By MILES PREKOSKI As the 2019 postseason begins, the end of a dynasty is in the air. Steph Curry’s Warriors are looking to have a prosperous April, but if anyone thinks the…
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Organizing Instagram: a go-to guide for the Generation Z teen
By TAYLOR DESMOND Your Instagram account is a summary of your life. It puts on display what activities you like to do and what friend groups you’re a part of, or you…
Following success of YA novel, Anderson’s poetry collection demands discussion about rape
By JORDI FAXON Twenty years after the publication of “Speak,” a young adult novel about a freshman girl and rape victim who struggles communicating with her parents and teachers while fighting her…
The Bubba Pickens Band
A collective and friendship years in the making By PETER ELLISON“We sit in my living room,” Carmel High teacher Marc Stafford says. “We decide what we want to practice. Oftentimes it’s learning…
Ink on paper: the creation of the Carmel Sandpiper from writing and editing to printing and distributing
By TAYLOR DESMOND Every month, student reporters circulate the campus and community, compiling information to pour into their articles as they individually add pages and photographs to the Carmel Sandpiper. The paper…
The five most iconic films from before freshmen were born
The sheer volume of movies that have been created makes it difficult to find a genuinely good movie to watch. After years of watching films with my dad, many of the classics…
SWMRS sophomore album impresses after signing with major label with “Berkeley’s on Fire”
By MILES PREKOSKI Since the release of their major-label debut LP, the once-unknown Oakland pop-punk group known as SWMRS emerged as a vibrant and potential-filled group that appealed to a wide audience….
Imagine a world like that: “Thank U, Next” is obnoxiously compelling, rife with honesty
BY KYLIE YEATMAN Part-time musician and full-time Twitter savant Ariana Grande’s latest musical output, the aptly titled “Thank U, Next,” is an album in two parts: Grande gyrates around doing her best…
Yeast of Eden delivers Eastern take on traditional American cuisine
By JORDI FAXON Just a month old and named after Steinbeck’s famous book about the Salinas Valley, Yeast of Eden, open for business in the Carmel Plaza, is a sister restaurant of…
“Into the Spider-Verse” boasts diverse sounds from varied artists
By KYLIE YEATMAN Though typically ambivalent toward superhero movies—and though “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse” wasn’t exactly the most gripping display of cinematic poignancy I’ve ever sat through—one thing stuck with me as…