December 11, 2015

At the Forum meeting during lunch on Friday, several students brought to the attention of the Forum the fact that the girls bathrooms on campus always runs out of supplies by the afternoon. Hosted by senior...

Fire in the Girls Bathroom

Fire in the Girls Bathroom

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2015

Two fires broke out at San Dieguito Academy this afternoon, and are being investigated as arson. The fires occurred in the girls bathroom adjacent to the Learning Commons and in the bathroom in the P-Quad....

SDA Student Assault Update

SDA Student Assault Update

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2015

A senior female student at SDA was approached by two men in a white truck who attempted to pull her into their vehicle, according to an email distributed by the SDA administration to parents and staff....

Parents and Students Warned After Student Assaulted Near SDA

Parents and Students Warned After Student Assaulted Near SDA

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
October 22, 2015

A senior female student at SDA was approached by two men in a white truck who attempted to pull her into their vehicle at 11:55 today, according to an email distributed by the SDA administration to parents...

Doctor Who Episode 3 and 4 Review

“Doctor Who” Episode 3 and 4 Review

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
October 16, 2015

The third and fourth episodes of “Doctor Who” brought us another two-part story, filled with adventure and interesting character dynamics. I found the storyline to be entertaining and suspenseful,...

Doctor Who: Episode 2 Review

Doctor Who: Episode 2 Review

By Carina Julig, Editor-in-Chief
October 9, 2015

“The Witch’s Familiar,” the second episode of season nine of “Doctor Who,” concluded the adventure that ended on a cliffhanger in the first episode and provided greater depth to the characters...

Doctor Who Episode 1 Review

Doctor Who Episode 1 Review

By Carina Julig, Editor in Chief
September 25, 2015

“Doctor Who” Season 9, Episode 1 Review Long-running sci-fi classic “Doctor Who” returned for its ninth season this Saturday, with its first episode, “The Magicians Apprentice” featuring...

Junior Java

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
June 9, 2015

SDA held a junior java during homeroom on Thursday June 4, an event where ASB supplied the junior class with complimentary food and beverages. A senior java is help at the end of every month, and a similar...

Game of Thrones is Steeped in Misogyny

“Game of Thrones” is Steeped in Misogyny

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
May 22, 2015

In the most recent episode of the popular HBO series “Game of Thrones,” one of the show’s central female characters was sexually assaulted, another incident in the show’s long tradition of devaluing...

March Forum Report 3/26/14

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
March 27, 2015

Students discussed the importance of homeroom and expressed concern for retaining SDA’s culture with a growing student population at the March Forum meeting, which was held in room 93 during lunch. Several...

Joyce Carol Oates Visits Carlsbad

By Carina Julig, Opinions Editor
March 6, 2015

Joyce Carol Oates visited the Carlsbad library on the evening of Friday, Feb. 27, to deliver a lecture discussing her writing and how she and other authors get inspiration for their work. Through Oates’s...

California Community Colleges Usher in Four-Year Degrees

By Carina Julig, Opinions Editor
February 17, 2015

MiraCosta College will be offering a four-year degree in biomanufacturing, one of fifteen community colleges across California that will be offering four-year Bachelor’s degrees in upcoming years for...

Art History: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Art History: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

By Carina Julig, Opinions Editor
February 4, 2015

“A Bar at the Folies-Bergère” is one of Édouard Manet’s best known paintings. Completed in 1882, it was one of the famous French artist’s last pieces, and garnered a lot of attention from the...

Art History: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Art History: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
January 21, 2015

This is the beginning of a series that I will be writing wherein I discuss notable works of art from the recent and not-so-recent past and their various merits. I have developed an increasing interest...

Finals Schedule

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
January 15, 2015

This year, SDA will have a finals schedule on the last two days of the first semester.  Thursday, Jan. 22, and Friday, Jan. 23, will both be minimum days, with two two-hour periods on each day. Periods...

Interstellar Movie Review

“Interstellar” Movie Review

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
December 12, 2014

“Interstellar” captures the grandeur of space as well as the minutiae of life on earth, and the tenacity of the humans struggling to survive in both environments. In Christopher Nolan’s newest film,...

Thanksgiving: Analyzing the Feast

Thanksgiving: Analyzing the Feast

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
November 21, 2014

Thanksgiving has rolled around once again, wedged underwhelmingly in between Halloween and Christmas. Thanksgiving break tends to vary in excitement, but regardless of whether you spend the week in Hawaii,...

Looking to the Future

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
November 14, 2014

The high school enrollment study group that was designed to examine the current high school selection process at the San Dieguito school district academies has been formed and will begin meeting this month. The...

Study Group Formed

By Carina Julig, Opinions Editor
November 5, 2014

The  study group that will  examine the   selection process at the San Dieguito school district academies, including whether to keep the lottery,  has been formed and will begin meeting this month. The...

“The Mousetrap” Review

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
October 27, 2014

Since its opening in London’s West End in 1952, “The Mousetrap” has been performed continually, and is the longest-running play of all time. Written by Dame Agatha Christie, famed for her classic...

503 Freshmen Admitted This School Year

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
September 29, 2014

Before school opened, SDA admitted 178 freshmen who were initially  put on the wait list. Also, after parents complained about their children not being accepted, the district decided to look  at changing...

Doctor Who Episode Two Review: Into the Dalek

“Doctor Who” Episode Two Review: “Into the Dalek”

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
September 10, 2014

When I first saw the title of this episode, I took it metaphorically. Oh, look, a “Star Trek” reference, haha. No. They literally went inside a dalek. I loved this episode, but it was definitely...

Doctor Who Returns Again

“Doctor Who” Returns Again

By Carina Julig, Opinion Editor
September 3, 2014

Season eight of “Doctor Who” arrives with a new Doctor in the intriguing first episode “Deep Breath.” Hold on to your sonic screwdrivers, because it's that time again: “Doctor Who” has returned...

Summer Reading

By Carina Julig, Staff Writer
June 13, 2013

Summer is on its way, and many of us find ourselves dreaming in class about all the things we plan to do once school gets out. We look forward to the time when we won’t have to spend our afternoons reading...

Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover, from JPL’s website.

This Week in Science: Curiosity Mars Rover

By Carina Julig, Staff Writer
May 21, 2013

The entire nation waited in anticipation as the Curiosity Mars Rover made a successful touchdown on the surface of Mars on Aug. 6 of last year. For the past nine months, Curiosity has been exploring the...

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