Cross country acquires whistles
Safety comes first for girls cross country. […]
Month: January 2015
Junior Tavai joins All-American Varsity rugby team
Justus Tavai follows in family footsteps, playing rugby for the same USA Varsity Squad as his brother. […]
MUN attends new debates
Advanced delegates of the Mira Costa Model United Nations are currently participating in a debate at Harvard University until Sunday and a debate closer to home at Surf City XII in Huntington Beach until tomorrow.
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Junior Miriam Sachs places first at Poetry Out Loud
After displaying her skills in spoken poetry at last year’s Poetry Out Loud competition, junior Miriam Sachs placed first for the second time at the fourth-annual competition held by English teacher Diana Sieker on Jan. 15 in the Costa library.
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Boys basketball loses at home, 68-41, against Redondo rivals
The Seahawks soared while the Mustangs faltered. The Costa boys basketball team went head-to-head with its league rival on Tuesday in its fifth game of Bay League. The Mustangs were unable to prevail over the dominant Seahawks in a 68-41 loss. […]
“Carter” impresses with strong female lead
By Juliana Riverin Staff Writer When it comes to influential female figures in World War II, Rosie the Riveter has nothing on Agent Peggy Carter. Creators Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely create a world filled […]
The Health textbook is an unrealistic learning tool
By Tommy Kelleher Contributing Writer From car crashes, to felonies, to violent episodes and even deaths, the chapters on alcohol and soft drug use in Mira Costa’s health textbook “Lifetime Health” are meant to rouse […]
Westminister Choir College visits school music groups
The Westminster Choir College came to Mira Costa on Jan. 15 to collaborate with Costa choirs during the school’s west coast tour.
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Editor’s Take: Movie theaters run the risk of disappearing
Movie theaters just might be dying. In 2014, 1.26 billion people bought theater tickets in North America. While this initially may seem like a large sum, this actually marks the lowest attendance at theaters since 1995. While it may just be a bad year, changes in digital entertainment may make this the beginning of the end for theaters like Arclight and AMC.
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“Predestination” reinvents old concept of time travel thriller
The outcome of this film may seem predetermined, but with a plethora of unexpected twists, “Predestination” is not what it originally seems. […]